I didn't have the expertise to evaluate most of what he wrote, but what I did have the knowledge to evaluate was all wrong, completely. So I made my judgment on what I did know. What a load of steaming crap!!
Martin Bernal is an Afrocentrist, and therefore a hack.
He insists that the civilization of Ancient Greece came from Africa, as did Ancient Egypt and just about any other advanced ancient civilzation.
In academics, Afrocentric history is the equivalent of being a flat earth proponet or a 9-11 Troofer.
He is not serious and is not taken seriously by anyone except the most extreme liberal hacks in academia.
Even at Berkeley, where I am, he’s not taken seriously by anyone in the History or Classics departments.
I don’t know what they think over at Black Studies. I only deal with real subjects.