Emmanuel Ayankannui Ayandele: The Man and African Historiography

Abstract

Hedoriography which is largely concerned with the writings and methods of historians has evolved over the years and led to the manifestation of different types, namely: Western, African and Oral hustoriographies. Among these, the Western Historiography dominated the writing of African history until the middle of the twentieth century when an increasing number of African scholars merged, questioned and challenged the methodology and perspective dopted in the study and writing of African history. Incidentally, the contributions of these intellectual giants to the emergence of African Istoriography have not been given adequate attention by historians t the later period. Against this backdrop, the importance of this essay to analyse the contributions of one of these titans of history, Emmanuel Ayandele to the development of African historiography.