Landmark Empires
Searching for Medieval Empires and Imperial Tradition in Historiographies of West Africa
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8980524 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Hadrien Collet (0000-0001-5359-9895, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 61 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 341-357 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853720000560 |
| OpenAlex | W3125371662 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 39 |
The history of medieval West Africa is defined by the age of three great empires that succeeded one another: Ghāna, Māli, and Songhay. How did these empires come to frame our view of the West African past? To answer the question, we have to understand first how the European and Eurocentric concept of an empire was imposed on a specific African context and why it thrived. In this respect, the case of Sudanic empires in particular illuminates the process of history writing and scholars’ relationship with their time and object of study. In the last few years, Sudanic empires have made a prominent return to the historical conversation. I propose here a critical reflection on ‘empire’ and ‘imperial tradition’ in the western Sahel based on europhone and non-europhone (Arabic) historiographies, from the first histories written in postmedieval West Africa to those produced by twenty-first-century scholarship
Ancient history · Arabic · Archaeology · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Conversation · Empire · Linguistics · Political science · Scholarship · African history and culture analysis · African Studies and Geopolitics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Philosophy
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| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 4 |