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

References

  1. ↑ Editorial Board History in Africa, 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Jan Jansen African Studies Centre Leiden, 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014. Archived here.



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