INDEX

Abeokuta, 199, 348

Abuja, ii

administrative, 4, 18, 114, 168, 187, 251, 351

aesthetics, 59, 171, 337, 346

Africa, vii, ix, xii, 8, 15, 19, 30, 39, 41, 42, 43, 47, 96, 100, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 120, 121, 126, 130, 132, 136, 141, 146, 152, 163, 164, 176, 178, 179, 187, 188, 195, 196, 198, 199, 202, 203, 204, 205, 208, 211, 215, 218, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 238, 241, 242, 248, 293, 298, 302, 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 310, 320, 332, 341, 342, 344, 350, 351, 368, 370

African historiography, 44, 126

age, 5, 10, 26, 31, 33, 34, 54, 56, 58, 97, 139, 141, 145, 148, 150, 152, 156, 157, 167, 168, 169, 177, 184, 195, 200, 202, 238, 239, 246, 254, 255, 257, 297, 298, 336, 344, 354, 366, 369

ancestors, 17, 89, 166, 208, 214, 236, 239, 362, 363

anthropologist, 110, 115, 127, 200, 222, 234, 235, 331, 343, 369

anthropologists, 113, 114, 141, 179, 186, 200, 211, 218, 222, 307, 321, 362, 363, 364, 368

anthropology, 109, 110, 125, 128, 129, 136, 164, 174, 195, 197, 203, 208, 222, 311, 353, 360, 361, 362, 364, 365, 367, 368, 369, 370

Anthropology, xiii, xvi, xxi, 18, 114, 131, 187, 353, 354, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 367, 368, 369, 370

antiquarianism, 3, 51

Arab geographers, 8

Arab Historiography, 18

Arab view, 26

archaeological, xii, xiii, 110, 118, 122, 186, 195, 196, 198, 199, 200, 202, 214, 217, 222, 223, 225, 226, 235, 239, 240, 298, 331, 362, 364

archaeology, xii, 19, 43, 88, 110, 118, 121, 122, 125, 166, 195, 196, 197, 201, 202, 203, 229, 231, 232, 233, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 298, 311, 331, 332, 337, 361

Archaeology, xii, xvi, xviii, xix, 18, 118, 120, 121, 124, 164, 168, 195, 197, 201, 203, 204, 205, 227, 229, 233, 238, 242, 350, 362

Atomistic, 68

Biafran scientists, 79

Bible, 30, 42, 184, 209

Britain, 10, 149, 151, 153, 155, 156, 162

British, 26, 40, 41, 42, 53, 72, 97, 99, 105, 147, 151, 152, 154, 161, 231, 247, 250, 266, 281, 300, 305

Bronze Age, 197

Census

disseminating, ii

China, 9, 18, 21, 337, 338, 350

Chinese, 9, 20, 26, 277, 337, 357

Chinese view, 26

chronology, 30, 31, 43, 118, 127, 140, 186, 202, 214, 218, 222, 225, 234, 236, 237, 238, 319, 354

classical antiquity, 5, 53, 298

Cliometrics, 18, 158

Cliomtrics, 158

Colonialism, 39, 97, 98

colonialists, 98, 102

communalism, 101, 105

communication, 66, 68, 177, 182, 184, 185, 189, 191, 312, 362, 363

Comparative history, 18

computer, xii, 145, 155, 156, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191

computer technology, xii, 177, 179, 184, 186, 188, 190

Computerization, 182

Cultural history, 18

demographic history, 148, 150

education, ii, v, 26, 42, 89, 155, 156, 168, 170, 174, 248, 249, 285, 310, 357, 362

Enlightenment era, 26, 33, 34

epistemology, 12, 14, 58, 59, 95, 359

Eurocentrism, xv, 42, 95, 96, 107, 310

Europe, 10, 15, 19, 30, 31, 32, 39, 96, 132, 150, 151, 195, 202, 203, 209, 221, 231, 235, 243, 248, 251, 254, 262, 265, 267, 277, 278, 280, 303, 339, 342, 344, 349, 351

