African words, African voices

By Stephan Miescher, Luise White

Subjects: Mündliche Überlieferung, Africa, historiography, Oral tradition, Oral history, Aufsatzsammlung, Historiographie, Historiography, Tradition orale

Description: African Words, African Voices considers African history as an art incorporating the experience and testimony of ordinary Africans. It is a provoative volume that evokes the richness and relevance of oral sources for understanding a complex past.