Whose history counts : decolonising African pre-colonial historiography /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bam, June (Editor), Ntsebeza, Lungisile (Editor), Zinn, Allan (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Stellenbosch, South Africa] : African Sun Media, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Rethinking Africa series.
Subjects:
Historiography > Africa.
Historiography > South Africa.
Learning and scholarship > Africa > History.
Learning and scholarship > South Africa > History.
Savoir et érudition > Afrique > Histoire.
Savoir et érudition > Afrique du Sud > Histoire.
Historiographie > Afrique.
Historiographie > Afrique du Sud.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Historiography
Learning and scholarship
Africa
South Africa
History
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.

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