Born in Blackness by Howard W. French

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/25302 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Born in Blackness Author: Howard W. French Narrator: James Fouhey Format: mp3 Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins Release date: 04-12-22 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 213 ratings Genres: Africa Publisher's Summary: Born in Blackness vitally reframes the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in the West, and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew out of Europe's dehumanizing engagement with the "dark" continent. In fact, French reveals, the first impetus for the Age of Discovery was not—as we are so often told, even today—Europe's yearning for ties with Asia, but rather its centuries-old desire to forge a trade in gold with legendarily rich Black societies in the heart of West Africa.