The Races of Africa
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The Races of Africa is a 20th-century anthropological work that attempted to classify African peoples into distinct racial groups, reflecting the racial theories and biases of its time.
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| The Races of Africa canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
anthropological work
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book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
anthropology
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physical anthropology ⓘ |
| author |
C. G. Seligman
NERFINISHED
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Charles Gabriel Seligman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
Eurocentric bias
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outdated racial concepts ⓘ scientific racism ⓘ |
| describes | racial groups in Africa ⓘ |
| focusesOn | classification of African populations ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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ethnology ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | example of obsolete racial science in anthropology ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | racial typology ⓘ |
| hasReputation | influential but controversial work in African anthropology ⓘ |
| historicalContext | British colonial period in Africa ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions of African racial typologies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early 20th-century scientific racism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African peoples
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physical anthropology ⓘ racial classification ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| reflects |
colonial-era anthropological biases
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racial theories of its time ⓘ |
| typeOf | racial classification study ⓘ |
| usedIn | colonial-era scholarship on Africa ⓘ |
| usedTo | categorize African populations into distinct races ⓘ |
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