Postcolonial or Not? : West Africa in the Pre-Atlantic and Atlantic Worlds

• Auteur principal: Christopher R. DeCorse (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: IFRA-Nigeria 2013
• Sujets: Biography & True Stories; slave trade; colonization; African archaeology; postcolonialism
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

What do the labels "Historic period," "historical archaeology," and "Colonial" imply about the source materials drawn on, the time periods covered, and the conceptual vantages taken in interpre­ting the West African past? The historiographies presented are equally relev...