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Exploding the Myths is a quintessential read for any and everyone who claims Afrikan descent. Bellini Ovens Manual Dexterity on this page. It encapsulates the key ideology of Afrocentrism better than any other offers before it. While not a perfect book, this work otherwise succeeds in demonstrating that collectively, people of Afrikan descent have contributed greatly to the world. However, as the name suggests, Browder is more concerned with reclaiming and defending the most famous of Afrikan civilizations: the people of Kemet. Thus, those Exploding the Myths is a quintessential read for any and everyone who claims Afrikan descent.

It encapsulates the key ideology of Afrocentrism better than any other offers before it. While not a perfect book, this work otherwise succeeds in demonstrating that collectively, people of Afrikan descent have contributed greatly to the world. However, as the name suggests, Browder is more concerned with reclaiming and defending the most famous of Afrikan civilizations: the people of Kemet.

Thus, those looking for a more general survey of Afrikan contributions will be unsatisfied. Of course, the success of this book also brings to light other questions and cultural dilemmas that still have not been answered, which I will pose.

Exploding the Myths shines when Browder focuses on what he has lived and breathed: the field of Egyptology. His overview of the Dynastic period and their culture - along with his tidbits of surprise information- is breathtaking and extensive.

Rush 2112 Remastered Raritan here. From their rise to their fall, he acts as a muse for history, stopping along at key moments to contemplate various details, such as their mark on other civilizations, including our own. He's a tour guide, and we are the tourists that he clearly enjoys spending time with. The well-documented whitening of Afrikan history is explored, and as a true critical thinker, Browder poses interesting questions without forcing us to accept his point of view. The evidence - or lack of- is there, and it is in this avenue where I find Browder is at his best in presenting his thesis.

But, it is a joy as a person of color when he challenges the faulty logic of racism by demonstrating Nile valley society's influence throughout the US, especially; his section on contemporary Egyptian symbolism will interest most, as well as his later examination of Eurocentrism and white supremacy. However, as a cultural critic, Browder's book fails to hold water, and his attempts to examine Black contribution outside of European influence in some occasions rings false.

Take for instance, the popular book The Stolen Legacy, which has been debunked for its poorly researched thesis. Some of James' key arguments were founded on profound historical errors. Ivan van Sertima's arguments on an Afrikan presence in the Americas, which Browder relies on primarily for his arguments regarding Afrikan influence on Native American populations, especially the Olmecs, also have been debunked. As noted, Browder is more adept at challenging the biases of Eurocentrism and exploring its effect on our world history, Kemet's legacy, and Afrikan consciousness than he is at shaping a convincing global narrative of Kemetian influence. This brings me to the questions that Exploding the Myths and countless others like it have inspired, though not deliberately: why aren't other Afrikan civilizations and concepts explored, especially those in the Southern region of Afrika? Should we really 'claim' the accomplishments of a society that was inherently a mixed racial population as uniquely 'Black'? Why must we continuously appropriate the accomplishments of other cultures - the latest being Asian- instead of acknowledging a more diverse ethnic heritage?