Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources

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Discussion published by Thomas Spear on Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources has just been published by OUP. This is an unequalled collection of 88 original articles on the wide-ranging methods and sources employed by African historians—including archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, climatology, genetics, and oral, documentary, cultural, and digital sources—as well as the different historiographical traditions that have developed within African history.

The articles, listed below, are all included in a single two volume set as well as being posted individually online atThe Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History (http://oxfordre.com/africanhistory/), where they will be continually added to and updated over time.

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We hope that you will find this resource useful, recommend it to your reference librarian, and refer it to your students.

Cheers,

Thomas Spear University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources

Thomas Spear, Peter Limb, Kathryn M. de Luna, Peter Mitchell, Olufemi Vaughan, Richard Waller (eds.)

Introduction

Introduction: Researching African History, Thomas Spear Early African Pasts: Sources, Interpretations, Meanings, David Schoenbrun Kingdoms of South-Central Africa: Sources, Historiography, and History, David Gordon

Methods and Sources of African History

I. Archaeological Methods and Sources

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Introduction: Archaeological Methods & Sources, Peter Mitchell Archaeobotany: Methods, Dorian Fuller & Louis Champion Archaeozoology: Methods, Veerle Linseele Ceramics, Foodways and Consumption: Methods, Lisa Gijanto Pottery chaînes opératoires as Historical Documents, Oliver P. Gosselain Scientific Dating Methods in African Archaeology, Vincent J. Hare & Emma Loftus Paleoenvironmental Science: Methods, David R. Wright African Iron Production and Iron Working Techniques: Methods, Louis Iles Precolonial Metallurgy and Mining across Africa, Shadreck Chirikure Ethnographic Analogy in Archaeology: Methodological Insights from Southern Africa, Mark McGranaghan Primary Historical Sources in Archaeology: Methods, Rachel King Rock Art Research Methods, Jeremy Hollmann Documenting Precolonial Trade in Africa, Shadreck Chirikure Interactions among Precolonial Foragers, Herders, and Farmers in Southern Africa, James Denbow Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Precolonial Sub-Saharan African Farming and Herding Communities, Paul Lane & Anna Shoemaker The Archaeology of Gender in Sub-Saharan Africa, Lyn Wadley

II. Biological and Environmental Sciences Methods and Sources

Introduction: Biological and Environmental Sciences Methods, Richard Waller African Historical Geography, Landscapes, and Environmental Change, Katherine Homewood Climatology: Methods, Sharon E. Nicolson Genetics and Southern African History, Christian Capelli & Francesco Montinaro

III. Language Methods and Sources

Introduction: Language Methods, Kathryn M. de Luna Historical Linguistics: Classification, Constanze Weise Historical Linguistics: Words and Things, Rhonda M. Gonzales Historical Linguistics: Loanwords and Borrowing, Birgit Riquier The Bantu Expansion, Koen Bostoen

IV. Anthropological and Ethnographic Methods and Sources

Introduction: Anthropological and Ethnographic Methods and Sources, Thomas Spear Anthropology and the Study of Africa, Jessica Johnson Anthropological and Ethnographic Methods and Sources, Constance Smith Bodily Ways of Knowing: Anthropological and Historical Approaches to Affect and the Senses, Kathryn Linn Guerts

V. Documentary and Written Sources

Introduction: Documentary and Written Sources for African History, Olufemi Vaughan

Reading the Archives as Sources, David Gordon Documentary Sources and Methods for Precolonial African History, Christina Mobley West African Manuscripts in Arabic and African Languages and Digital Preservation, Fallou Ngom Islamic Historical Sources: Manuscripts and Online, Amidu Olalekan Sanni Travellers' Accounts as Sources, Adam Jones Business Records as Sources for African History, Dmitri van den Bersselaar Newspapers as Sources for African History, Emma Hunter

VI. Digital and Numerical Sources

Introduction: Digital and Numerical Sources, Peter Limb Numerical Data and Statistical Sources, Leigh Gardner Quantitative Methods and Economic Statistical Sources for African History, Morton Jerven Digital Approaches to the History of the Atlantic Slave Trade, Daryle Williams Digital Sources for the History of the Horn of Africa, Massimo Zaccaria The Internet and Social Media as Sources, Aubrey Bloomfield & Sean Jacobs

VII. Oral Sources

Introduction: Oral Sources, Thomas Spear Oral Traditions as Sources, Stephen Belcher Oral History and Life History as Sources, Mary Dillard

VIII. Cultural Sources

Introduction: Cultural Sources, Richard Waller Material Culture as a Historical Source, Robert Ross Heritage and the Use of the Past in East Africa, John Giblin Exploring Present Pasts: Popular Arts as Historical Sources, Bogumil Jewsiewicki & Allen Roberts Photographs as Sources, Robert Gordon & Jonathan Kurzwelly Film and Video as Historical Sources, Mahir Saul Animating African History: Digital and Visual Trends, Paula Callus

Histories and Historiographies of African History

I. Schools of African History

Introduction: Schools of African History, Olufemi Vaughan African Philosophies of History and Historiography, Toyin Falola & Abikal Borah The SOAS School of African History, Shobana Shankar Writing African History in France during the Colonial Era, Sophie Dulucq The Wisconsin School of African History, Joseph Miller The Dakar School of African History, Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch The Dar es Salaam School of African History, Gregory Maddox South African Historical Writing to the End of the Apartheid Era, Christopher Saunders

II. Histories and Historiographies

Introduction: African Histories and Historiographies, Thomas Spear Africa in the World: History and Historiography, Experanza Brizuela-Garcia Atlantic Slavery and the Slave Trade: History and Historiography, Daniel B. Domingues da Silva & Philip Misevich African Diasporas: History and Historiography, Mohammed Bashir Salau Environmental History, Emmanuel Krieke African Economic History and Historiography, Alois Mlambo Ethnicity in Africa, Gabrielle Lynch African Biography and Historiography, Heather Hughes Migration History and Historiography, Benedetta Rossi African Urban History and Historiography, Eric Ross Sport History and Historiography, Michelle Sikes Colonial History and Historiography, Marie-Albane de Suremain Legal History and Historiography, Richard Waller African Military History and Historiography, Timothy Parsons Intellectual History and Historiography, Jonathon Earle Christian History and Historiography, Joel Cabrita History and Historiography of Science, Helen Tilley Historiography in the Maghrib in the 19th and early 20th Century, Sahar Bazzaz Community-based Approaches to African History, Peter R. Schmidt & Kathryn Weedman Arthur