| Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire: Origin of the Civilization from the Cushites Contributor(s): Houston, Drusilla Dunjee (Author), Brooks-Bertram, Peggy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0972297731 ISBN-13: 9780972297738 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Writer, activist, and indefatigable community leader in the American West, Drusilla Dunjee Houston (1876-1941) offers a remarkable, well-researched study of the origins of African American culture. First published in a very limited edition in 1926, Wonderful Ethiopians of the Cushite Empire features an extraordinarily rare, early study by an African American women of the roots of her people. Focusing on the origins of the matrilineal line in African culture, Houston offers a readable and meticulously researched window on a world long ago. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Egypt - Poetry - History | Africa - East |
| Dewey: 963.01 |
| Series: Uncrowned Queens Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.25 lbs) 293 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - West Africa - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - North Africa - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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| Publisher Description: Writer, activist, and indefatigable community leader in the American West, Drusilla Dunjee Houston (1876-1941) offers a remarkable, well-researched study of the origins of African American culture. First published in a very limited edition in 1926, Wonderful Ethiopians of the Cushite Empire features an extraordinarily rare, early study by an African American women of the roots of her people. Focusing on the origins of the matrilineal line in African culture, Houston offers a readable and meticulously researched window on a world long ago. Peggy Brooks-Bertram is cofounder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. |