General history of Africa 1 : methodology and African prehistory / edited by J. Ki-zerbo.

Includes Bibliography and index.

The development of Africa historiography -- The place of history in Africa society -- recent trends in African historiography and their contribution to history in general --Sources and specific technique used in African history : a n general outline -- Written sources before the fifteenth century -- Written sources before the fifteenth century onward -- Oral tradition and its methodology --The living tradition and its methodology -- African archaeology and its techniques, including dating -- History and linguistics, and theories on the races and history of Africa -- Migrations and ethnic and linguistic differentiation --African linguistic classification and language map of Africa -- Historical geography:physical aspects -- Historical geography: economic aspects -- The interdisciplinary methods and adopted in this study -- chronological framework: African pluvial and glacial epochs -- Homonization; the general problems -- Africa fossil man -- The prehistory East Africa -- The prehistory southern Africa -- The prehistory Central Africa -- The prehistory North Africa -- The prehistory Sahara -- The prehistory West Africa -- The prehistory Nile valley -- African pre-historic art -- The origins ,development and expansion of agricultural techniques -- discovery and diffusion of metals and the development of social systems until the fifth century before the christian era.