AFFRICAN HISTOGRAPHY
AFFRICAN HISTOGRAPHY
HISTOGRAPHY
Histography means the history of history writing or in other word the art of writing past records or accounts. It is different from the collection of historical evidence, the editing of the historical sources, thoughts and imaginations parse but it is related and sometimes overlaps all of them.
AFRICA DIASPORA
The word “Diaspora” is used to describe communities living their original homes, the African Diaspora has been used to refer to the study and account of series of reactions, to the imposition of the economic and the rule of alien people in Africa, to slavery and imperialism, trades and trade rout such as in “periplus of erynthian sea”
In conclusion the African historian has in most instances focused on slave trade, slavery, the period of imperialism and the petition on Africa. Shepperson ‘s conceptualization of African Diaspora recognized the important role of role of internal migrations, for example the forceful extraction from the mainland transportation to east Africa , oversees other part of Africa.
AFRICAN HISTOGRAPHY
Initially Africans history was written by Europeans, they took a prejudice, xenophobic and racialist standpoint there by alienating the facts about the real African History. Africans were presented in as barbaric, uncultured and primitive. To Hegel, Africa had no history in the world; it had no movement or development exhibit. The colonial period in Africa left a historic legacy to overcome. The colonial imprint on the historic know how gave a wrong perspective, a Eurocentric view of a world created during the time of European dominion in Africa. They inculcated the idea that European education be acceptable as the modern knowledge.
The Shift
Despite the initial attitude, 20th century ushered a new era of intellectualism that gave birth to true history of Africa and the world in general. This brought to pay new movements of research and study of African History; this was taken up by different
HISTOGRAPHY
Histography means the history of history writing or in other word the art of writing past records or accounts. It is different from the collection of historical evidence, the editing of the historical sources, thoughts and imaginations parse but it is related and sometimes overlaps all of them.
AFRICA DIASPORA
The word “Diaspora” is used to describe communities living their original homes, the African Diaspora has been used to refer to the study and account of series of reactions, to the imposition of the economic and the rule of alien people in Africa, to slavery and imperialism, trades and trade rout such as in “periplus of erynthian sea”
In conclusion the African historian has in most instances focused on slave trade, slavery, the period of imperialism and the petition on Africa. Shepperson ‘s conceptualization of African Diaspora recognized the important role of role of internal migrations, for example the forceful extraction from the mainland transportation to east Africa , oversees other part of Africa.
AFRICAN HISTOGRAPHY
Initially Africans history was written by Europeans, they took a prejudice, xenophobic and racialist standpoint there by alienating the facts about the real African History. Africans were presented in as barbaric, uncultured and primitive. To Hegel, Africa had no history in the world; it had no movement or development exhibit. The colonial period in Africa left a historic legacy to overcome. The colonial imprint on the historic know how gave a wrong perspective, a Eurocentric view of a world created during the time of European dominion in Africa. They inculcated the idea that European education be acceptable as the modern knowledge.
The Shift
Despite the initial attitude, 20th century ushered a new era of intellectualism that gave birth to true history of Africa and the world in general. This brought to pay new movements of research and study of African History; this was taken up by different