Egypt in its African Context: Proceedings of the Conference held at The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 2-4 October 2009

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The papers in this volume, originally given at a conference at Machester University in 2009, have a number of aims: to address perceptions of Ancient Egypt in the West, in scholarly writing and public understanding; to present a scholarly approach to the subject of Egypt in Africa in order to counterbalance the extreme Afrocentric views within which such a debate is often contextualised; to investigate how community groups and professional Egyptologists can transfer their knowledge and points of view; and to present the work of scholars working on African-centred Egyptology to a wider audience including the traditional academic Egyptological community. It is organised in two sections, the first exploring Egypt’s influence on Africa, and vice versa, the second looking at interpretations of Egypt as an African culture.