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New Parallel Press Title Honors the Legacy of David Henige
Posted 7/21/11
MADISON, Wis. – The Power of Doubt: Essays in Honor of David Henige (Parallel Press, 2011) is a new Festschrift that honors the scholarship of UW–Madison historian and African Studies bibliographer David Henige.
Edited and introduced by Paul S. Landau of the University of Maryland, The Power of Doubt is an illustrated collection of essays from nine prominent international scholars who have been influenced by Henige’s long career as an historian, writer, reviewer, and editor of History in Africa.
Emmanuel Akyeampong, Professor of History and African and African American Studies at Harvard University writes, “The essays in The Power of Doubt—on European accounts of indigenous warfare in late nineteenth-century East Africa, European explorers and their Luso-African guides, oral traditions juxtaposed with written accounts of Kongo's history, and paradigmatic shifts when indigenous anthropologists conduct fieldwork in Mali [inter alia]—reflect the expanse of Henige's scholarly engagements, which also transcended Africa. Prefaced by Paul Landau's thoughtful introduction and commentary on Henige's philosophy of knowledge, the essays underscore Henige's abiding commitment to evidence over theory, his comfort with the messiness of the past, and his unswerving espousal of the historian's mandate.”
The Power of Doubt: Essays in Honor of David Henige is available from Parallel Press. Ordering information may be found on the Parallel Press Web site or by calling (608) 262-1433.
