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Sources and Methods in African History
By Toyin Falola
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Description
This book is both a snapshot of current academic practice and an attempt to sort through some 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 section deals 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. The fifth 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 Francis Nalle Higgenbothom Centennial Professor of History and Distinuished Teaching at the University of Texas at Austin.Christian Jennings is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Texas at Austin.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
434
Release Date:
2004-09-30
Publication Date:
2004-10-01
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1580461409
ISBN13:
9781580461405
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
625 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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