TY  - GEN
AU  - DeCorse,Christopher R.
TI  - Postcolonial or Not?: West Africa in the Pre-Atlantic and Atlantic Worlds 
SN  - 979-10-92312-51-5
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Ibadan
PB  - IFRA-Nigeria
KW  - History & Archaeology
KW  - slave trade
KW  - African archaeology
KW  - colonization
KW  - postcolonialism
N1  - Ebook
N2  -  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
UR  - https://books.openedition.org/ifra/1517
ER  -