UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition: Methodology and African Prehistory / Edition 1

by Joseph Ki-Zerbo, James Currey, UNESCO

Overview

Volume I of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa's contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520066960
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	12/05/1989
Series:	UNESCO General History of Africa , #1
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	930,422
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Preface by Amadou-Mahtar M 'Bow, former Director-General ofUnesco
Description of the Project by B. A. Ogot, former President, International
    Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa xii
Note on chronology 
Members of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting
    of a General History of Africa 
List and biographies of authors who have contributed to the main edition 

General introduction 
1 The development of African historiography
2 The place of history in African society
3 Recent trends in African historiography and their contribution to history in general
4 Sources and specific techniques used in African history: a general outline
5 Written sources before the fifteenth century
6 Written sources before the fifteenth century onwards
7 Oral tradition and its methodology
8 The living tradition
9 African archaeology and its techniques including dating
10 History and linguistics, and theories on the 'races' and history of Africa
11 Migrations and ethnic and linguistic differentiations 
12 African linguistic classification and the language map of Africa 
13 Historical geography: physical aspects 
14 Historical geography: economic aspects 
15 The interdisciplinary methods adopted in this study
16 Chronological framework: African pluvial and glacial epochs
17 Hominization: general problems 
18 African fossil man 
19 The prehistory of East Africa 
20 The prehistory of Southern Africa 
21 The prehistory of Central Africa 
22 The prehistory of North Africa 
23 The prehistory of the Sahara 
24 The prehistory of West Africa 
25 The prehistory of the Nile valley 
26 African prehistoric art
27 The origins, development and expansion of agricultural techniques 
28 Discovery and diffusion of metals and the development of
social systems until the fifth century before the Christian era

Conclusion:from nature in the raw to liberated humanity
Bibliography 
Index