Paru ka 1885 Paris, mosebetsi ona ke boipiletso molemong oa morabe o motšo, karabelo moqoqong oa Joseph Arthur de Gobineau mabapi le ho se lekane ha merabe ea batho. Anténor Firmin o ne a batla ho loants'a likhopolo tsa Gobineau tsa khethollo ea morabe ka buka ena ea ntoa e tlisang khatello e kholo ea mahlale mokhatlong oa Pan-African. E ipeha boemong ba bo-rasaense ba bohata, Firmin o hlalosa anthropology ea bohlokoa, ea sechaba le ea setso. E lekola botjha karolo ea bohlokoa ea litso tsa Maafrika nalaneng ea tsoelopele, ho tloha ho Baegepeta ho ea ho rephabliki ea pele e ntšo ea Haiti. Sengoli se tiisa bonnete ba hae ba tekano ea banna mme se bula menyetla e mecha ea ho bonahatsa boemo ba batho ba batšo. Tekatekano ea merabe ea batho e bohlokoa bakeng sa ho utloisisa khethollo ea morabe le litumelo tse atileng lichabeng tsa rona tsa sejoale-joale.
