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Title: | Making 'History in Africa': David Henige and the quest for method in African history |
Author: | Doortmont, Michel R. |
Year: | 2011 |
Periodical: | History in Africa (ISSN 1558-2744) |
Volume: | 38 |
Pages: | 7-20 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | historiography periodicals |
About person: | David Patrick Henige (1938-) |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/history_in_africa/v038/38.1.doortmont.pdf |
Abstract: | During the course of a long and fruitful career as an historian and librarian, David Henige has made major contributions to the development of the field of African history, as well as to the historical profession in general. His insistence that historians reflect carefully on how they collect, sample and analyse their data has inspired historians to engage with methodology as an exciting topic in its own right. One major theme in Henige's work has been that of literacy and its impact on oral tradition, memory, and historical interpretation. The present article is an effort to give a reflection on David Henige's career and his impact on the discipline of history in Africa, through his work as editor of 'History in Africa'. The scope of the reflection is limited, concentrating on David's own contributions. App., bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract] |