MAASAI MARA UNIVERSITY

REGULAR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR              
FOURTH YEAR FIRST SEMESTER

SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION ARTS
(SCHOOL BASED)

COURSE CODE: HIS 410
COURSE TITLE: ISSUES IN AFRICAN                                 HISTORIOGRAPHY
DATE:2ND MAY 2014					TIME: 2.00PM – 5.00PM
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Question One is compulsory
Answer any other THREE questions

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Question   1 
Discuss the concept ‘African historiography’ according to the 1st generation  African writers. 								(17 ½  Marks)
 
Question   2
Explain five developments of the classical and antiquity historiography of Africa.									 (17 ½ Marks)
Question   3 
Analyze the characteristics of the    Marxist    historiographies in African history  									(17 ½ Marks)
Question   4  
Islamic writers contributed diversely in  African historiography.Discuss      
										(17 ½  Marks)
Question   5 
Critically discuss Nationalistic historiographies of African history as   written by the western European writers. 					(17 ½ Marks)
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