Europeanization, 10, 302

existentialism, 59

fifth-generation computers, 182

first-generation computers, 181

fourth-generation computers, 181

Frailty, xviii, 213

France, 10, 33, 43, 45, 151, 198, 254, 255, 284

Francophone scholars, 42

French, 7, 15, 20, 21, 26, 42, 43, 151, 161, 162, 208, 284

French Revolution, 21, 162

Geomorphology, 130

German idealism, 90

Germans, 20, 26, 40

Germany, 10, 181, 224, 341, 350, 352

global, ii

Greece, 10, 28, 29, 89, 215, 252, 299

Greeco-Roman, 29

Greek, xiv, 11, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 46, 55, 57, 85, 86, 89, 196, 230, 232, 251, 252, 253, 270, 296, 350

Greek etymology, 196

Greek historiography, 11, 29

hagiography, 31

histogram, 156, 172

historian, vii, x, xi, xii, xv, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 18, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 36, 41, 42, 43, 50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 90, 91, 92, 95, 101, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119, 124, 125, 127, 128, 130, 136, 137, 146, 147, 148, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 158, 160, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 180, 188, 189, 190, 200, 202, 203, 207, 211, 212, 213, 218, 220, 222, 225, 231, 234, 236, 237, 239, 241, 254, 255, 256, 258, 276, 277, 283, 286, 289, 295, 297, 298, 300, 301, 302, 306, 307, 309, 321, 331, 364, 366

historians, vii, ix, x, xi, xii, xiv, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 50, 51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 95, 96, 101, 105, 109, 112, 119, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 135, 136, 137, 140, 141, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 167, 177, 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 233, 234, 237, 239, 240, 241, 251, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 264, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 280, 297, 298, 302, 303, 304, 307, 310, 321, 331, 366

Historical Methodology, 120, 178, 205, 215, 218, 227, 242

historical research, x, xi, xii, 7, 9, 10, 22, 35, 37, 44, 68, 77, 110, 135, 137, 142, 145, 163, 165, 166, 167, 174, 175, 177, 191, 257, 259, 272

Historical studies, 7

historical writing, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 22, 26, 27, 32, 33, 36, 39, 41, 43, 44, 58, 86, 88, 164, 177, 178, 186, 195, 207, 220

Historicism, 56, 62, 63

historiography, viii, x, xi, xii, xiv, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 48, 62, 72, 75, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 109, 123, 126, 130, 146, 164, 179, 185, 208, 221, 227, 232, 233, 236, 240, 279, 289, 291, 310, 344, 364

Historiography, x, xiv, xv, 5, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 66, 72, 73, 86, 88, 91, 92, 93, 132, 133, 142, 161, 164, 165, 215, 242, 243, 291, 293

Historiosophy, 11, 15

history, vii, ix, x, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60,61, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 95, 96, 98, 100, 104, 105, 109, 111, 113, 114, 118, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 145, 147, 148,149, 150, 151, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 171, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 195, 196, 197, 202, 203, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 217, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 284, 285, 286, 291, 297, 299, 300, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 358, 360, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369

History, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 76, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 107, 108, 113, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 135, 136, 137, 142, 143, 146, 148, 160, 161, 162, 165, 168, 176, 178, 179, 184, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, 203, 204, 205, 207, 211, 215, 217, 219, 223, 226, 227, 229, 230,242, 243, 245, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 256, 257, 264, 270, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 295, 297, 303, 304, 307, 308, 310, 324, 332, 333, 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 352, 353, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370

history of art, 18

history of literature, 18

Holistic, 68, 81

human cultures, 17, 89

Humans, 17

Ibadan, 4, 107, 108, 120, 121, 122, 133, 199, 204, 205, 227, 231, 235, 242, 243, 293, 320, 333, 347, 351

imperialism, 38, 96, 253, 254, 255

Indian view, 26

interdisciplinary, ix, 43, 81, 112, 120, 123, 124, 125, 130, 131, 225, 229, 288, 290, 309, 310, 311, 331, 348, 358, 360

international relations, xiii, 49, 245, 246, 247, 248, 251, 253, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 265, 266, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282

international studies, ix, x, xii, xiii, 177, 191, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 258, 264, 265, 270, 278, 279, 281

