A01=P.E.H. Hair
Author_P.E.H. Hair
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Category=NHH
colonial encounters Africa
early modern ethnolinguistics
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Guinea coast societies
historical African linguistics research
language contact studies
Pirates
Portuguese
Portuguese exploration
Slavers
sub-Saharan history
Product details
- ISBN 9780860786269
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Mar 1997
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Professor Hair’s aim here has been to explore the European written record for the history of Africa south of the Sahara. This effectively began with the arrival of the Portuguese on the Guinea coast and many of these articles focus on Sierra Leone; others extend the enquiry to southern Africa. One particular theme is the use of early vocabularies of African languages as a source for the history of local populations. At the same time, these studies help illuminate the European reaction to the peoples and the places they encountered.
P.E.H. Hair, formerly University of Liverpool, UK
