5 - Fractal Complexity in Cheikh Anta Diop’s Precolonial Black Africa: A Pluridisciplinary Analysis
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- Adeleke, Tunde. 2009, The Case Against Afrocentrism, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
- Awoonor, Kofi Nyidevu, 1990, Ghana: A Political History, Accra, Ghana: Sedco Publishing Ltd. And Woeli Publishing Services.
- Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2010, ‘Pan-Blackist Conceptualizations of the Black Power Paradigm: From Cheikh Anta Diop to Ali Al’amin Mazrui’, Proceedings of the Inter- national Black Power Conference on Reflections, Relevance and Continuity: Caribbean and Global Perspectives of Black Power convened by the University of West Indies St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, September 18-19, 2010:1-66.
- Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2000, Chaos Theory and African Fractals. Washington, DC: The African Institution.
- Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2002, Sojourner- Douglass College=s Philosophy in Action: An African-Centered Creed. San Jose, California: Writers Club Press.
- Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2005, ‘Ubuntugogy: An African Educational Paradigm that Transcends Pedagogy, Andragogy, Ergonagy and Heutagogy’, Journal of Third World Studies xxii, 2:13-53.
- Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2008, African Peace Paradigms, Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
- Brown, Clifford and Larry Liebovitch, 2010, Fractal Analysis, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Brown, Gillian and George Yule, 1983, Discourse Analysis, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Uni- versity Press.
- Chafe, Wallace L. 1972, Discourse Structure and Human Knowledge, in R. O. Freedle and J.
- B. Carroll, eds., Language Comprehension and the Acquisition of Knowledge, Washing- ton, DC: V. M. Winston.
- Davis, Philip J., 1993, Spirals: From Thoedorus to Chaos, Wellesley, MA: A. K. Peters.
- Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1960/trans. 1987, Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa, from Antiquity to the Formation of Modern States (translated from the French by Harold Salemson), Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books.
- Diop, Cheik Anta, 1962, The Cultural Unity of Negro Africa, Paris, France: Presence Africaine.
- Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1974a, The African Origin of Civilization: Myth and Reality, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill (Africa World Press edition).
- Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1974b, Black Africa: The Economic Basis for a Federated State, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill (Africa World Press edition).
- Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1981/trans. 1991, Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology, Brooklyn, NY: Lawrence Hill Books.
- Eglash, Ron. 1999, African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
- Frege, Gottlob, 1892/1952, ‘On Sense and Reference’, in P. T. Geach and M. Black, Translations from the Philosophic Writings of Gottlob Frege, Oxford, England: Blackwell.
- Gangoueus, Chez, 2008, ‘Cheikh Anta Diop: L’Afrique noir précoloniale’, Retrieved on January 23,
- from http:// gangoueus.blogspot.com/2008/06/cheikh- anta-diop-lafrique-noire...
- Grice, Herbert Paul, 1975, ‘Logic and Conver- sation, in P. Cole, ed., Syntax and Semantics: vol. 3: Speech Acts, New York, NY: Academic Press.
- Hargittai, István and Cliff A. Pickover, eds., 1992, Spiral Symmetry,Singapore, Malaysia: World Scientific Publishing Company.
- Howe, Stephen, 1999, Afrocontricism: Mythical Pasts and Imagined Homes, New York, NY: Verso Books.
- Kates, Carol A., 1980, Pragmatics and Semantics: An Empiricist Theory, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
- Levinson, Stephen, 1983, Pragmatics, Cam- bridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Mazonde, Isaac and Pradip Thomas, eds., 2007, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century: Perspectives from Southern Africa, Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA.
- Mokhtar, G., 1990, Ancient Civilizations of Africa, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
- Nabudere, Dani W., 2003, ‘Towards the Esta- blishment of a Pan-African University: A Strategic Concept Paper’, African Journal of Political Science 8, 1:1-30.
- Shuy, Roger W., 1982, ‘Topic as the Unit of Analysis in a Criminal Law Case’, in D. Tannen, ed., Analyzing Discourse: Text and Talk. Washing- ton, DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Steen, Lynn A., ed., 1988, Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics, New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
- Strawson, Peter F., 1952, Introduction to Logical Theory, London, England: Methuen.
- Winters, Clyde Ahmad, 1998, ‘The Afrocentric Historical and Linguistic Methods’, The Western Journal of Black Studies 22.
