Elara Bertho
Essai d’histoire locale by Djiguiba Camara
Bertho, Elara; Rodet, Marie
Abstract
Although a key figure in West African historiography, Djiguiba Camara has remained almost completely unknown. Completed in 1955, Essay on Local History focuses on the history of Upper Guinea with an emphasis on the Empire of Samori Touré and anticolonial resistance. Everywhere in Essay on Local History we can see not only the highly developed craft of the local historical writing of a Guinean colonial intermediary and scholar, but the view he gave is from the particular perspective of the Camara family, who had served in Samori’s armies. Djiguiba Camara’s own work had been known only by reputation as a source for the monumental thee-volume Samori – Une Révolution Dyula (1968-1975) by the French historian Yves Person. Now however, in this fully annotated text edition, Djiguiba Camara’s Essay on Local History becomes available to a wider audience for the first time. Elara Bertho and Marie Rodet have demonstrated through this publication that Essay on Local History is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand both the history of Guinea and the making of historiography in general, but also Yves Person’s modus operandi.
Citation
Bertho, E., & Rodet, M. (2020). Essai d’histoire locale by Djiguiba Camara. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004424876
Book Type | Authored Book |
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Publication Date | May 28, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jun 22, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | May 29, 2120 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Series Title | African Sources for African History |
Series Number | 17 |
Series ISSN | 1567-6951 |
ISBN | 9789004423275 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004424876 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004424876 |
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