Euro-Jews and Afro-Arabs The Great Semitic Divergence in World History

The impact of European and Semitic peoples upon world civilization and African history is addressed in this scholarly study. The Jewish wing of the Semitic people converged with the Western world; the Arab wing of the Semites converged with Africa. The three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have confronted the racial divide between Caucasian people and people of color. This book explores the geographical regions of Africa, the Middle East, and the Western world in the context of fragile structures and resilient cultures. Book jacket.

Ali Mazrui is currently Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, New York; Senior Scholar in Africana Studies at Cornell University, New York; and Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya