1st Edition
The Historian in Tropical Africa Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fourth International African Seminar at the University of Dakar, Senegal 1961
A. The Techniques of the Historian In Africa
B. The Historian Faced with Modern Africa
C. Particular Aspects
D. Some Elements of Regional History in Africa
Part 2: Special Studies 1. Ethno-history of the Empire of Mutapa D. P. Abraham
2. The Use of Linguistic and Ethnographic Data in the Study of Idoma and Yoruba History R. G Armstrong
3. The Historical Uses of Comparative Ethnography with Special Reference to Benin and the Yoruba R. E. Bradbury
4. Traditions orales au Gabon H. Deschamps
6. The Mande and the Akan Hinterland J. Goody
7. Mythes et idéologies dans le Rwanda anciet et contemporain M. d'Hertefelt
8. Contibution à l'étude de l'histoire de la région tchadienne et considérations sur la méthode J-P Lebeuf
9. Les 'fossiles directeurs' en archéologie ouest africaine R. Mauny
10. Historical Evidence in Ga Religious Music J. H. K Nketia
11. Kingship and Statelessness Among the Nilotes B. E. Ogot
12. Reflections on the sources of Evidence for the Pre-Colonial History of East Africa R. A. Oliver
13. En quête d'une chronologie ivoirienne M. Y. Person
14. The Beginnings of Hausa Society, A. D. 1000-1500 M. G. Smith
15. De quelques attitudes africaines en matèire d'histoire locale
16. The Use of Process Models in African History J. Vansina
17. The Growth of the Akwapim State: A Study in the Control of Evidence I. Wilks
Biography
J. Vansina, R. Mauny, L. V. Thomas
