Great Black Leaders: Ancient and Modern
First Edition, 1988 · Edited by Ivan Van Sertima
A wide-ranging African-centered study of Black leadership across America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Why this book matters
This edited volume spans Black leadership across eras and regions, with studies of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass, Hatshepsut, Tiye, Imhotep, Ramses II, Shaka, Hannibal, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Marcus Garvey, Toussaint L’Ouverture, and others. It gives meaningful space to women leaders and African-centered interpretations.
Why this copy
A complete 1988 first-edition copy with documented ownership from the personal library of Dr. Leonard A. James. His ownership marks preserve the history of this copy without changing its bibliographic status.
Edition details
- Editor
- Ivan Van Sertima
- Publisher
- Journal of African Civilizations Ltd., Inc.
- Publication
- United States, 1988
- Issue
- Incorporating Journal of African Civilizations, December 1987, Vol. 9
- Format
- Softcover; glossy illustrated wrappers
- Edition
- First edition; printing not stated
- Pages
- 433
- ISBN-10
- 0-88738-739-X
- ISBN-13
- 9780887387395
- ISSN
- 0270-2495
Condition
Good softcover condition. Complete at 433 pages and free of odor. No repairs, tape, or regluing are visible. The only markings are Dr. Leonard A. James’s ink ownership stamp and blind-embossed ownership mark.
Provenance
From the personal library of Dr. Leonard A. James. His ink and blind-embossed ownership stamps remain in the book.
Research note
An out-of-print African-centered edited volume. Available copies and asking prices vary by condition and issue; Akoma describes this copy as a curated collector item without claiming it is unobtainable.