Motherland : a journey through 500,000 years of African culture and identity / Luke Pepera.
Historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist Luke Pepera takes us on a personal journey discovering 500,000 years of African history and cultures in order to reclaim and reconnect with this extraordinary heritage. He tackles the question many people of African descent ask -- Who are we? Where do we come from? What defines us? And it explores how knowledge of this deeper history might affect current understandings of African identity. Through thematically-linked chapters that explore aspects of African identity from nomadic culture and matriarchal society to beliefs about the afterlife and the tradition of oral storytelling, and interwoven with Luke's own experiences of exploring his Ghanaian family history and his personal questions of identity, this is a comprehensive, relevant and beautifully told new history of Africa, and how it has shaped the world we know today.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781639368839
- ISBN: 1639368833
- Physical Description: xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2025
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.
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- Subject:
- Africans > Ethnic identity.
Africa > History.
Africa > Civilization. - Genre:
- Informational works.
Available copies
- 9 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 30229101318722 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 31781069893392 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| East Regional Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 31781069893400 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/11/2026 |
| Farmville Public Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 23900000103543 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 960 P (Text) | 33258010466086 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 960 Pepera (Text) | 30519010977505 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| North Regional Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 31781069893418 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 0020660477322 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Richard H. Thornton Main Library | 960 PEPERA (Text) | 42756202520562 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | 960 PEP (Text) | 33114018904011 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
