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- ↑ Reviewer Saheed Aderinto states: "this book is to date the most multidisciplinary volume on African historiography....The editor adds value to the content the essays with a brilliant introduction and conclusion, which explore the meaning of history and historical research. In the concluding chapter, he provides a step -to -step approach to the following closely related task choosing a topic, data collection, data evaluation, data organization and writing." Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria, Vol. 17 (2007/2008), pp. 201-203.
- ↑ Reviewer Thomas Spear states this book is "especially welcome." He concludes: "the central message of Writing African History, that need to become literate in the sources and disciplines they seek to use in able critically to evaluate them, is a crucial one." Thomas Spear, "Review: Methods and Sources for African History Revisited" Journal of African History, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2006), pp. 305-319 at pp. 305, 319.
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- ↑ For a long review from H-AFRICA see online
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