In these series of essays titled Connecting The Dots, this poster will delve into the tenuous world of modern archeology and history, as it relates to peoples of Africa. For the most part, peoples of African descent are consciously and/or subconsciously aware, that somehow, they are not afforded their right place in history. Often their histories are pursued only as far back as the transatlantic slave trade and/or the era of colonialism. Any history of these people past those relatively recent milestones is considered highly controversial and only relegated to the strong willed, those who are willing to risk most everything they have worked for, if their intentions are to go against the status quo.

Martin Bernal is one of the few such strong willed persons who risked much by writing a series of hard hitting books titled Black Athena. Before Black Athena, Bernal was a well respected British orientalist who was influential in shaping the British diplomatic relationship with China. After the publication of the first volume of Black Athena in 1987, subtitled The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985, his stock fell severely.