Whose History Counts : Decolonising African Pre-Colonial Historiography

Originally planned as a fact-based book on the pre-colonial history of the Eastern Cape in the true tradition of history, this ground-breaking book focuses on epistemological and foundational questions about the writing of history and whose history counts. Whose History Counts challenges the very concept of ?pre-colonial? and explores methodologies on researching and writing history. The reason for this dramatic change of focus is attributed in the introduction of the book to the student-led rebellion that erupted following the #RhodesMustFall campaign which started at the University of Cape Town on 9 March 2015. Key to the rebellion was the students? opposition to what they dubbed ?colonial? education and a clamour for, among others, a ?decolonised curriculum?. This book is a direct response to this clarion call.

• | Author: June Bam, Lungisile Ntsebeza, Allan Zinn, June Bam
• | Publisher: Conf-Rap
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 218 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1928314112
• | ISBN-13: 9781928314110