Writing African history:

<I>Writing African History</I> is an essential work for anyone who wants to write, or even seriously read, African history. It will replace Daniel McCall's classic <I>Africa in Time Perspective</I> as the introduction to African history for the next generation and as a r...

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Other Authors: Philips, John Edward 1952- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY University of Rochester Press 2005
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:<I>Writing African History</I> is an essential work for anyone who wants to write, or even seriously read, African history. It will replace Daniel McCall's classic <I>Africa in Time Perspective</I> as the introduction to African history for the next generation and as a reference for professional historians, interested readers, and anyone who wants to understand how African history is written. <BR><I>Africa in Time Perspective</I> was written in the 1960s, when African history was a new field of research. This new book reflects the development of African history since then. It opens with a comprehensive introduction by Daniel McCall, followed by a chapter by the editor explaining what African history is [and is not] in the context of historical theory and the development of historical narrative, the humanities, and social sciences. The first half of the book focuses on sources of historical data while the second half examines different perspectives on history. The editor's final chapter explains how to combine various sorts of evidence into a coherent account of African history. <I>Writing African History</I> will become the most important guide to African history for the 21st century.<BR><BR> Contributors: Bala Achi, Isaac Olawale Albert, Diedre L. Badéjo, Dorothea Bedigian, Barbara M. Cooper, Henry John Drewal, Christopher Ehret, Toyin Falola, David Henige, Joseph E. Holloway, John Hunwick, S. O. Y. Keita, William G. Martin, Daniel McCall, Susan Keech McIntosh, Donatien Dibwe Dia Mwembu, Kathleen Sheldon, John Thornton, and Masao Yoshida.<BR><BR> John Edwards Philips is Professor of International Society, Hirosaki University, and author of <I>Spurious Arabic: Hausa and Colonial Nigeria</I> [Madison, University of Wisconsin African Studies Center, 2000]
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African economic history : approaches to research / Masao Yoshida -- Signs of time, shapes of thought : the contributions of art history and visual culture to historical methods in Africa / Henry John Drewal -- Methodologies in Yorùbá oral historiography and aesthetics / Diedre Bádéjo -- Local history in post-independent Africa / Bala Achi -- Africa and world-systems analysis : a post-nationalist project? / William G. Martin -- "What Africa has given America" : African continuities in the North American diaspora / Joseph E. Holloway -- History and memory / Donatien Dibwe dia Mwembu -- Writing about women : approaches to a gendered perspective in African history / Kathleen Sheldon -- Writing African history / John Edward Philips
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 532 pages)
ISBN:9781580466387

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