Historian in Tropical Africa

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African oral history
Akyem Abuakwa
Ancestral Society
archaeological dating methods
archaeological sites
Ashanti Hinterland
Bahr El Ghazal Region
Birnin Gwari
Bito Dynasty
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Cepheid Variable Stars
Chad Basin
Chop musicians
D. P. Abraham
dance
dating analysis
East African Interior
Eastern Gonja
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Ethno Historical Research
ethnographic analysis
H. Desghamps
Hamitic Hypothesis
historical reconstruction techniques
Home Towns
Hugh A. Ogot
interdisciplinary African historical research
interpretation
Ivor Wilks
Ivory Coast
J. H. Kwabena Nketia
J.D. Fage
Jack Goody
Jean-Paul Lebeuf
L. V. Thomas
Lacustrine Region
Lake Kisale
linguistic evidence Africa
M. G. Smith
Marcel D'hertefelt
Middle Niger Valley
Mossi Kingdom
Mossi States
Mossi Tradition
Mozambique
music
oral traditions
poetry
precolonial societies
R. E. Bradbury
R. Mauny
Raymond Mauny
Robert G. Armstrong
Roland Oliver
Shilluk Kingship
Southern Rhodesia
Trap Door Spider
Tse Tse Fly
Y. Person
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138599123
  • Weight: 657g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 29 Apr 2020
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Originally published in 1964 these papers discuss the recovery and critical interpretation of oral traditions and written documents, problems of dating and analysis of material from archaeological sites, the use of linguistic evidence, and methods of historical reconstruction concerning techniques, art styles and changes in social organization. Consideration is also given to wider problems concerning the pre-colonial history of certain parts of Africa. Attitudes towards the study and understanding of various aspects of historical develoment both among scholars and the public are also reviewed.

J. Vansina, R. Mauny, L. V. Thomas