World Ages Archives "The Black Athena Debate"

Publisher: World Ages Archives. Copyright 2005. This page contains links to scholarly research on and reviews of the Black Athena debate. It also contains links to information and online stores for recommended reading on the topic. It contains no direct information about the debate or Bernal's books.

The African "The 'Black Athena' Debate"

Publisher: Grisso. Copyright 1996. This site contains an overview of a specific debate between Bernal and Mary Leftkowitz. It also contains correspondances between Grisso and others as they discuss the Black Athena controversy. The information is cited well, but there are no quick-click links to outside material.

"Black Athena"

Publisher: Mark Alford. Copyright 1997. This site has a short overview of Bernal's view of history and the debate. It has some broken links but successfully links to other sites that give backround information on the topic. There are no citations and no bibliography for further independent research.

"Black Athena"

Publisher: David Silverman. Copyright unknown. This site was useful mainly for the links that lead directly to direct sources behind the theories presented in Black Athena. There are also links to related works.

California Newsreel Black Athena

Publisher: California Newsreel. Copyright unknown. This site is only useful in that it provides a place to order a copy of the documentary Black Athena, which explores Bernal's view of Ancient Greek history. There are no links to other sites for added information, and the site only provides a short blurb about the documentary offered.

"Afrocentricity and the Black Athena Debate"

Publisher: Wim van Binsbergen. Copyright 2001. This site includes articles by van Binsbergen about the debate, links to outside sources and other views, a forum for audience feedback and communication, and an extensive bibliography.

Egypt World "Race in Antiquity: Truly Out of Africa"

Publisher: Dr. Molefi Kete Asante. Copyright 2000. This page is a well written take on the Afrocentric side of the debate. It includes links to other articles and citations of sources for further study.

Free Inquiry "Ancient Histories and Modern Humanities"(review)

Publisher: John R. Lenz. Copyright 1992. This page contains a review of Black Athena Vol. II that was published in Free Inquiry magazine. The link to the classics department webpage for Drew University can provide a good background into the world of Ancient Greece after the period of Bernal's Egyptian influence. The most useful virtual tool is a direct link to Lenz's email.

Chronicle Online "Martin Bernal revisits 'Black Athena' controversy in lecture"

Publisher: Chronicle Online. Copyright: 2007. This page only provides an article about a lecture Bernal gave at Cornell University. However, it does show that the debate still rages on and explains Bernal's theories in layman's terms.

Minoans and Phoenicians "Black Athena, New Proof"

Publisher: Cambridge and Boston Press.. Copyright 2004-2007. This page provides an archeological context to the debate, and the author tries to conclude the debate. The best features are interactive footnotes and links to buy the source books from Amazon.com.

News about Bernal

Publisher: Africavenir. Copyright 2007. This site is useful because it contains recent news on Bernal, including an audio clip. It also includes selected references to his published books and articles.