Balancing Written History with Oral Tradition
Balancing Written History with Oral Tradition

Author: Hassimi Oumarou Maiga

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1135227020

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By balancing written history with the African oral tradition, this book conceptualizes the integrations among diverse peoples of Africa and specifically among the Songhoy people. Drawing from a number of academic disciplines and original research that documents the oral and literate traditions of the Songhoy people, Hassimi Oumarou Maiga offers a unique interpretation of indigenous Songhoy-African perspectives on African history, culture and education from antiquity to the present day and from continental Africa to the worldwide African Diaspora. In explaining the cosmology, philosophy, values and process of indigenous, non-Muslim education, this book also corrects and balances the perception of the Songhoy as a wholly Muslim society. The legacy of the Songhoy Empire, Maiga argues, is as a model of African integration through its administrative and political organization, which remains relevant even today. This book is an essential addition for scholars and students of African history.

Balancing Written History with Oral Traditions
Balancing Written History with Oral Traditions

Author: Hassimi Oumarou Maiga

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1135227039

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This book offers a unique interpretation of Africa’s legacy to the world and the worldwide African Diaspora through bringing to light the sociocultural contributions of the Songhoy people and the cosmopolitan empire they established in West Africa.

Oral Tradition and Book Culture
Oral Tradition and Book Culture

Author: Pertti Anttonen

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9518580073

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A new interdisciplinary interest has risen to study interconnections between oral tradition and book culture. In addition to the use and dissemination of printed books, newspapers etc., book culture denotes manuscript media and the circulation of written documents of oral tradition in and through the archive, into published collections. Book culture also intertwines the process of framing and defining oral genres with literary interests and ideologies. The present volume is highly relevant to anyone interested in oral cultures and their relationship to the culture of writing and publishing. The questions discussed include the following: How have printing and book publishing set terms for oral tradition scholarship? How have the practices of reading affected the circulation of oral traditions? Which books and publishing projects have played a key role in this and how? How have the written representations of oral traditions, as well as the roles of editors and publishers, introduced authorship to materials customarily regarded as anonymous and collective?

Rooming in the Master's House
Rooming in the Master's House

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-03

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1317252667

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Rooming in the Master's House is a strikingly original portrait of the black conservative movement by two of the most celebrated African American scholars. Asante and Hall show that today's black conservative movement can be traced to the original class and social distinctions created during slavery when certain Africans were given positions in the master's house and consequently felt that they were better than the Africans who worked in the fields. Using historical and social sources, the authors weave a narrative explaining how the house Negro syndrome continues in current discourses on the black community and in American Politics.

The Womanist Idea
The Womanist Idea

Author: Layli Maparyan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1136485503

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Following on the heels of The Womanist Reader, The Womanist Idea offers a comprehensive, systematic analysis of womanism, including a detailed discussion of the womanist worldview (cosmology, ontology, epistemology, logic, axiology, and methodology) and its implications for activism. From a womanist perspective, social and ecological change is necessarily undergirded by spirituality – as distinct from religion per se – which invokes a metaphysically informed approach to activism.

Diving In
Diving In

Author: Isabel Nuñez

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0807773247

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Making and Remaking Mosques in Senegal
Making and Remaking Mosques in Senegal

Author: Cleo Cantone

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9004203370

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This book constitutes a seminal contribution to the fields of Islamic architectural history and gender studies. It is the first major empirical study of the history and current state of mosque building in Senegal and the first study of mosque space from a gender perspective.

History A-Level (ZIMSEC) Past Exam Questions and Model Answers
History A-Level (ZIMSEC) Past Exam Questions and Model Answers

Author: David Chitate

Publisher: Swipe Educational Solutions

Published: 2024-06-06

Total Pages: 1143

ISBN-13:

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This book contains the most comprehensive question bank and model answers for ZIMSEC A-Level History exam questions. It also includes syllabus review notes and exercises. History subject Examiners provide observations and tips and point out common errors that students make when answering questions. If you use this book faithfully, it will be almost impossible for you to fail. Use this book and earn yourself a Grade "A" in History.

Balancing Written History with Oral Tradition
Balancing Written History with Oral Tradition

Author: Hassimi Oumarou Maiga

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-08-17

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9780203872055

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By balancing written history with the African oral tradition, this book conceptualizes the integrations among diverse peoples of Africa and specifically among the Songhoy people. Drawing from a number of academic disciplines and original research that documents the oral and literate traditions of the Songhoy people, Hassimi Oumarou Maiga offers a unique interpretation of indigenous Songhoy-African perspectives on African history, culture and education from antiquity to the present day and from continental Africa to the worldwide African Diaspora. In explaining the cosmology, philosophy, values and process of indigenous, non-Muslim education, this book also corrects and balances the perception of the Songhoy as a wholly Muslim society. The legacy of the Songhoy Empire, Maiga argues, is as a model of African integration through its administrative and political organization, which remains relevant even today. This book is an essential addition for scholars and students of African history.

The Jesus Legend
The Jesus Legend

Author: Paul Rhodes Eddy

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1441200339

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Even mature Christians have trouble defending the person and divinity of Christ. The Jesus Legend builds a convincing interdisciplinary case for the unique and plausible position of Jesus in human history. He was real and his presence on the planet has been well-documented. The authors of the New Testament didn't plant evidence, though each writer did tell the truth from a unique perspective. This book carefully investigates the Gospel portraits of Jesus--particularly the Synoptic Gospels--assessing what is reliable history and fictional legend. The authors contend that a cumulative case for the general reliability of the Synoptic Gospels can be made and boldly challenge those who question the veracity of the Jesus found there.