Hodgepodge historiography: documents, itineraries, and the absence of archives
L White - History in Africa, 2015 - cambridge.org
African historians frequently argue that it is almost impossible to research postcolonial
history because of the absence or haphazard nature of African archives. I argue that this is …
history because of the absence or haphazard nature of African archives. I argue that this is …
Introduction–Suitcases, roads, and archives: Writing the history of Africa after 1960
L White - History in Africa, 2015 - muse.jhu.edu
I originally organized the roundtable on which these papers are based for no more
intellectual reason than I had not been to a meeting of the African Studies Association for …
intellectual reason than I had not been to a meeting of the African Studies Association for …
“As on a darkling plain”: Practitioners, publics, propagandists, and Ancient historiography
TC McCaskie - Comparative studies in society and history, 2012 - cambridge.org
I am a professor of the history of Africa. I have spent four decades researching and writing
about the historic West African forest kingdom of Asante (or Ashanti, now in Ghana), the …
about the historic West African forest kingdom of Asante (or Ashanti, now in Ghana), the …
[图书][B] The Palgrave handbook of African colonial and postcolonial history
MS Shanguhyia, T Falola - 2018 - Springer
This book is the result of unlimited effort from various individuals and institutions. The topics
and themes came from an enriching brainstorming and back-and-forth communication and …
and themes came from an enriching brainstorming and back-and-forth communication and …
Suitcases and the poetics of oddities: writing history from disorderly archives
F Bernault - History in Africa, 2015 - cambridge.org
I argue here against two things: fetishizing the power and wholesomeness of colonial
archives, and equating the scarcity of post-1960 repositories with new difficulties to write the …
archives, and equating the scarcity of post-1960 repositories with new difficulties to write the …
[图书][B] Unarchived Histories: The" mad" and the" trifling" in the Colonial and Postcolonial World
G Pandey - 2013 - books.google.com
For some time now, scholars have recognized the archive less as a neutral repository of
documents of the past, and rather more as a politically interested representation of it, and …
documents of the past, and rather more as a politically interested representation of it, and …
Documentary Sources and Methods for Precolonial African History
C Mobley - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, 2018 - oxfordre.com
The goal of African history is not only to establish a chronology of events but also to recover
the past from the local African perspective. The challenge is how to recover local ways of …
the past from the local African perspective. The challenge is how to recover local ways of …
The earlier historiography of colonial Africa
AD Roberts - History in Africa, 1978 - cambridge.org
Work on volume 7 of the Cambridge History of Africa, covering the years 1905-1940, has
obliged me to reflect on the nature of the literature for this period in African history. The past …
obliged me to reflect on the nature of the literature for this period in African history. The past …
Beyond blacks, bondage, and blame: why a multi-centric World History needs Africa
JC Miller - Historically Speaking, 2004 - muse.jhu.edu
THANKFULLY, HISTORIANS HAVE COME A LONG WAY from the late Hugh Trevor-Roper's
dismissive barb made in 1 963:" Perhaps in thefuture there will be some African history to …
dismissive barb made in 1 963:" Perhaps in thefuture there will be some African history to …
The long southern African past: enfolded time and the challenges of archive
C Hamilton - Social Dynamics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The long southern African past before the advent of European colonialism remains
neglected despite powerful post-apartheid impulses of various kinds for its recovery and …
neglected despite powerful post-apartheid impulses of various kinds for its recovery and …