03330nam 2200625Ia 450 991077820090332120230721022214.01-135-22703-91-282-28350-297866122835050-203-87205-3(CKB)1000000000783981(EBL)446877(OCoLC)444704959(SSID)ssj0000335012(PQKBManifestationID)11266969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335012(PQKBWorkID)10271614(PQKB)10667596(MiAaPQ)EBC446877(Au-PeEL)EBL446877(CaPaEBR)ebr10330946(CaONFJC)MIL228350(EXLCZ)99100000000078398120080328d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBalancing written history with oral tradition[electronic resource] the legacy of the Songhoy people /Hassimi Oumarou MaïgaNew York Routledge20091 online resource (231 p.)African StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-64603-0 0-415-96351-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Maps; Photographs; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 A Long Journey from East Africa to West Africa; 2 The Empires of Ghana and Mali; 3 Gao: From Its Origins to the City of the Askyas; 4 Diverse Socio-cultural Aspects of the City of Gao; 5 From the Age of Kingdoms to the Age of Empires; 6 From the Empire Age to the Bureaucratic Age: The Askya Dynasty; 7 Invasions and European Domination; 8 Traditional Songhoy Society; 9 The Songhoy Oral Tradition: Riddles and Story Telling; 10 Songhoy Writing Traditions11 Religion, Belief, and Spirituality12 The Legacy of the Songhoy People; 13 Selected African Contributions to the Development of the New World and France; 14 A Legacy of African Integration; 15 Towards Pan African Integration; Postface; Afterword; Appendices; Biographical Information; Notes; References; IndexBy balancing written history with the African oral tradition, this book conceptualizes the integrations among diverse peoples of Africa and specifically among the Songhoy people. Drawing from a number of academic disciplines and original research that documents the oral and literate traditions of the Songhoy people, Hassimi Oumarou Maiga offers a unique interpretation of indigenous Songhoy-African perspectives on African history, culture and education from antiquity to the present day and from continental Africa to the worldwide African Diaspora. In explaining the cosmology, philosophy, valAfrican studies (Routledge (Firm))Songhai (African people)HistorySonghai EmpireHistorySonghai (African people)History.305.896/5966Maïga Hassimi Oumarou1481883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778200903321Balancing written history with oral tradition3699158UNINA