Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources
H-Africa Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources 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. For more information please see https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-encyclopedia-of-african-historiography-metho ds-and-sources-9780190698706?cc=us&lang=en&#. 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 Citation: Thomas Spear. Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources . H-Africa. 04-30-2019.
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