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Daniel M. Mengara, ed. Images of Africa: Stereotypes and Realities. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2001.
Images of Africa: Stereotypes & Realities is a book that offers rare and exceptional insights into the historical and cultural processes through which the various perceptions of Africa since ancient times came to crystallize themselves in the form of negative images and stereotypes of Africa. Contributors to this impressive volume include Molefi Asante, who wrote the preface, and Martin Bernal, world-renowned author of Black Athena.