Episode 173: Black Perspectives: Howard French, author of BORN IN BLACKNESS
Welcome to Black Perspectives the working title of my new monthly podcast on critical issues and history in the black community. It is sponsored in part by PEN America. In this inaugural episode, we feature an interview with Howard French, author of BORN IN BLACKNESS: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1461 to the Second World War. Traversing 600 years, Born in Blackness retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in America, and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew…
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