ORAL TRADITION AS HISTORY

ALTHOUGH WRITTEN BY A LEADING HISTORIAN OF AFRICA, VANSINA'S WORK ON ORAL TRADITIONS RANGES FAR BEYOND AFRICA, SO HAS A WIDER RELEVANCE. VANSINA EXPLAINS NOT ONLY HOW ORAL TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST BUT ALSO HOW THEY SHOULD BE USED BY HISTORIANS IN THEIR RESEARCH. NORTH AMERICA UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS; KENYA EAEP