Recasting the Past: History Writing and Political Work in Modern Africa (New African Histories)

by Derek Peterson (Editor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $95.16

  The study of intellectual history in Africa is in its infancy. This book brings one field of intellectual endeavor into view. It takes its place alongside a small but growing literature that highlights how, in autobiographies, historical writing, fiction, and other literary genres, African writers intervened creatively in their political world.