From the Book - First edition.
The "Discovery" of Africa. The crackling surface --
Black king, golden scepter --
Rethinking exploration --
The Essential Pivot. The mine --
Wealth in people versus wealth in things --
Unto the end of the world --
Pathways of resistance --
The Scramble for Africans. For a few acres of snow --
Endless death in lands with no end --
Masters of slaves, masters of the sea --
The Wages of the Python God. Shatter zones --
Bargains sharp and sinful --
The spread of the west African slave trade --
The wages of resistance --
War for the Black Atlantic --
People scattered, a continent drained --
The Black Atlantic and a World Made New. The scent of freedom --
Blues and the American truth --
The gifts of Black folk --
How the West was made and "won" --
Toward a new vision of our origins.
