Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. I Ancient and Medieval
6. CHAPTER ONE Egypt, the Exception 23
7. CHAPTER TWO Africa, Fulcrum of Epic 71
8. CHAPTER THREE The Specter of Carthage 103
9. CHAPTER FOUR Ghosts of Language: Punic, Lybic, African Myth 147
10. II Medieval and Modern
11. CHAPTER FIVE Allegoryo f Two African Cities 181
12. CHAPTER SEVEN Kenya'sM edievalC harter 233
13. CHAPTER EIGHT Fanon Outside History: Manicheism, Augustine, and Hegel 271
14. CHAPTER NINE Zimbabwe and the Fear of the Medieval 303
15. CODA The New Divine Kings 335
16. Acknowledgments 347
17. Notes 351
18. Index 395