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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Early Yoruba Historiography |
Author: | Law, Robin |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | History in Africa |
Volume: | 3 |
Pages: | 69-89 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Yoruba historiography Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3171562 |
Abstract: | Presents as complete a survey as possible of historical writing on Yorubaland in the period before c. 1950 and assesses the value of the Yoruba local histories as sources by giving some information on the context in which the local historians wrote and the way they went about the task of reconstructing Yoruba history. Sections: Muslim historiography in Yorubaland - historical writing in English and Yoruba - the character of early Yoruba historiography. Bibl. |