Whose history counts : decolonising African pre-colonial historiography /
"Originally planned as a fact-based book on the pre-colonial history of the Eastern Cape in the true tradition of history, this ground-breaking book focuses on epistemological and foundational questions about the writing of history and whose history counts. Whose History Counts challenges the v...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Other Authors: | , , |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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[Stellenbosch, South Africa] :
African Sun Media,
2018.
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Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | Rethinking Africa series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Section I. Decolonising historiography. Of definitions and naming: "I am the earth itself. God made me a chief on the very first day of creation."
- Language as source of revitalisation and reclamation of Indigenous epistemologies: contesting assumptions and re-imagining women identities in (African) Xhosa society
- The missing idiom of African historiography: African historical writing in Walter Rubusana's Zemk'inkomo Magwalandini
- Repositioning umakhulu as an institution of knowledge: beyond 'biologism' towards umakhulu as the body of Indigenous knowledge
- The long southern African past: enfolded time and the challenges of archive
- Section II. The challenges of praxis. The study of earlier African societies before colonial contact in the former Xhalanga magisterial district, Eastern Cape: a case study of three villages in the district
- The home of legends project: the potential and challenges of using heritage sites to tell the pre-colonial stories of the Eastern Cape
- Considerations towards establishing equitable stakeholder partnerships for transformation in higher education in South Africa: A review of the challenges, constraints and possibilities in working on pre-colonial history
- Allegorical critiques and national narratives: mapungubwe in South African history education
- Conclusion.