African Words African Voices

<p>Until the advent of African independence Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words voices and experiences were largely absent from the continent's history.<br /><br />In 13 lively and provocative essays focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa oral sources are seen as a way to restore African expression to African history. African Words African Voices evokes the richness and relevance of oral sources for understanding a complex past for readers at all levels.<br /><br />Contributors include E. J. Alagoa David William Cohen Laura Fair Babacar Fall Tamara Giles-Vernick Isabel Hofmeyr Abdullahi A. Ibrahim Corinne A. Kratz Stephan F. Miescher Bethwell Allan Ogot Megan Vaughan Luise White and Kwesi Yankah.<br /><br /></p>