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Jan Vansina | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 September 1929 |
| Died | 8 February 2017 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Leuven |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | African history |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Doctoral students | David Newbury |
Jan M. J. Vansina (14 September 1929 – 8 February 2017)[1] was a Belgian historian and anthropologist regarded as an authority on the history of Central Africa, especially of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. He was a major innovator in the historical methodology of oral tradition. As a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he taught several generations of students and, according to a biographer, "set the pace in African historical studies from the 1950s into the 1990s."[2]
- ^ "Trailblazing African History Scholar Jan Vansina Passes Away". 13 February 2017.
- ^ Joseph C. Miller, "Vansina, Jan," in Kelly Boyd., ed. (1999). Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing, vol 2. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1252–53. ISBN 9781884964336.
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