African Glory
The Story of Vanished Negro Civilizations
By J.C. deGraft-Johnson
 
African Glory was first published in 1954, a time when few books on African history were written from an African perspective. In this sense, as an intimate history of Africa and its civilizations, the book opposed the stereotyped and often racist histories of Africa. These histories were seldom more than accounts of European intrusion and colonization of the Mother Continent.
 
Born in Ghana (formerly known as the Gold Coast), Dr. J.C. deGraft-Johnson was fully qualified to write this alternative history. He obtained his advanced education in Great Britain, receiving a Ph.D. in Economics from Edinburgh University. At the same time, he was thoroughly familiar with the culture and history of his motherland, having received his early education in West African schools.
 
These factors are even more present as one reads The Story of Vanished Negro Civilizations.

Three decades after its initial publication, African Glory still provides a vivid and dynamic connection to the African past.