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Summary:
This
volume outlines the sources and materials from which African
history has been constructed and describes the research
methodology employed by historians. It goes on to discuss the
state of these sources, African archaeology and archaeological
techniques, and the contribution of linguistics to history. The
second half of the book deals with the appearance of human beings
and their ways of life, the development of prehistoric art and
early agricultural techniques in the different regions of the
continent.
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Contents
editions
Main edition
English: |
1981, Heinemann/ UNESCO/
University of California Press |
French: |
1980, UNESCO/
Jeune Afrique/ Stock |
Arabic |
1982, UNESCO |
Spanish: |
1982, Tecnos/UNESCO |
Portuguese: |
1982, Atica/UNESCO |
Italian: |
1987, Jaca Book/UNESCO |
Japaese: |
1981, Dohosha Shuppan C°/UNESCO |
Chinese |
1984 |
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Abridged
edition
English: |
1990, UNESCO /James
Currey/ University of California Press |
French: |
1986, UNESCO/ Edicef/
Présence Africaine |
Hausa: |
1991 |
Kiswahili: |
1989 |
Fulani: |
1992 |
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Contents
General
Introduction
J. KI - ZERBO
Chapter 1: The
development of African historiography
J.D. FAGE
Chapter 2: The
place of history in African society
BOUBOU HAMA & J.
KI- ZERB0
Chapter 3: Recent
trends in African historiography and their contribution to history in
general
P.D. CURTIN
Chapter 4: Sources
and specific techniques used in African history: general outline
Th. OBENGA
Chapter 5: Written
sources before the fifteenth century
H. DJAIT
Chapter 6: Written
sources from the fifteenth century onwards
I. HRBEK
Chapter 7: Oral
tradition and its methodology
J. VANSINA
Chapter 8: The
living tradition
A. HAMPATE BA
Chapter 9: African
archaeology and its techniques including dating techniques
Z. ISKANDER
Chapter 10:
I. History
and linguistics P. DIAGNE
II. Theories
on the “races” and history of Africa
J. KI-ZERBO
Chapter 11: Migrations
and ethnic and linguistic differentiations
D. OLDEROGGE
Chapter 12: I. African
linguistic classification J.H. GREENBERG
II. The
language map of Africa D. DALBY
Chapter 13: Historical
geography: physical aspects
S. DIARRA
Chapter 14: Historical
geography: economic aspects
A. MABOGUNJE
Chapter 15: The
interdisciplinary methods adopted in this study
J. KI- ZERBO
Chapter 16: Chronological
framework: African pluvial and glacial epochs
I. O. SAIDI / II.
H. FAURE
Chapter 17: Hominization:
general problems
I. Y. COPPENS / II.
L. BALOUT
Chapter 18: African
fossil man
R. LEAKEY
Chapter 19: The
prehistory of East Africa
J.E.G. SUTTON
Chapter 20: Prehistory
in southern Africa
J. D. CLARK
Chapter 21: The
prehistory of Central Africa
I. R. DE BAYLE DES HERMENS
/ II. F. VAN NOTEN
with the collaboration of P. DE MARET, J. MOEYERSONS, K. MYUYA & E. ROCHE
Chapter 22: The
prehistory of North Africa
L. BALOUT
Chapter 23: The
prehistory of the Sahara
H. J. HUGOT
Chapter 24: The
prehistory of West Africa
T. SHAW
Chapter 25: Prehistory
in the Nile valley
F. DEBONO
Chapter 26: African
prehistoric art
J. KI-ZERBO
Chapter 27: Origins,
development and expansion of agricultural techniques
R. PORTERES & J. BARREAU
Chapter 28: Discovery
and diffusion of metals and development of social systems up to the
fifth century before our era
J. VERCOUTTER
Conclusion : From
nature in the raw to liberated humanity
J. KI-ZERBO
N.B. Mrs Catherine PERLES contributed to the editing of chapters 18, 19, 20, 21
and 24.
Mrs Hélène Roche added some elements to chapter 19. |
