Published
in eight volumes, the General History of Africa is available in two
editions, either complete in Arabic, English and French, or
abridged in English, French and several other languages including
Hausa, Peul and Swahili.
The
completion of the publication of the General History of Africa in
1999 saw the commencement of the second phase, i.e.
“Follow-up activities relating to the General
History of Africa”. These are intended, now and
in the future, to extend the dissemination of the work to the
greatest number of people in Africa and the rest of the
world.
The work
is therefore being adapted as a reading guide for European teachers
and in the form of books for children in line with methods of
teaching history in Africa. This is in answer to scholastic
needs.
Such
projects help Africans to strengthen their cultural identity and
spread the history of their continent around the
world.
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Summary:
This
volume outlines the sources and materials from which African
history has been constructed and describes the research methodology
employed by historians. It goes on to discuss the state of these
sources, African archaeology and archaeological techniques, and the
contribution of linguistics to history. The second half of the book
deals with the appearance of human beings and their ways of life,
the development of prehistoric art and early agricultural
techniques in the different regions of the continent. |
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editions
Main
edition
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English:
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1981, Heinemann/
UNESCO/ University of California Press |
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French:
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1980, UNESCO/
Jeune Afrique/ Stock |
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Arabic
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1982, UNESCO |
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Spanish:
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1982, Tecnos/UNESCO |
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Portuguese:
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1982, Atica/UNESCO |
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Italian:
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1987, Jaca Book/UNESCO |
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Japaese:
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1981, Dohosha
Shuppan C°/UNESCO |
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Chinese
|
1984 |
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Abridged
edition
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English:
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1990, UNESCO /James
Currey/ University of California Press |
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French:
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1986, UNESCO/
Edicef/
Présence Africaine |
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Hausa:
|
1991 |
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Kiswahili:
|
1989 |
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Fulani:
|
1992 |
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n Contents
General Introduction
J. KI - ZERBO
Chapter 1: The development of
African historiography
J.D. FAGE
Chapter 2: The place of history
in African society
BOUBOU HAMA &
J. KI- ZERB0
Chapter 3: Recent trends in
African historiography and their contribution to history in
general
P.D.
CURTIN
Chapter 4: Sources and specific
techniques used in African history: general
outline
Th.
OBENGA
Chapter 5: Written sources
before the fifteenth century
H.
DJAIT
Chapter 6: Written sources from
the fifteenth century onwards
I.
HRBEK
Chapter 7: Oral tradition and
its methodology
J.
VANSINA
Chapter 8: The living
tradition
A. HAMPATE BA
Chapter 9: African archaeology
and its techniques including dating
techniques
Z. ISKANDER
Chapter 10:
I. History and linguistics
P. DIAGNE
II. Theories on the
“races” and history of
Africa
J.
KI-ZERBO
Chapter 11: Migrations and
ethnic and linguistic differentiations
D. OLDEROGGE
Chapter 12: I. African linguistic
classification
J.H. GREENBERG
II. The language map of
Africa D. DALBY
Chapter 13: Historical
geography: physical aspects
S. DIARRA
Chapter 14: Historical
geography: economic aspects
A. MABOGUNJE
Chapter 15: The
interdisciplinary methods adopted in this
study
J. KI- ZERBO
Chapter 16: Chronological
framework: African pluvial and glacial
epochs
I.
O. SAIDI / II.
H. FAURE
Chapter 17: Hominization:
general problems
I.
Y. COPPENS / II.
L. BALOUT
Chapter 18: African fossil
man
R. LEAKEY
Chapter 19: The prehistory of
East Africa
J.E.G. SUTTON
Chapter 20: Prehistory in
southern Africa
J. D. CLARK
Chapter 21: The prehistory of
Central Africa
I.
R. DE BAYLE DES HERMENS / II.
F. VAN NOTEN
with the collaboration of P. DE MARET, J.
MOEYERSONS, K. MYUYA & E.
ROCHE
Chapter 22: The prehistory of
North Africa
L. BALOUT
Chapter 23: The prehistory of
the Sahara
H. J. HUGOT
Chapter 24: The prehistory of
West Africa
T. SHAW
Chapter 25: Prehistory in the
Nile valley
F. DEBONO
Chapter 26: African prehistoric
art
J. KI-ZERBO
Chapter 27: Origins, development
and expansion of agricultural techniques
R. PORTERES &
J. BARREAU
Chapter 28: Discovery and
diffusion of metals and development of social systems up to the
fifth century before our
era
J. VERCOUTTER
Conclusion : From nature in the
raw to liberated humanity
J. KI-ZERBO
N.B. Mrs Catherine PERLES contributed to the editing of chapters
18, 19, 20, 21 and 24.
Mrs Hélène Roche added some
elements to chapter 19.
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