Interview with Prof. Martin Bernal, author of the book "Black Athena"

09.04.09
"Black Athena: Afro-Asiatic Roots of the Ancient Civilisation" by Prof. Martin Bernal published in the Macedonian Capital, Skopje

Martin Gardiner Bernal (born 1937) is a Professor Emeritus of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University. He is a scholar of modern Chinese political history. He is best known for his controversial work Black Athena, which re-examines the origins of Ancient Greek culture and language.

Bernal came to the conclusion that ancient Greek accounts of Egyptian influence on their civilization should be taken seriously. He had been interested in ancient Egypt since childhood, in part inspired by his grandfather Sir Alan Gardiner.[2] Bernal's new direction was strengthened by his discovery of the work of Cyrus Gordon and Michael Astour.[2] In due course he wrote Black Athena.

Volume I of Black Athena was first published by Free Association Books in the UK. Rutgers then published it in the USA. Subsequent volumes were issued by both companies in parallel.

http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/__Black_Athena__vol__1_1842.html

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