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Sources Of African History Question Paper

Sources Of African History

Course:Bachelor Of Education History

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010

INSTITUTE OF OPEN LEARNING
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
AHT 100:
SOURCES OF AFRICAN HISTORY
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DATE: TUESDAY 20TH JULY 2010

TIME: 2.00 P.M. - 4.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any THREE questions.

1.
What is your understanding of the concept ?sources of African history?? Use any

three sources to refute Eurocentric view that history in Africa came with Europeans.

2.
Discuss the view that archaeology is the backbone of African history.

3.
To what extent is historical linguistics useful in the reconstruction of the Bantu origin

and expansion?
4.
What are Arabic sources? Use any of them in the reconstruction of West African

medieval history.

5.
Use any text written by a European or an African author and discuss its contribution

to your knowledge on any African community?s history.

6.
Analyze the usefulness of social anthropology in the reconstruction of African

precolonial history.

7.
Examine the role of oral sources in the reconstruction of African history. Give

examples to illustrate your answer.
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