A minority of lucid scholars, spearheaded by Cheikh Anta Diop and Theophile Obenga, argued that instead of following Europe and America, we'd do better to retrieve Africa's own multi-millennial heritage of philosophical and cultural values, the best of which, like Maat, centered on political unity and social justice, would be our surest guide into a regenerative future. These essays show exactly wh. They also suggest ways in which we can heed the call of our most creative thinkers, to prepare for the long-postponed rebirth of African society.