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Subject(s)

• Historiography—Africa [Browse]
• Historiography—South Africa [Browse]
• Learning and scholarship—Africa—History [Browse]
• Learning and scholarship—South Africa—History [Browse]

Editor

• Bam, June [Browse]
• Ntsebeza, Lungisile [Browse]
• Zinn, Allan [Browse]

Series

Rethinking Africa series [More in this series]

Summary note

"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."--Publisher's description.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

ISBN

• 1928314120 ((electronic bk.))
• 9781928314127 ((electronic bk.))

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