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W. E. B. Bu Bois's theory of history is argued to rest on the problem of the development of power & authority in races & individuals that produces cultural & civilizational achievement. Du Bois is argued to be as chauvinistic about Africans & as egocentric as Marcus Garvey, who rivaled him in his Pan-Africanism struggles in the 1920s. The elements of Africa's cultural greatness -- beginnings, the village unit, & art in sculptures & music -- that Du Bois offers as the gifts of Africa reveal his implicit criticism of modernity & industrialization. Neverthelss, he clung to the idea of progress & worked for it in his commitment to the pan-African Congress. Du Bois's enthusiasm for Kwame Nkrumah (who was to successfully lead Ghana to independence) has its roots in this youthful enthusiasm for Otto von Bismarck, who brought the Germans together as a people. H. von Rautenfeld