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9780203872055

Balancing Written History With Oral Tradition: The Legacy of the Songhoy People

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203872055

  • ISBN10:

    0203872053

  • Copyright: 2009-08-17
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book offers a unique interpretation of Africa s legacy to the world and the worldwide African Diaspora through bringing to light the sociocultural contributions of the Songhoy people and the cosmopolitan empire they established in West Africa.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Long Journey from East Africa to West Africa
The Empires of Ghana and Mali
Gao: From its Origins to the City of the Askyas
Diverse Sociocultural Aspects of the City of Gao
From the Age of Kingdoms to the Age of Empires
From the Empire Age to the Bureaucratic Age: The Askya Dynasty
Invasions and European Domination
Traditional Songhoy Society
The Songhoy Oral Tradition: Riddles & Story Telling
Songhoy Writing Traditions
Religion, Belief and Spirituality
The Legacy of the Songhoy People
Selected African Contributions to the Development of the New World and France
A Legacy of African Integration
Towards Pan African Integration
Postface
Afterword
Map of the Ghana Empire
Map of the Mali Empire
The Empire of Gao at Its Height
The Empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhoy
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