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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instanceOf anthropological work
book
academicDiscipline anthropology
physical anthropology
author C. G. Seligman NERFINISHED
Charles Gabriel Seligman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizedFor Eurocentric bias
outdated racial concepts
scientific racism
describes racial groups in Africa
focusesOn classification of African populations
genre anthropology
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
physical anthropology
racial classification
publicationCentury 20th century
reflects colonial-era anthropological biases
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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Charles Gabriel Seligman notableWork The Races of Africa