Some source books for West Africa history

Some source books for West Africa history

Author: 
Lawrence, A.W.
Date published: 
1961
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Journal Title: 
Journal of African History
Source: 
Journal of African History Vol.2,no.2,1961,pp227-234
Abstract: 

In his recent book on the Royal African Company, K. G. Davies remarked that he had found himself obliged to conduct his research as though he were working on Ancient History. I have since experienced the same feeling when dealing with a more varied range of material, and this article is a plea for subjecting the sources for African history to that kind of critical appraisal which has customarily been applied to Greek and Roman authors. In my case I was concerned only with the old European forts in West Africa, and from an antiquarian viewpoint, but the same considerations must apply more generally, and the examples that follow will, I trust, stimulate investigation of the writers where they deal with other topics.

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CITATION: Lawrence, A.W.. Some source books for West Africa history . : , 1961. Journal of African History Vol.2,no.2,1961,pp227-234 - Available at: http://library.au.int/some-source-books-west-africa-history-2