Oral HistoriographyThis book is a major re-evaluation of the collection and interpretation of oral historical data. A comparative framework is adopted, though the principal emphasis is on Africa and is based upon the author's extensive knowledge of the continent. Concluding chapters point to the distinction between oral tradition and oral history, and stress the necessity to conserve and make available information collected by oral methods in the field. |
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Putting Oral Historiography in its Place | 7 |
Collecting Oral Data | 39 |
the Interpretation of Context | 66 |
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