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 ‘agency’ 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 ‘everyday life’ and in what ways did the concept facilitated the rise of fields such as women’s history in Africa?

Further Readings (on Talis)