{"product_id":"sources-and-methods-in-african-history-spoken-written-unearthed-paperback","title":"Sources and Methods in African History: Spoken Written Unearthed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToyin Falola\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristian Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAkin Ogundiran\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing.\u003cbr\u003e This book is both a snapshot of current academic practice and an attempt to sort throughsome 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 sectiondeals 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. Thefifth section is devoted to essays that present innovative sources and methods for African historical research.\u003cbr\u003e Together, the essays in this cutting-edge volume represent the current state of the art in African historical research. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.\u003cbr\u003e Christian Jennings is a Doctoral Candidatein History at the University of Texas at Austin.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.96 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52626408866099,"sku":"9781580461405","price":92.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OU1VSSttaFRTeUc0SDJPWWIraE91UT09.webp?v=1762066795","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/sources-and-methods-in-african-history-spoken-written-unearthed-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}