Jan Jansen (historian) explained

Dr. Jan Jansen (born 1962) of Leiden University, Netherlands, is a historian and anthropologist specialising in the oral history of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mali.

Jansen is the managing editor of History in Africa, the journal of the African Studies Association.^[1] He is also a founding editor of Mande Worlds, published by LIT Verlag, Munster/Hamburg, and African Sources for African History, published by Brill, Leiden.^[2]

Selected publications

• L'Épopée de Sunjara, d'après Lansine Diabate de Kela. Leiden: Research School CNWS, 1995. (with E. Duintjer and B. Tamboura).
• The Griot's Craft – An Essay on Oral Tradition and Diplomacy. Műnster-Hamburg: LIT Verlag, 2000.
• Epopée Histoire Société – Le cas de Soundjata (Mali-Guinée). Paris: Karthala, 2001. [French edition of 1995 dissertation]).

See also

• Oral history in modern Mali

External links

• University of Leiden profile.

Notes and References

1. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=HIA&type=eb&sessionId=3285F143052E35DAA2483D45FE6D4FEE.journals Editorial Board
2. http://www.ascleiden.nl/cooperation/ASC-community/members/jan-jansen Jan Jansen