Africanizing Knowledge: African Studies across the Disciplines

The central theme of this collection of essays is the need to assess and assure that African studies are written within an African context. The lengthy initial (52-page) article is on African historiography as a step toward formulating an African philosophy of history by E.S. Atieno- Odhiambo (history, Rice U.). Other topics include business history, the Vodun Festival in Benin, lexical borrowing in Senegal, colonization accounts of East Africa, traditional music, and memory. The contributors teach history, art history, French, German, English, and other subjects; some are graduate students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR


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