Aggrey of Africa; A Study in Black and White
New York: Published for The Phelps-Stokes Fund by The Friendship Press (1929), 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-xii, [2], 3-292 pp. Black cloth with black lettering and a decoration printed on a white paper label on the spine. Price of $1.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a full-page photograph of J.E.K. Aggrey. Black Past, Jacob Gordon, "JAMES EMMANUEL KWEGYIR AGGREY (1875-1927)". James Aggrey was born to Ghanian royalty in the latter part of the nineteenth century. During his lifetime he earned two doctorates, became an ordained minister, worked as a professor, and advocated for interracial harmony in the United States, as well as the right of self-determination for African peoples. In 1920 and 1921 he undertook a tour of Western and Central Africa and observed the effects of colonialism on these places. He was admired by several of his contemporaries and is remembered as a hardworking and generous intellectual who advocated for the human rights of the African diaspora. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000012204
Jacket has traces of edge wear (including some chipping) and a small split to its rear panel.
Price: $125.00