ABSTRACT

The first text to address the contentious issues raised by the pursuit of anthropology and archaeology in the world today. Calls into question the traditional, sometimes difficult relationship between western scholars and the contemporary cultures and peoples they study and can easily disturb.

chapter |4 pages

The archaeology of colonialism

chapter |3 pages

Acknowledgements

part 5|11 pages

On the problem of historicist categories in theories of human development

part 8|11 pages

The role of language in African perceptions of the past: an appraisal of African language policies and practices

chapter |2 pages

Notes

chapter 13|6 pages

The souls of my dead brothers