Irwin Liptako Speaks

History from Oral Tradition in Africa
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5551-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Although historians today turn increasingly to oral tradition as a source of data on the history of non-literate peoples, Paul Irwin cautions them against uncritical use of such evidence. In an attempt to determine how much historians can learn about the past from oral traditions, he studies those of Liptako, now a part of Upper Volta hut in the nineteenth century an emirate in one of West Africa's great imperial systems.

Originally published in 1981.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Irwin, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
List of Maps, Figures, and Tables, pg. ix
Acknowledgments, pg. xi
List of Abbreviations, pg. xv
A Note on Transcription, pg. xvii
Introduction, pg. xix
Chapter 1. The Characters, pg. 1
Chapter 2. Transmitting Memory Down Through the Generations, pg. 22
Chapter 3. A World of Lineages, pg. 42
Chapter 4. Reckoning Time's Passing, pg. 67
Chapter 5. The Jihad, pg. 90
Chapter 6. The Style of Politics, pg. 133
Conclusion, pg. 162
Notes, pg. 165
Bibliography, pg. 203
Index, pg. 219