African Origins of the Major "Western Religions" first published in 1970, continues to be one of Dr. Ben's most thought-provoking works. This critical examination of the history, beliefs and myths, remains instructive and fresh. By highlighting the African influences and roots of these religions, Dr. Ben reveals an untold history that many would prefer to froget.

African Origins of the Major Western Religions

History

ben-Jochannan, Yosef A.A.

World

Black Classic Press

The third book in a 3-book volume set, The Need for a Black Bible is a companion volume to African Origins of the Major western Religions and The Myth of Genesis and Exodus and the Exclusion of Their African Origins. These three volumes were originally published as the 3-volume set The Black Man's Religion and are available separately for the first time. The Black Man's Religion is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to gain a better understanding of belief systems in the Western World.

The Need for a Black Bible

With colonization come the dismantling of traditional African belief systems. Influenced by the Eurpopean propaganda mills, some Africans began to believe that they had produced nothing of worth. This is the origin of Black seminarians who could not find a Black Theology. In Black Seminarians, ben-Jochannan outlines sources of Black theology before Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It's important for us to know that the ideas, practices, and concepts that went into the making of Judaism, Christianity and Islam were already old in Africa before Europe was born. Black Seminarians marks an important first step in our journey to reclaim our spiritual heritage. 
-- From the introduction.

Our Black Seminarians and Black Clergy Without a Black Theology

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

As Black and African Studies programs emerged in the early 1970's, the question of who has the right and responsibility to determine course and curriculum also emerged.

Cultural Genocide in the Black and African Studies Curriculum

Africa

Few of Dr. Ben's books are written with co-authors. The Black Man's North and East Africa is an exception. Written with one of his early colleagues, George E. Simmonds, this work attacks the racist manipulation of African and Black history by 'educators' and 'authorities on Africa'. Defenders of the Africans' right to tell their own story, the authors insist that Black people must take responsibility for their own history, "Until African (Black) people are willing, and do write their own experience, past, and present, we will continue being slaves, mentally, physically, and spiritually, to Caucasian and Semitic racism and religious bigotry."1971*,2005. 96 pp. illus.

The Black Man's North and East Africa

Simmonds, George

Published while teaching at the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, this work showcases Dr. Ben as a mentor, and gives readers a sample of his interactive teaching style. He combines in this book a dynamic lecture on the Diagram of the Law of Opposites, along with essays contributed by his graduate students on aspects of the same topic. This collaboration between student and teacher distinguishes this volume from the many other books by this noted activist-historian.1975*, 2005. 66 pp. illus.

Understanding the African Philosophical Concept Behind the "Diagram of the Law of Opposites": The Black Man's Religion

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