DeCorse, Christopher R. <br/><br/>
Postcolonial or Not? :  West Africa in the Pre-Atlantic and Atlantic Worlds / 
Christopher R. DeCorse. 
 - Ibadan :  IFRA-Nigeria,  2019. 
 - 54 p. 
<br/><br/> Ebook 
<br/><br/>  What do the labels “Historic period,” “historical archaeology,” and “Colonial” imply about the source materials drawn on, the time periods covered, and the conceptual vantages taken in interpre­ting the West African past? The historiographies presented are equally relevant to the understanding of the past—that is, the impacts of European contact, the Atlantic slave trade, and colo- nization—as they are to the present; the social, economic, and cultural landscapes of modernity, and how our views of the past shape these landscapes. This essay considers the varied episte­mological threads represented and their interpretive implica­tions. Although the hegemonic and transformative nature of Afri­ca's intersection with the Atlantic World is underscored, the need to situate these developments within the wider scope and tem­poral depth of the African past is also emphasized. Archaeology's central role in providing a holistic understanding of the temporal depth and complexity of African history, as well as archaeology's unique contribution to the understanding of the Atlantic world, is underscored. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>979-10-92312-51-5 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4000/books.ifra.1517  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History & Archaeology<br/>slave trade<br/>African archaeology<br/>colonization<br/>postcolonialism