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A historiographical study of four works of al-Ḥājj ʻUmar ibn Abī Bakr of Kete-Krachi /

Modern African historians have agreed that the use of indigenous African Muslim historical writings is an important tool for modern interpretation of African history because the majority of source materials that have been previously relied on for the interpretation of African history are for the most part inadequate in giving Africa's view point of its past. This thesis is basically concerned with a study of one representative of the indigenous African Muslim historians in the context of general historiographical studies on Africa. Four works of the author are translated and studied in an attempt to assess their value for the understanding of African history of the times and places mentioned by the author in his works.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.108230
Date January 1970
CreatorsMustapha, Talatu
ContributorsProf. Donald Little (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Arts (Institute of Islamic Studies)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 003482735, proquestno: AAIMK07299, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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