How did ‘Eurocentrism’ assume the status of a Euro-North American theory of human history that privileges the Greek–Roman classical world as the cradle of human civilisation in the process overshadowing the reality of Africa as the certified cradle of humankind?

Abstract

History may be defined as the authenticated record of man’s activities and achievements. It is not a complete record, for there are many gaps in our knowledge of the past. There is also present an element of uncertainty. The historian can record only, what, in his judgement, is the closest possible approximation of the truth.