Question:

No element has served as a clearer signature of and for African historiography than the development of oral source and oral history within the programs of recovering the African past. Cement on this statement.

Oral sources are the sources which provide verbal information about the past. According to Jan Vansina, oral sources are of two types and these are eye witness account and oral traditions. Eye witness accounts are the oral information given by the person who witnessed the event or participated in it and this depends much on experiences of the informant who witnessed such kind of event

 FALSAFA YA KIAFRIKA

Falsafa ni dhana ambayo haina namna moja ya kuifasili, wataalamu mbalimbali wametoa mawazo yao kuhusu dhana hii ya falsafa.

DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS .

Prior to European colonization in the late 19th century, Africa had a very long history of state building as well as a rich variety of social formations that were decentralized or stateless. There were four types of political organizations that were practiced by Africans, these were:

Mawasiliano

Katika mada hii unatarajiwa kuelewa fasili ya mawasiliano na jinsi mchakato wa mawasiliano unavyofanyika. Utaelewa dhana ya lugha na vipengele muhimu vinavyokamilisha fasili ya lugha. Utaelewa dhima kuu za lugha, matumizi na umuhimu wake. Pia vilevile katika mada hii utajifunza juu ya lafudhi na matamshi mbalimbali ya watumiaji wa lugha ya Kiswahili.