Iron Age, 197, 201

ivory-tower, 1, 50

Japan, 18

Jebba, 199, 200

Jos, 176, 198, 199, 239, 347, 348

Keffi, 199

Kierkegaard, 57, 61

legend, 17, 210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 296

linguistic, xiii, 67, 71, 77, 109, 117, 118, 127, 214, 222, 223, 225, 226, 272, 296, 309, 311, 315, 316, 318, 319, 321, 322, 324, 328, 331, 332, 363

literature, xi, xiii, 7, 19, 32, 89, 100, 113, 126, 127, 128, 138, 185, 224, 236, 256, 295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 304, 305, 306, 307, 311, 338, 339, 358

Marxist, xiii, 21, 38, 41, 43, 48, 130, 285, 286, 357, 369

Marxists, 26, 41

medievalheretics, 20

metaphysics, 12, 60, 95

methodological approaches, vii, 5, 8, 10, 26, 72, 292, 304

Multidisciplinary, xiii, 125, 132, 358

Muslims, 8

myth, 17, 25, 27, 50, 66, 105, 210, 211, 212

mythology, 55

Nigeria, i, ii

Nigerian, ii

Oral tradition, xii, 120, 122, 202, 207, 208, 209, 217, 220, 229, 233, 234, 236, 240

Original history, 90

orthodoxies, 109

Palaeolithic Age, 198

paradoxical, 57

phenomenology, 59

Philology, 18

philosophical history, 36, 86, 90, 91, 92

philosophy, x, xi, 1, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 26, 33, 37, 50, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 95, 97, 100, 101, 106, 124, 126, 131, 137, 168, 279, 291, 307, 309, 359, 360

plateau, 198, 199

political, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 26, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 49, 88, 89, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 114, 115, 116, 127, 128, 129, 137, 138, 149, 150, 154, 157, 165, 168, 169, 175, 187, 188, 196, 200, 203, 213, 230, 232, 233, 245, 246, 247, 249, 251, 252,253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265, 267, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 280, 282, 292, 295, 299, 302, 304, 305, 306, 339, 342, 346, 350, 361, 366, 368

Positivist era, 26

pre-colonial, 19, 42, 96, 100, 101, 102, 104, 129, 138, 218, 223, 224, 370

psychology, 59, 66, 128, 354, 355, 357, 360

Psychology, 18, 81

purification of sources, 140

Quantification, 161, 162, 165

Quantitative, xvii, 146, 150, 151, 153, 161, 162, 163, 166, 168, 176

quantitative historian, 167

quasi-history, 27

Reflective history, 90

Renaissance, xiv, 5, 7, 9, 31, 32, 33, 96, 105, 254, 255, 280

Renaissance era, 32

Roman Empire, 30

Roman historiography, 11, 29

Romans, 6, 18, 22, 26, 28, 29, 96, 209, 253

Romanticist era, 26

second-generation computers, 181

semiology, 69, 70, 71

Semiotics, xv, 66, 68, 71, 76, 81, 82, 83

society, vii, x, 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 22, 26, 33, 34, 35, 37, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 71, 78, 91, 105, 106, 124, 128, 129, 141, 142, 147, 149, 150, 152, 155, 165, 166, 169, 174, 175, 179, 185, 187, 197, 203, 209, 212, 213, 224, 226, 229, 236, 238, 250, 257, 263, 265, 283, 286, 290, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 302, 305, 345, 350, 354, 355, 356, 359, 362, 363, 364, 365, 368, 369

Sociology, vi, xiii, xvi, xxi, 18, 114, 131, 162, 187, 345, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370

software, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 190, 191

Sokoto, 199

Song, xviii, 212

South Africa, 41

South America, 21, 248

Stone Age, 197

subaltern history, 18

subject, ii

technology, ii

third-generation computers, 181

transport, 174, 239, 340

urban, 150, 174, 263, 339, 340, 346, 348, 350

utilitarian philosophy, 97

World War, 13, 39, 42, 180, 224, 227, 245, 246, 256, 257, 270, 290, 352

World Wide Web, 189, 190

Yoruba, 39, 101, 103, 110, 111, 117, 120, 121, 141, 143, 227, 299, 308, 313, 314

Yoruba history, 111