5 - Celebrating a Knight of Clio: Robin Law and the Merry-Go-Round of Atlantic Africa

Abstract

Since the celebration a few decades ago of the life and work of Raymond Mauny, African historians have routinely withdrawn,
almost every decade, from the busy schedule of their daily occupation to pay homage to one of the best among them. Robin Law’s is the latest in an already impressive string of celebrations dotting like memory signposts the tortuous path leading to the growth of an authentically African approach to history...