History Answers

2. Discuss the meaning of the following concepts (and substantiate in a proper footnote reference your authoritative source):

2.1 Fact

1. “Africa had no history prior to European exploration and colonization, that there is only the history of Europeans in Africa. The rest is darkness”, her past “the unedifying gyrations of barbarous tribes in picturesque but irrelevant corners of the globe” (Trevor-Roper, 1963: 871).

Based on the historical debates you have come across, do you agree with Trevor-Roper’s view?

A.2 Write the following sources in the form of footnotes using the Chicago style (simple format).

5. Michael Postan Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method Cambridge 1971 Cambridge University Press page 21.

A.2 Write the following sources in the form of footnotes using the Chicago style (simple format).

4. Michael Postan Fact and Relevance: Essays on Historical Method Cambridge 1971 Cambridge University Press pages 15-17.

A.1 Write the following sources in a bibliography using the Chicago style (simple format).

3. Julia Wells The return of Makhanda: Exploring the legend Scottsville UKZN Press

2012.

1 Write the following sources in a bibliography using the Chicago style (simple format).

2. Beinart William Peter Delius The Historical Context and Legacy of the Native Lands Act of 1913 Journal of Southern African Studies 2014 Volume 40 issue 4 pages 667-688.

Britain occupied the South Africa of today once or twice?

1 Write the following sources in a bibliography using the Chicago style (simple format).

1. John Tosh The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of History London Routledge 2015.

"Africa had no history prior to European exploration and colonisation, that there is only the history of Europeans .The rest is darkness",her past in unedifying gyration of barbarous tribes in the picturesque but irrelevant corners of the globe"(Trevor- Roper,1963:871)

Based on the debates you have overcome across unit do you do agree with Trevor Roper's view? Discuss in 200 words

Discuss the meaning of the following concept (and substantiate in a proper footnote in reference your authorative source)

1 fact

2objectivicty

3subjectivity

4historical truth.

5interpretation