References
Adeleke, Tunde. 2009, The Case Against Afrocentrism, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
Awoonor, Kofi Nyidevu, 1990, Ghana: A Political History, Accra, Ghana: Sedco Publishing Ltd. And Woeli Publishing Services.
Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2010, ‘Pan-Blackist Conceptualizations of the Black Power Paradigm: From Cheikh Anta Diop to Ali Al’amin Mazrui’, Proceedings of the Inter- national Black Power Conference on Reflections, Relevance and Continuity: Caribbean and Global Perspectives of Black Power convened by the University of West Indies St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago, September 18-19, 2010:1-66.
Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2000, Chaos Theory and African Fractals. Washington, DC: The African Institution.
Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2002, Sojourner- Douglass College=s Philosophy in Action: An African-Centered Creed. San Jose, California: Writers Club Press.
Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2005, ‘Ubuntugogy: An African Educational Paradigm that Transcends Pedagogy, Andragogy, Ergonagy and Heutagogy’, Journal of Third World Studies xxii, 2:13-53.
Bangura, Abdul Karim, 2008, African Peace Paradigms, Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
Brown, Clifford and Larry Liebovitch, 2010, Fractal Analysis, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Brown, Gillian and George Yule, 1983, Discourse Analysis, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Uni- versity Press.
Chafe, Wallace L. 1972, Discourse Structure and Human Knowledge, in R. O. Freedle and J.
B. Carroll, eds., Language Comprehension and the Acquisition of Knowledge, Washing- ton, DC: V. M. Winston.
Davis, Philip J., 1993, Spirals: From Thoedorus to Chaos, Wellesley, MA: A. K. Peters.
Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1960/trans. 1987, Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of Europe and Black Africa, from Antiquity to the Formation of Modern States (translated from the French by Harold Salemson), Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books.
Diop, Cheik Anta, 1962, The Cultural Unity of Negro Africa, Paris, France: Presence Africaine.
Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1974a, The African Origin of Civilization: Myth and Reality, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill (Africa World Press edition).
Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1974b, Black Africa: The Economic Basis for a Federated State, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill (Africa World Press edition).
Diop, Cheikh Anta, 1981/trans. 1991, Civilization or Barbarism: An Authentic Anthropology, Brooklyn, NY: Lawrence Hill Books.
Eglash, Ron. 1999, African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Frege, Gottlob, 1892/1952, ‘On Sense and Reference’, in P. T. Geach and M. Black, Translations from the Philosophic Writings of Gottlob Frege, Oxford, England: Blackwell.
Gangoueus, Chez, 2008, ‘Cheikh Anta Diop: L’Afrique noir précoloniale’, Retrieved on January 23,
from http:// gangoueus.blogspot.com/2008/06/cheikh- anta-diop-lafrique-noire...
Grice, Herbert Paul, 1975, ‘Logic and Conver- sation, in P. Cole, ed., Syntax and Semantics: vol. 3: Speech Acts, New York, NY: Academic Press.
Hargittai, István and Cliff A. Pickover, eds., 1992, Spiral Symmetry,Singapore, Malaysia: World Scientific Publishing Company.
Howe, Stephen, 1999, Afrocontricism: Mythical Pasts and Imagined Homes, New York, NY: Verso Books.
Kates, Carol A., 1980, Pragmatics and Semantics: An Empiricist Theory, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
Levinson, Stephen, 1983, Pragmatics, Cam- bridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Mazonde, Isaac and Pradip Thomas, eds., 2007, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century: Perspectives from Southern Africa, Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA.
Mokhtar, G., 1990, Ancient Civilizations of Africa, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Nabudere, Dani W., 2003, ‘Towards the Esta- blishment of a Pan-African University: A Strategic Concept Paper’, African Journal of Political Science 8, 1:1-30.
Shuy, Roger W., 1982, ‘Topic as the Unit of Analysis in a Criminal Law Case’, in D. Tannen, ed., Analyzing Discourse: Text and Talk. Washing- ton, DC: Georgetown University Press.
Steen, Lynn A., ed., 1988, Introduction to Contemporary Mathematics, New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.
Strawson, Peter F., 1952, Introduction to Logical Theory, London, England: Methuen.
Winters, Clyde Ahmad, 1998, ‘The Afrocentric Historical and Linguistic Methods’, The Western Journal of Black Studies 22.