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Problems associated with African history. Orality as a source

Author : James Pinnock
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668648182
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book Problems associated with African history. Orality as a source written by James Pinnock and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 80.0%, , language: English, abstract: “History,” according to E.H. Carr, “cannot be written unless the historian can achieve some kind of contact with those about whom he is writing”. Throughout the pursuit of history, we search for a link between the past and the present, and that, almost definitively, arrives in the form of written sources. However, how should we approach history when written sources elude us, and all we have to rely on (for the most part) are oral sources and tradition? A nature that certainly defines the so-called ‘acephalous’ societies of pre-colonial Africa, and to a lesser extent contemporary Africa. Orality is not seen in modern scholarship, admittedly dominated by Western and Europeanized thought, as a viable or reliable source for constructing history. Yet, does this orality consign Africa to the peripheries of history, to the wastelands of historical thought and theory? Is Africa, as Hugh Trevor-Roper once claimed “unhistoric”? This essay will examine whether oral sources are a sufficient foundation for the history of a continent, and whether their innate weaknesses and flaws as a source indeed render them, as previously believed, inadequate for such a venture. Of paramount importance in this essay is to assess whether a history of Africa can survive within the ideas of what History is and should be, ideas ultimately Western, indeed European, in their conception. Or can we separate Africa from Europe, both in terms of colonial impact and historical theory, and create a purely Africanist history? Hence, by the end of this essay, I hope to have displayed that oral sources have value within themselves as a source for history, and that the constraints of European history need not necessarily apply to Africa. Perhaps then, Africa can be resurrected from the “graveyard of academic publishing”.

Sources and Methods in African History

Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580461405
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Sources and Methods in African History written by Toyin Falola and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is both a snapshot of current academic practice and an attempt to sort throughsome of the problems scholars face within this unfolding web of sources and methods. The book is divided into five sections, each of which begins with a short introduction by a distinguished Africanist scholar. The first sectiondeals with archaeological contributions to historical research. The second section examines the methodologies involved in deciphering historically accurate African ethnic identities from the records of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The third section mines old documentary sources for new historical perspectives. The fourth section deals with the method most often associated with African historians, that of drawing historical data from oral tradition. Thefifth section is devoted to essays that present innovative sources and methods for African historical research. Together, the essays in this cutting-edge volume represent the current state of the art in African historical research. Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Christian Jennings is a Doctoral Candidatein History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Writing African History

Author : John Edward Philips
Publisher : University Rochester Press
ISBN 13 : 9781580462563
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Writing African History written by John Edward Philips and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive evaluation of how to read African history. Writing African History is an essential work for anyone who wants to write, or even seriously read, African history. It will replace Daniel McCall's classic Africa in Time Perspective 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. Africa in Time Perspective 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 explainingwhat 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 thesecond 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. Writing African History will become the most important guide to African history for the 21st century. 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. John Edwards Philips is professor of international society, Hirosaki University, and author of Spurious Arabic: Hausa and Colonial Nigeria [Madison, University of Wisconsin African Studies Center, 2000].

Oral Tradition as History

Author : Jan M. Vansina
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299102130
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Oral Tradition as History written by Jan M. Vansina and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1985-09-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan Vansina’s 1961 book, Oral Tradition, was hailed internationally as a pioneering work in the field of ethno-history. Originally published in French, it was translated into English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and Hungarian. Reviewers were unanimous in their praise of Vansina’s success in subjecting oral traditions to intense functional analysis. Now, Vansina—with the benefit of two decades of additional thought and research—has revised his original work substantially, completely rewriting some sections and adding much new material. The result is an essentially new work, indispensable to all students and scholars of history, anthropology, folklore, and ethno-history who are concerned with the transmission and potential uses of oral material. “Those embarking on the challenging adventure of historical fieldwork with an oral community will find the book a valuable companion, filled with good practical advice. Those who already have collected bodies of oral material, or who strive to interpret and analyze that collected by others, will be forced to subject their own methodological approaches to a critical reexamination in the light of Vansina’s thoughtful and provocative insights. . . . For the second time in a quarter of a century, we are profoundly in the debt of Jan Vansina.”—Research in African Literatures “Oral Traditions as History is an essential addition to the basic literature of African history.”—American Historical Review

African History: A Very Short Introduction

Author : John Parker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192802488
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book African History: A Very Short Introduction written by John Parker and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Oral Tradition

Author : Jan Vansina
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202367622
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Oral Tradition written by Jan Vansina and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Words, African Voices

Author : Luise White
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253339485
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book African Words, African Voices written by Luise White and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Words, African Voices considers African history as an art incorporating the experience and testimony of ordinary Africans. It is a provoative volume that evokes the richness and relevance of oral sources for understanding a complex past.

