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By balancing written history with the African oral tradition, this book conceptualizes the integrations among diverse peoples of Africa and specifically among the Songhoy people. Drawing from a number of academic disciplines and original research that documents the oral and literate traditions of th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maïga, Hassimi Oumarou
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2009.
Colección:African studies (Routledge (Firm))
Temas:
Songhai (African people) > History.
Songhaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Civilization
Songhai (African people)
Songhai Empire > History.
Africa, West > Civilization.
Songhaï (Empire) > Histoire.
Afrique occidentale > Civilisation.
Africa > Songhai Empire
West Africa
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:By balancing written history with the African oral tradition, this book conceptualizes the integrations among diverse peoples of Africa and specifically among the Songhoy people. Drawing from a number of academic disciplines and original research that documents the oral and literate traditions of the Songhoy people, Hassimi Oumarou Maiga offers a unique interpretation of Indigenous Songhoy-African perspectives on African history, culture and education from antiquity to the present day and from continental Africa to the worldwide African Diaspora. In explaining the cosmology, philosophy, val.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed October 2, 2009).
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203872055
0203872053
0415963516
9780415963510

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