Hassimi Oumarou Maiga

Balancing Written History with Oral Tradition (eBook, ePUB)

The Legacy of the Songhoy People

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a unique interpretation of Africa's legacy to the world and the worldwide African Diaspora through bringing to light the sociocultural contributions of the Songhoy people and the cosmopolitan empire they established in West Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135227029
• Artikelnr.: 38252597

Autorenporträt

Dr. Hassimi Oumarou Maïga holds a Presidential appointment as Distinguished Research Professor of Education at the University of Bamako, Mali. His published books and numerous scholarly articles include: "When the Language of Education is Not the Language of Culture," Notes on Classical Songhoy Education and socialization: The World of Women and Childrearing Practices, and La Contribution Socio-culturelle du Peuple Songhoy en Afrique.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Sociocultural 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 & Story
Telling 10. Songhoy Writing Traditions 11. Religion, Belief and
Spirituality 12. 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. Appendix A: Map of the Ghana Empire. Appendix B: Map of the Mali
Empire. Appendix C: The Empire of Gao at Its Height. Appendix D: The
Empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhoy