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“History of Africa appears to be simply an extension or mere sub-theme under the broad headings of European and American history. According to this historiography, Africa seems to be without any history before the European scramble.” Elucidate.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Imperialism and Colonialism

This statement describes a Eurocentric historiographical tradition that wrote Africa's past into existence only at the moment Europeans arrived, treating everything before as an undifferentiated, undocumented "darkness."

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What the full answer covers

  • The Eurocentric Premise: Africa as Appendage
  • The Roots of the Framing
  • The Evidence Against: A Continent With Deep, Independent History
  • The Historiographical Correction
  • The Deeper Critique

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