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Liptako Speaks: History from Oral Tradition in Africa
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Liptako Speaks: History from Oral Tradition in Africa
Contributors:
By (Author) Paul Irwin
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Social and cultural history
Oral history
Social and cultural anthropology
Dewey:
966.2501
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
248
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
340g
Description
Although historians today turn increasingly to oral tradition as a source of data on the history of non-literate peoples, Paul Irwin cautions them against uncritical use of such evidence. In an attempt to determine how much historians can learn about the past from oral traditions, he studies those of Liptako, now a part of Upper Volta hut in the ni
