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Film, Video 2022 National Book Festival: At the Heart of Modernity with Howard W. French

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Title

  • 2022 National Book Festival: At the Heart of Modernity with Howard W. French

Summary

  • What happens when you consider the origins of modernity and center Africa rather than Europe? Howard W. French's book, "Born in Blackness," explores that very question as he investigates the forgotten history of how Africa and its relations to the Western world played an integral role in the development of the modern world. Moderated by Lanisa Kitchiner.

Event Date

  • September 03, 2022

Running Time

  • 46 minutes 49 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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