Emerging Themes of African History

Author : Terence O. Ranger
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging Themes of African History written by Terence O. Ranger and published by Heinemann Educational Publishers. This book was released on 1969 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African History through Sources: Volume 1, Colonial Contexts and Everyday Experiences, c.1850–1946

Author : Nancy J. Jacobs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139952358
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Book Synopsis African History through Sources: Volume 1, Colonial Contexts and Everyday Experiences, c.1850–1946 by : Nancy J. Jacobs

Download or read book African History through Sources: Volume 1, Colonial Contexts and Everyday Experiences, c.1850–1946 written by Nancy J. Jacobs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African History through Sources recounts the history of colonial Africa through more than 100 primary sources produced by a variety of actors: ordinary men and women, the educated elite, and colonial officials. Including official documents, as well as interviews, memoirs, lyrics, and photographs, the book balances coverage of the state and economy with attention to daily life, family life, and cultural change. Entries are drawn from all around sub-Saharan Africa, and many have been translated into English for the first time. Introductions to each source and chapter provide context and identify themes. African History through Sources allows readers to analyze change, understand perspectives, and imagine everyday life during an extraordinary time.

The African Past Speaks

Author : Joseph Calder Miller
Publisher : Folkestone, Eng. : Dawson ; Hamden, Conn. : Archon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The African Past Speaks written by Joseph Calder Miller and published by Folkestone, Eng. : Dawson ; Hamden, Conn. : Archon. This book was released on 1980 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oral Historiography

Author : David P. Henige
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oral Historiography written by David P. Henige and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1982 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a major re-evaluation of the collection and interpretation of oral historical data. A comparative framework is adopted, though the principal emphasis is on Africa and is based upon the author's extensive knowledge of the continent. Concluding chapters point to the distinction between oral tradition and oral history, and stress the necessity to conserve and make available information collected by oral methods in the field.

African History

Author : Okon Edet Uya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African History written by Okon Edet Uya and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Issues in Historiography

Author : Oladipo O. Olubomehin
Publisher : College Press Publ. (Nigeria)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Issues in Historiography written by Oladipo O. Olubomehin and published by College Press Publ. (Nigeria). This book was released on 2001 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is for African students and students of African history, offering a local perspective on the study of history. It considers biography as history, objectivity, oral/non-literate societies and history, archaeololgy, ideological issues in African historiography and writing Nigerian history. A whole section is given to a discussion of the challenges facing the twenty-first century Nigerian historian. These are identified as: how to overcome the slump in the study of history, and crisis in identity and relevance after the peak and progess of the late seventies; how to improve the status of history at secondary and tertiary levels, and more generally, how to encourage the wider participation of Nigerian historians in international research networks. The contributors are mainly professors and lecturers at the University of Lagos and Ogun State University.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography

Author : Thomas T. Spear
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780190698713
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography written by Thomas T. Spear and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The difficulties of exploring African history, especially for earlier periods, have spurred the development of a wide range of methodologies and approaches, such that Wyatt McGaffey once termed it 'the decathlon of the social sciences.' Historians have long utilized archaeology, ethnography, historical linguistics, and oral traditions, but are only beginning to explore the possibilities of genetics or many of the new techniques used by archaeology and other sciences. And as digital sources proliferate, so do the problems in using them. 'The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography' discusses these sources and methods, and examines how these developments have influenced the scholarship that historians produce.

The Multi-disciplinary Approach to African History

Author : Nkparom C. Ejituwu
Publisher : University of Port Harcourt
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Multi-disciplinary Approach to African History written by Nkparom C. Ejituwu and published by University of Port Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Palgrave Handbook of African Oral Traditions and Folklore

Author : Akintunde Akinyemi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030555178
Total Pages : 1041 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of African Oral Traditions and Folklore written by Akintunde Akinyemi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve and renew the scholarship of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the Diaspora just as critical concerns about their survival are pushed to the forefront of the field. With five sections on the central themes within orality and folklore – including engagement ranging from popular culture to technology, methods to pedagogy – this handbook is an indispensable resource to scholars, students, and practitioners of oral traditions and folklore preservation alike. This definitive reference is the first to provide detailed, systematic discussion, and up-to-date analysis of African oral traditions and folklore.

African History through Sources

Author : Nancy J. Jacobs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107030897
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book African History through Sources written by Nancy J. Jacobs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of primary source documents on sub-Saharan Africa during the colonial period.