Balancing Written History with Oral Tradition: The Legacy of the Songhoy People

ISBN-13: 9780415963510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 230 str.

Hassimi O. Maiga

Opis

Offers an 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.