Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African PastToby Green

Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past

Name: Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past
ISBN: 9789004348837

Toby Green, Benedetta Rossi · 2018

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Landscapes, Sources and Intellectual Projects of the West African Past' offers a comprehensive assessment of new directions in the historiography of West Africa. With twenty-four chapters by leading researchers in the study of West African history and cultures, the volume examines the main trends in multiple fields including the critical interpretation of Arabic sources; new archaeological surveys of trans-Saharan trade; the discovery of sources in Latin America relating to pan-Atlantic histories; and the continuing analysis of oral histories. The volume is dedicated to Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias, whose work inspired the intellectual reorientations discussed in its chapters and stands as the clearest formulation of the book?s central focus on the relationship between political conjunctures and the production of sources.