Foreword / by Léopold Sédar Senghor -- The "Atlas Africanus" -- Discussion of the method of cultural history -- On the morphological method of studying cultures -- The nature of culture -- Reflections on African art -- Rock art of the Saharan Atlas -- Rock art of the Fezzan -- Rock art of South Africa -- African hunters: the Mahalbi culture -- African hunters: bushmen and hunting spirits -- The civilization of the Kabyls -- Tales from the Sudan -- The religion of the Yoruba -- Zimbabwe and the Wahungwe civilization.