03323nam 2200637Ia 450 991082796800332120200520144314.01-135-22703-91-282-28350-297866122835050-203-87205-3(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 the legacy of the Songhoy people /Hassimi Oumarou Maiga1st ed.New 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.305.896/5966Maiga Hassimi Oumarou1673798MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827968003321Balancing written history with oral tradition4038142UNINA