Contributor
Leavitt, Howard B.
Imprint:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2010.
Descriptionxxi, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Part I: First Ecounters in Africa: I was a savage--Guinea / Prince Modupe -- Back to my village--Cameroon / Mongo Beti -- Beatings at the mission school--Ghana / Cameron Duodo -- Confrontations--Congo / Chief Mojimba and H. M. Stanley -- Rubber forest atrocities, part i--Congo / Congo Refugees -- Rubber forest atrocities, part ii--Congo / Five Congolese Girls -- I survived the Middle Passage--Nigeria / Olaudah Equiano -- The white man arrives--Nigeria / Chinua Achebe -- The loss of identity--Congo / Chief Matungi -- The coming of the pink cheeks--Kenya / Chief Kabongo -- The gentlemen of the jungle--Kenya / Jomo Kenyatta -- Coming home--Gambia / William Conton -- Clash between old and new--Nigeria / Chief Awolowo -- The school inspector--Ghana / Kofi Awoonor -- The return of the soldier--Nigeria / Francis Obika -- Coming of the airplane--Sudan / Edward Atiyah
Note:Part II: First Encounters in North America: Arrival of the Dutch on Manhattan--New York / Indian Chiefs -- Ridiculing the French--Canada / Micmac Indian Spokesman -- The prophecy--Canada / Basil H. Johnson -- Janitin is named Jesus--California / Janitin -- Address in Washington, D.C.--Oregon / Chief Joseph -- Invisible killer--U.S. Midwest / George Bent -- Their wonderous works and ways--Minnsota / Charles Eastman -- Arrival of Bibles in northwest Alaska--Alaska / Blanche J. Criss -- Literary disempowerment--Canada / Jeannette Armstrong -- Conquistadors arrive--Mexico / Aztec witnesses.
Note:Part III. First Encounters in South America: Execution of an Incan emperor--Peru / Garcilasco de la Vega -- Not gods but conquerers--Peru / Titu Cusi Yupanki -- Beheading of Emperor Amaru--Peru / Unnamed Inca -- Conquest of the Incas--Postscript--Peru / Waman Puma.
Note:Part IV: First Encounters in Greater Australia: Growing up in New Guinea--Papua New Guinea / Albert Kiki -- First contacts--Papua New Guinea / Papuan Highlanders.
Note:Part V: First Encounters in Asia: Scornful letter to King George III--China / Chinese Emperor Qian Long -- Denunciation of the British--China / Canton Citizens -- Beware of western barbarians--China / Wei Yuan -- Evil of western materialism--India / Abu Taleb -- Hinduism is not inferior to Christianity--India / Rammohun Roy -- Japanese are superior, Dutch are inferior--Japan / Hiratu Atsutane -- War is preferable to peace--Japan / Tokugawa Nariaki -- Criticisms of Catholicism--Korea / Yi Ik -- Weakness of Catholicism--Korea / An Chongbok -- China is the center of the universe--Korea / Yi Hangro.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
