The Africanist writer, who devoted many years of his life to the study of the Black Continent, talks about the original traditions of the peoples of Southern and Eastern Africa. The reader will visit ancient Asum, see the architecture of ancient cities, get acquainted with the customs and way of life of the Pygmies, Nilotes and Bushmen, learn about many secret rituals that few Europeans were able to see. The life of distant ancestors coexists with modern life.