The Maroon Within Us is a vital part of the ongoing revolution characterized by Hilliard and a handful of other very fine scholars who, as young, budding intellectuals during the 1960s, accepted the challenge to clarify the role of Africa--and therefore, Africans--on the world stage. While the results are uncomfortable for some, the emerging research is solid.

By documenting the fact that "mankind began in Africa ... and was dark-skinned...and that KMT (Egypt) is Africa's oldest recorded civilization," Hilliard dispels historical myths about Africa which have traditionally been imbedded in the research.

A further essential component to this book is the very carefully selected annotated bibliography on African scholarship. Without question, Maroon Within Us is an addled asset to all courses caught on Africa and to all people of African descent. The reader will leave these pages with a clearer focus of African history and culture.

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