African Words, African Voices - Critical Practices in Oral History (Paperback)

Until the 1960s and the advent of African independence, African history was rarely concerned with African lives. Africans were not considered fitting subjects or authoritative sources for historical research and their voices and experiences were largely absent from the continent's history. Efforts to restore African expression to African history have characterized much of postcolonial historical research and writing, but questions about the use of oral sources in the quest for truth continue to plague interpreters and interpretations of the African past. This analysis reveals African historians involved with and committed to developing unique methodologies for dealing with history on their own terms. African historians from North America, Europe and Africa confront questions such as the relationship between a community's oral and written history, the role of personal histories, the effects of racism and colonialism, the suppression of facts, and how historians should mediate and interpret research data.; Focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, the essays brought together here seek to reflect the extraordinary range of engagement that represents the state-of-the-art of African h

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Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2001
First published:	November 2001
Editors:	Luise S. White • Stephan F. Miescher • David William Cohen
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-21468-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > History > Theory & methods > General Promotions
LSN:	0-253-21468-8
Barcode:	9780253214683

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