African Contribution to CivilizationOsei examines the contributions that Africans have made to the arts, sciences, philosophy and religion. In doing so he chronicles and weaves a contextual history. Osei was a diligent self-trained historian, and acutely familiar with all manner books and documents about ancient and modern Africa. |
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