Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not consideredfitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experienceswere largely absent from the continent's history.
In 13 lively andprovocative essays focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, oral sources areseen as a way to restore African expression to African history. African Words, African Voices evokes the richness and relevance of oral sources for understanding acomplex past for readers at all levels.
Contributors include E. J.Alagoa, David William Cohen, Laura Fair, Babacar Fall, Tamara Giles-Vernick, IsabelHofmeyr, Abdullahi A. Ibrahim, Corinne A. Kratz, Stephan F. Miescher, Bethwell AllanOgot, Megan Vaughan, Luise White, and Kwesi Yankah.