The historian who made history himself

New African;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Others write history and do not make it. Adu Boahen [was] privileged to record the annals...personal tribute to Professor Albert Adu Boahen (1932-2006), historian and defeated presidential...foreseeable future. Professor Albert Adu Boahen, the famous Ghanaian and African historian...

Yaa Asantewaa and the Asante-British War of 1900-1

The International Journal of African Historical Studies;  May 1, 2005 ;     662 words ......the Asante-British War of 1900-1. By A. Adu Boahen; edited by Emmanuel Akyeampong. East...Publishers, 2003. Pp. 182. $24.95. Albert Adu Boahen has written a concise history of Yaa...little research has been done on her life. Adu Boahen's book makes an important contribution...

How Adu Boahen unlocked Ghana's history

New African;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......historian of note, a professor called Albert Adu Boahen, who died on 24 May 2006. Cameron Duodu...rica's great historians. The late Professor Adu Boahen was an irreverent, mischievous individual...a dilute chap. I never actually asked Adu Boahen what Kontopiaat meant, but from the ...

Teaching Oral Traditions

Journal of American Folklore;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Teaching Oral Traditions. Ed. John Miles Foley. (New York...literature. In 1998, Teaching Oral Traditions joined this well-established series...book, for both those teaching oral traditions for the first time and those with...

The man who rescued African history

New African;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......know that an African colossus, Albert Adu Boahen, would one day rise and make him look...Cameron Duodu reports. Professor Albert Adu Boahen (Emeritus professor of History at the...New Nation. I had heard both Wilks and Adu Boahen talk about the new historical concepts...

Exalted Sits the Chief: The Ancient History of Hawai'i Island.(Book...

Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......cautions about firsthand accounts and oral traditions, his assessment of Hawai'i Island...obstacles involved in linking chiefs in oral traditions to sites not referenced in those traditions...relationships among variables in the oral traditions and the archaeological record. In...

Africa in the Twentieth Century: The Adu Boahen Reader

The International Journal of African Historical Studies;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Africa in the Twentieth Century: The Adu Boahen Reader. Edited by Toyin Falola. Trenton...at Ghana's premier university, Albert Adu Boahen received his doctorate from the School...publication. The majority of essays in The Adu Boahen Reader are no longer easily accessible...

Truth dwells in the deeps: southwestern oral traditions and archaeological...

Journal of the Southwest;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......American Indian traditional narratives or oral traditions as data in archaeological interpretations...meaning that archaeologists must take oral traditions into account when constructing culture...of the opinion of Anyon and others: Oral traditions and scientific knowledge both ...

On narrative expectations: Greenlandic oral traditions about the cultural...

Scandinavian Studies;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......their to attention to recording their oral traditions in writing and in doing so remained...systematic collection of Greenlandic oral traditions. With a background in the natural...song). (2) This collection of the oral traditions became part of a multi-faceted national...

Making blood white: Historical transformations in early modern...

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......by drawing contrasts between oral traditions and written histories. The author asserts that Makassarese oral traditions have been 'passed from generation...Cummings argues that Makassarese oral traditions focus almost exclusively on...

Alexander Posey. Chinnubbie and the Owl: Muscogee (Creek) Stories,...

The American Indian Quarterly;  March 22, 2007 ;     667 words ......Muscogee (Creek) Stories, Orations, and Oral Traditions. Edited by Matthew Wynn Sivils. Lincoln...doubt discovered the importance of oral traditions for obtaining a greater understanding...nine stories, five orations, and nine oral traditions, each important for different content...

BID TO REVIVE ORAL TRADITIONS OF TRIBES

The Hindustan Times;  April 6, 2008 ;     423 words ......Syndication. GUWAHATI, April 6 -- The oral traditions of the various ethnic communities...technological invasion. Many of these oral traditions in the form of ballads, lullabies...grim destiny waiting to befall the oral traditions, there are flickering ray of hopes...

Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy for African...

African Studies Quarterly;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy...search for African philosophy in oral traditions as well. Though the author relies...discussed. Therefore, in reading Oral Traditions as Philosophy one gets a holistic...

"The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself" and Other...

The International Journal of African Historical Studies;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Itself" and Other Writings. Edited by A. Adu Boahen, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Nancy Lawler, T...scholars who collaborated as editors - Adu Boahen, Emmanueal Akyampong, Nancy Lawler, T...as possible. Over the years, he and A. Adu Boahen managed to photocopy or copy the remainder...

ethnohistory

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology;      56 words ......societies (usually non-literate) based upon information gleaned from oral traditions, written materials from outsiders, linguistic and archaeological...using non-western, indigenous historical records, and especially oral traditions.