Jan Jansen (historian)
Dr. Jan Jansen (born 1962) of Leiden University, Netherlands, is a historian and anthropologist specialising in the oral history of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mali.
Jansen is the managing editor of History in Africa, the journal of the African Studies Association.[1] He is also a founding editor of Mande Worlds, published by LIT Verlag, Munster/Hamburg, and African Sources for African History, published by Brill, Leiden.[2]
Selected publications
[edit]- L'Épopée de Sunjara, d'après Lansine Diabate de Kela. Leiden: Research School CNWS, 1995. (with E. Duintjer and B. Tamboura).
- The Griot's Craft – An Essay on Oral Tradition and Diplomacy. Műnster-Hamburg: LIT Verlag, 2000.
- Epopée Histoire Société – Le cas de Soundjata (Mali-Guinée). Paris: Karthala, 2001. [French edition of 1995 dissertation]).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Editorial Board History in Africa, 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ Jan Jansen African Studies Centre Leiden, 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014. Archived here.
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