George James was a professor at a small black college in Arkansas
during the 1950s when he wrote this book. Originally from Guyana,
he was an intellectual who studied African and European classics.
He soon realized something was wrong with the way the history of
philosophy had been documented by Western scholars. Their biggest
mistake, according to James, was they had assumed philosophy had
started with the Greeks. James had found that philosophy was almost
entirely from ancient Egypt and that the records of this had not
only been distorted but, in many cases, deliberately falsified. His
conclusion was that there was no such thing as Greek philosophy
because it was stolen from the Egyptians. As a result, this was one
of the first books to be banned from colleges and universities
throughout North America. Although opponents have eventually found
some flaws, it remains a groundbreaking book to this day. Even the
famous Greek historian from the 5th century, Herodotus, admitted
that the Greeks had borrowed many important ideas and concepts from
the Egyptians. These ideas covered not just philosophy, but also
medicine, architecture, politics and more. The purpose of this book
is to restore the truth about African contributions to higher
thought and culture.
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