Henry Louis Gates Quote

All human civilization wears Africa on its face.... And until the West—and the rest of us— knows Africa, we can never truly know ourselves.


Wonders of the African World (1999)


All human civilization wears Africa on its face.... And until the West—and the rest of us— knows Africa, we can never truly know ourselves.

All human civilization wears Africa on its face.... And until the West—and the rest of us— knows Africa, we can never truly know ourselves.

All human civilization wears Africa on its face.... And until the West—and the rest of us— knows Africa, we can never truly know ourselves.

All human civilization wears Africa on its face.... And until the West—and the rest of us— knows Africa, we can never truly know ourselves.