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Individual in African History

The Importance of Biography in African Historical Studies

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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This volume investigates the development of biographical study in African history and historiography. Consisting of 10 case studies, it is preceded by an introductory prologue, which deals with the relationship between historiography and different forms of biographical study in the context of Western history-writing but especially African (historical and anthropological) studies. The first three case studies deal with the methodological insights of biographical studies for African history. This is followed by three case studies dealing with personas living through fundamental societal transitions, and four case studies focusing on the discursive dimensions of biographical subjects (including religion, cosmology and ideology). Countries or regions discussed include South Africa, Zambia, Gold Coast, Cameroon, Tanganyika, Congo-Kinshasa and the Central African Republic in colonial times.Contributors are Lindie Koorts, Elena Moore, Iva Peša, Paul Glen Grant, Jacqueline de Vries, Duncan Money, Morgan Robinson, Eve Wong, Klaas van Walraven, Erik Kennes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-04-02
Mått155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt481 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrican Dynamics
Antal sidor304
FörlagBrill
MedarbetarevanWalraven,Klaas
ISBN9789004407817

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AcknowledgementsList of Illustrations Notes on ContributorsPrologue: Reflections on Historiography and Biography and the Study of Africa’s PastKlaas van WalravenPart 1: Methodological Insights1 Human SymbolsThe Biographical Pursuit and the Language of Symbolism in Contemporary South AfricaLindie Koorts2 ‘Your Surroundings Don’t Make You; You Must Rise above all that’The Home in Life Histories as Site of Resistance to Racial Violence, Cape Town, South AfricaElena Moore3 From Life Histories to Social HistoryNarrating Social Change through Multiple BiographiesIva PešaPart 2: Persons in Transitions4 The Effervescence of Individual Life: Cornelius Badu, Born 1847 in Elmina, Gold CoastPaul Glen Grant5 The Leopard that Came to Laikom: Michael Timneng in Colonial CameroonJacqueline de Vries6 Underground Struggles: The Early Life of Jack HodgsonDuncan MoneyPart 3: Discursive Worlds7 Binding Words: Student Biographical Narratives and Religious ConversionMorgan Robinson8 A Muslim Boy in Sunday SchoolAbdullah Abdurahman’s Early Childhood and Education in Cape Town at the End of the Nineteenth CenturyEve Wong9 Barthélémy Boganda between Charisma and CosmologyInterpretive Perspectives on Biography in Equatorial African HistoryKlaas van Walraven10 A Road not Taken? The Biography of Laurent Kabila (1939-2001)Erik KennesIndex