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Title: | Comparative African history: prospects and challenges |
Editor: | Asiwaju, Anthony I. |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Afrika Zamani: revue annuelle d'histoire africaine = Annual Journal of African History (ISSN 0850-3079) |
Issue: | 11-12 |
Pages: | 190 |
Language: | French |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | historiography conference papers (form) 2005 |
Abstract: | The articles in this special edition of Afrika Zamani originate from the papers presented at the specialized theme one panel on African history in comparative perspective at the twentieth congress of the International Committee of Historical Sciences (Sydney, Australia, 9 to 13 July 2005). They illustrate the main approaches to historical comparison for Africa in recent centuries. They show how comparisons have clarified narratives and documented historical processes and can advance understanding of 'the history of man in Africa'. Two articles explore the rules for and results of historical comparison: Michal Tymowski on the use of the term 'empire' in historical research on Africa and John Edward Philips on the conceptualization of slavery. Three articles compare cases that overlap and interact with each other: the clash of identities in the Horn of Africa (Bahru Zewde), the national question in West Africa (Pierre Kipré), the survival of Cameroon in contrast to the collapse of the Senegambia confederation (Nicodemus Fru Awasom). Three articles compare discrete cases: the Taiping rebellion (1851-1864) and the Aladura churches in southwestern Nigeria (David Lindenfeld), Pentecostalism in Nigeria and Brazil (Olufunke Adeboye), Nigerian and Japanese maritime policy, especially relating to the development of ports, the mercantile marine and port industries (Ayodeji Olukoju). The issue is introduced by Anthony I. Asiwaju, while Patrick Manning provides a concluding commentary, pointing to the connection with world history and asserting that comparative and global frameworks each have their place and can each be employed as a tactic or strategy in historical analysis. [ASC Leiden abstract] |