Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race

by Edward Wilmot Blyden LL.D.

A native of St. Thomas, West Indies, Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) lived most of his life on the African continent.  He was an accomplished educator, linguist, writer and world traveller, who strongly defended the unique character of Africa and its people.  Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race is an essential collection of his writings on race, culture, and the African Personality.

Genres: Religion, Islam, Christianity, Nonfiction, History, Africa

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[Muhammad Rasheed · Rating 5 out of 5]

This amazing book was writ in the late 1800s by Edward Blyden, a Jamaican Christian scholar, world traveler and missionary who wasn't afraid to tell unpopular truth to the face of the mainstream. The book compares the mental state of the American black man who was introduced to Christianity by white Europeans, and the mental state of African blacks who were introduced to Al-Islam by the Arabs. The difference was between night and day. In the former, Christianity came with a package of "we are superior to you and you will always be an inferior wretch" message that aided in the breaking of the black's spirit. Islam came with no such "Arabs are better than you" message, and in fact, they were empowered by the new faith, competed with the Arabs on equal terms and in several cases bested them in scholarship. Blyden spent the book begging his fellow Christian missionaries to take a page out of the Arab's book and introduce the religion to blacks without their cultural baggage... let them add the faith to what they already had, free of the racism taint.

[Kimeticsolutions · Rating 5 out of 5]

19th century book of one of the earliest African writers in the western hemisphere..covering the etomology and cultural nuances of various Africans and their acceptance and way of life within early christianity and islam.

[Daryl Grigsby]

a classic by a profound intellect and activist

[S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Found this e-book on Barnes & Noble instead:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chri...
(The Amazon link went to a blank page with a dog picture.)

[Ebook Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, the e-book version can be found at:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/chri...

[Albert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible.