Africa Encountered : European Contacts and Evidence, 1450–1700
by
P.E.H. Hair
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Variorum Collected Studies
ISBN-10
0860786269
ISBN-13
9780860786269
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Variorum
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 6th, 1997
Print length
346 Pages
Weight
453 grams
Product Classification:
Reference worksHistoriographyAfrican historyHistoriographyAfrican history
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These are historiographical articles on European sources on Black Africa. Articles V, and VII to X are completely evidential, although useful as scholarly reference material; articles I to IV and VI provide narrative reading. Most deal with West Africa and several specifically with Sierra Leone.
Professor Hair’s aim here has been to explore the European written record for the history of Africa south of the Sahara. This effectively began with the arrival of the Portuguese on the Guinea coast and many of these articles focus on Sierra Leone; others extend the enquiry to southern Africa. One particular theme is the use of early vocabularies of African languages as a source for the history of local populations. At the same time, these studies help illuminate the European reaction to the peoples and the places they encountered.
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