Week 3
Required Readings (on Talis)
Andreas Eckert &Adam Jones. Historical writing about everyday life Journal of African Cultural Studies
Lynn M. Thomas. Historicising Agency, Gender & History
Christopher J. Lee. Subaltern Studies and African Studies, History Compass
Seminar questions
1. What is historical agency and why is it important in African history?
2. In what ways has the concept of 鈥榓gency鈥� been misused in African history
3. In what context did the nationalist historiography emerge in Africa?
4. Who are the subalterns and how did the study of subalterns transform the field of African History?
5. What is 鈥榚veryday life鈥� and in what ways did the concept facilitated the rise of fields such as women鈥檚 history in Africa?