Liptako speaks : history from oral tradition in Africa /

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Although historians today turn increasingly to oral tradition as a source of data on the history of non-literate peoples, Paul Irwin cautions them against uncritical use of such evidence. In an attempt to determine how much historians can learn about the past from oral traditions, he studies those o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Irwin, Paul, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Fula (African people) > History.
Oral tradition.
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique) > Histoire.
Tradition orale.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Fula (African people)
Liptako (Burkina Faso) > History.
Fulani Empire > History.
Liptako (Burkina Faso) > Histoire.
Africa > Fulani Empire.
Burkina Faso > Liptako.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • A Note on Transcription
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Characters
  • Chapter 2. Transmitting Memory Down Through the Generations
  • Chapter 3. A World of Lineages
  • Chapter 4. Reckoning Time's Passing
  • Chapter 5. The Jihad
  • Chapter 6. The Style of Politics
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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