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'''David Patrick Henige''' (born 1938)<ref>{{cite LAF|id=n79-90177|accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref> is an American [[historian]], [[bibliographer]], academic [[librarian]] and [[Africanist]] scholar. The majority of Henige's academic career has been spent in affiliation with the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], where for over three decades he held the position of bibliographer in African studies at UW–Madison's Memorial Library. |
'''David Patrick Henige''' (born 1938)<ref>{{cite LAF|id=n79-90177|accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref> is an American [[historian]], [[bibliographer]], academic [[librarian]] and [[African studies|Africanist]] scholar. The majority of Henige's academic career has been spent in affiliation with the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]], where for over three decades he held the position of bibliographer in African studies at UW–Madison's Memorial Library. |
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== Education == |
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As an [[undergraduate]], Henige attended the [[University of Toledo]], [[Ohio]] in the 1960s, obtaining first a [[Bachelor's degree|B.A.]] then a [[ |
As an [[undergraduate]], Henige attended the [[University of Toledo]], [[Ohio]] in the 1960s, obtaining first a [[Bachelor's degree|B.A.]] then a [[master's degree]] in history. In 1973 he completed a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in African History in 1973 at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. Henige undertook [[Fieldwork]] towards his degree in [[Ghana]], [[West Africa]]. Henige's long association with the Memorial Library began during his PhD studies, when he worked for the library. |
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== Career == |
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After completing his PhD, Henige taught for a year at the [[University of Birmingham]]'s [[Centre of West African Studies]], a [[research department]] established a decade earlier by the noted Africanist scholar [[John Donnelly Fage|John D. Fage]]. |
After completing his PhD, Henige taught for a year at the [[University of Birmingham]]'s [[Centre of West African Studies]], a [[research department]] established a decade earlier by the noted Africanist scholar [[John Donnelly Fage|John D. Fage]]. |
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Preferring the autonomy of a bibliographer to lecturing, Henige returned to [[Wisconsin]] in 1974 |
Preferring the autonomy of a bibliographer to lecturing, Henige returned to [[Wisconsin]] in 1974 to take a position at the Memorial Library. He thereafter completed a master's degree in [[Library and information science]] in 1978. Henige was the founder and editor of the journal ''[[History in Africa]]'' from 1974 to 2010.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Doortmont|first=Michel R.|date=2011|title=Making History in Africa: David Henige and the Quest for Method in African History|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/468172|journal=History in Africa|language=en|volume=38|issue=1|pages=7–20|doi=10.1353/hia.2011.0001|issn=1558-2744|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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Henige has written several books and more than 170 scholarly papers in his major fields of interest, [[African studies]] and history, as well as substantial contributions to [[historiography]], [[librarianship]], [[epistemology]], the nature of [[oral history]] and [[myth]], and critiques of [[historical method]]ologies. |
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Henige is the founder and editor of the journal ''History in Africa''. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* {{cite journal|author=Block, David |year=1994 |title=Quincentennial Publishing: An Ocean of Print |url=http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/papers/block-2.html |format=online reproduction |journal=Latin American Research Review |location=Santa Fe, NM |publisher=[[University of New Mexico]], on behalf of the [[Latin American Studies Association]] |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=101–128 |doi=10.1017/S002387910003555X |issn=0023-8791 |oclc=200175822 |accessdate=2008-06-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024812/http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/papers/block-2.html |archivedate=November 20, 2008 }} |
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* {{cite book|last1=Landau|first1=Paul Stuart|title=The power of doubt: essays in honor of David Henige|date=2011|publisher=Parallel Press|isbn=978-1-934795-30-9|url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/AfricanStudies.PowerofDoubt|accessdate=8 August 2016}} |
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: {{cite journal |author={{aut|University of Wisconsin Foundation}} |year=2005 |month=Winter |title=Treasured job leads to library gift |url=http://www.uwfoundation.wisc.edu/media/documents/pdf/insights_05_winter.pdf |format=[[PDF]] online publication |journal=Wisconsin Campaign Insights |location=Madison, WI |publisher=UW Foundation|volume=3|issue=1 |pages=24 |accessdate=2008-06-16}} |
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* {{worldcat id|lccn-n79-90177}} |
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Latest revision as of 09:27, 4 August 2024
David Patrick Henige (born 1938)[1] is an American historian, bibliographer, academic librarian and Africanist scholar. The majority of Henige's academic career has been spent in affiliation with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where for over three decades he held the position of bibliographer in African studies at UW–Madison's Memorial Library.
Education
[edit]As an undergraduate, Henige attended the University of Toledo, Ohio in the 1960s, obtaining first a B.A. then a master's degree in history. In 1973 he completed a PhD in African History in 1973 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Henige undertook Fieldwork towards his degree in Ghana, West Africa. Henige's long association with the Memorial Library began during his PhD studies, when he worked for the library.
Career
[edit]After completing his PhD, Henige taught for a year at the University of Birmingham's Centre of West African Studies, a research department established a decade earlier by the noted Africanist scholar John D. Fage.
Preferring the autonomy of a bibliographer to lecturing, Henige returned to Wisconsin in 1974 to take a position at the Memorial Library. He thereafter completed a master's degree in Library and information science in 1978. Henige was the founder and editor of the journal History in Africa from 1974 to 2010.[2]
Henige has written several books and more than 170 scholarly papers in his major fields of interest, African studies and history, as well as substantial contributions to historiography, librarianship, epistemology, the nature of oral history and myth, and critiques of historical methodologies.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF). Retrieved on 2008-06-16.
- ^ Doortmont, Michel R. (2011). "Making History in Africa: David Henige and the Quest for Method in African History". History in Africa. 38 (1): 7–20. doi:10.1353/hia.2011.0001. ISSN 1558-2744.
References
[edit]- Block, David (1994). "Quincentennial Publishing: An Ocean of Print". Latin American Research Review. 29 (3). Santa Fe, NM: University of New Mexico, on behalf of the Latin American Studies Association: 101–128. doi:10.1017/S002387910003555X. ISSN 0023-8791. OCLC 200175822. Archived from the original (online reproduction) on November 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- Landau, Paul Stuart (2011). The power of doubt: essays in honor of David Henige. Parallel Press. ISBN 978-1-934795-30-9. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
Categories:
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American male writers
- American bibliographers
- American librarians
- American Africanists
- University of Toledo alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
- Academics of the University of Birmingham
- University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
- 1938 births
- Living people
- American male non-fiction writers