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Experience as Evidence in Africanist Historiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2015

Gregory Mann
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Abstract

This paper observes that historians of Africa often rely on experience for evidence, and it asks whether we do so with adequate rigor.

Résumé

Cet article observe que les historiens de l’Afrique ont souvent recours à l’expérience vécue comme source historique, et s’interroge sur la rigueur de cette démarche.

Type
Writing the History of Africa after 1960
Information
History in Africa , Volume 42 , June 2015 , pp. 279 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 2015 

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