Regarding African origins of civilization, Bernal, the color of
Egyptians, and other related issues:
I give my graduate students a packet of materials including the
following items: Frank Yurco, "Who Were the Ancient Egyptians,"
*Biblical Archeology Review* (Sept-Oct 1989); Peter Robertshaw,
"Prehistory of the Nile Basin," *Journal of African History* 28
(1987); John Alexander, "The Saharan divide in the Nile Valley: the
evidence from Qasr Ibrim," *African Archeological Review* 6 (1988);
Molefe Kete Asante, "Afrocentricity and Culture," in *African
Cultures*, edited by Molefe Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh (Trenton,
1990), pp. 3-12; Martin Bernal, *Black Athena*, Vol. 1 (New
Brunswick, 1987), pp. 22-38; Chancellor Williams, *The Destruction of
Black Civilization* (Chicago, 1987), pp. 17-53.
I also know that Mary Lefkowitz of Wellesley is
preparing an edited volume on the subjects, and there are other relevant
items. The works I have cited nicely sum up and clarify the several points of
view from a scholarly and informed position.