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Brand Name: Global African Presence
Item#/SKU: GAP
Professor Scobie combines a broad and expert knowledge of his subject with the dramatic skill of the rapporteur. This is a rare gift that brings history alive to students. His portrait of the amazingly gifted, Chevalier St. Georges, whose brilliance as composer, conductor, violinist, swordsman, equestrian, soldier, took him to the palace of kings and the darling of society, makes a mockery of the baseless fabrications Europeans cling to about the inferiority of African peoples. For make no mistake about it, there have been numberous men and women of African ancestry of equal worth as the Chevalier.
A substantial part of this book deals with African resistance, particularly during the centuries of slavery. This is something that has been deliverately played down by historians. History books, as a result, have always placed undue prominence on the works of those abolitionists, predominantly Europeans, who campaigned for abolition and emancipation. That is an unjustified statement at the expense of the continuous resistance by the enslaved Africans themselves. Also, Africans themselves have played significant role in the abolitionist movement. The chapters, African Resistance to Slavery and The Haitian Revolution Re-examined bear eloquent testimony to this issue of resistance.
272 pages
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