Ylva,
Happy New Year to all. This is a very noble venture and sincerely hope 
that all students of Gambian history will take advantage of it.

Malanding

Ylva Hernlund wrote:

> FYI
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>     Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:48:30 -0600
>     From: Jeremy Rich <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: H-NET List for African History and Culture 
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>  Subject: Call for contributors: The Groundwork of Gambian History
>       To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Date: Monday, 18 December 2006
> From: Nico. F. Awasom <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> From: The Chair, Exams and Education Committee
>            University of The Gambia/West Africa
>            Administration Building, Kanifing
>            December 18, 2006
>
> Re: Call for Submissions of chapter(s) summary for The Groundwork of 
> Gambian History  Project to be received no later than 15 February 2007.
>
> The University of The Gambia is launching a grandiose textbook project 
> titled: The Groundwork of Gambian History.  Prospective authors should 
> know that the textbook is intended for university level usage and the 
> methodology has to be rigorous in terms of structuring and 
> referencing.  Interested scholars are hereby invited to submit the 
> title(s) and summary of 200-250 words of the topic(s) they intend to 
> research on. This submission should be accompanied by the author?s 
> bio-data (maximum 100 words) and a list of two of his/her latest 
> publications. Proposals should be sent to:
>  Professor dr. Nico. F. Awasom ([log in to unmask])
> Chair, Exams and Education Committee
> University of The Gambia
> Administration Building, Kanifing
> P.O. Box 3530, Serrekunda
> Tel: (220) 779 40 48/ 4372213/4395062/5;
> Fax: (220) 4395064
>   The Gambia, West Africa
>
> Example of bio-data:
> (i) Momodou Joof is a Senior Lecturer in History in the University of 
> St. Louis, Senegal. He holds a PhD degree from the University of 
> Nairobi. He is a leading oral historian and has published a book on 
> Oral History in the Sene-Gambian Region with the University of Ibadan 
> University Press (2005) and several articles in peer review journals.
>
> Or
>
> (ii) Joyce Gomez is an Associate Professor of African History at the 
> University of The Gambia. She received her PhD in African History from 
> the University of Lagos in 2001. Her research focuses on the 
> comparative colonial systems, jihads and nation-building and the 
> history of Islamic brotherhoods in the Sene-Gambian region.
>
> Tentative Chapter Topics
>
> Chapter One: The Land and the Peopling of the Gambia
>
> Chapter Two: The Gambia in the era of the Great Empires
>
> Chapter Three: Early Kingdoms of The Gambia
>
> Chapter Four: Oral History in the Sene-Gambia
>
> Chapter Five: Sacred Sites, Mythology and Environmental History of the 
> Gambia
>
> Chapter Six: European Explorers and Traders along the Coast of The Gambia
> ?    The Origins
> ?    European Monuments
> ?    Development of Legitimate Trade
> ?    The Creation of Consular Services
>
> Chapter Seven: Slavery and Slave Trade
> ?    African Indigenous Slavery
> ?    Causes of Slave Trade
> ?    The Trans-Saharan Slave Trade
> ?    The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
> ?    The Effect of The Slave Trade
> ?    The Consequences of the Abolition
>
> Chapter Eight: The Colonial Economy
> ?    From Subsistence to Market Economy
> ?    Evolution of land tenure system
>
> Chapter Nine: History of Religion
> ?    Nature of Indigenous African Religion
> ?    The Introduction and Growth of Islam and Christianity
> ?    The Missionary Impact
>
> Chapter Ten: The Jihadists and the Soninke Marabout Wars
>
> Chapter Eleven: The European Scramble for The Gambia
> ?    Reasons for the Scramble
> ?    How Rivalry sparked off the Scramble
> ?    Flag hoisting campaigns from Samuel Rowe, Sir G.T. Carter and Sir 
> R.B. Llewlyn
> ?    The Making of Modern Gambia: From the Anglo-French Boundary 
> Commission to the demarcation of French Senegal and British Gambia
>
> Chapter Twelve: The Theory and Practice of British Indirect Rule in 
> Colonial Gambia
> ?    The Crown Colony and the Protectorate Systems
> ?    From Native Administration to Local Government
>
> Chapter Thirteen: The Gambia in World War 1 and World War 11
> ?    The Involvement of Gambians in World War 1
> ?    The Involvement of Gambians in World War 11
> ?    Consequences of Gambian exposure to Great Wars
>
> Chapter Fourteen: Constitutional Evolution in Colonial Gambia
> ?    The pre-1945 era
> ?    The post 1945 era
> ?    The Growth of Nationalism and the Development of Political Parties
>
> Chapter Fifteen: The History of Education in The Gambia
>
> Chapter Sixteen: The Road to Independence
> ?    Conceptualizing sovereignty in Africa
> ?    Factors that delayed Gambian independence
> ?    Gambia or Senegambia?
>
> Chapter Sixteen: The First Republic
> (i)Developments in the:
> ?    Political;
> ?    Social &
> ?    Economic domains
> (ii)Evaluation of the performance of the First Republic
> (iii)Events leading to the birth and demise of the Sene-Gambian 
> Confederation
> (iv) The overthrow of the First Republic
>
> Chapter Seventeen: The Second Republic
> ?    International Reaction to the birth of the Second Republic
> ?    Consolidation of Second Republic through constitutional reform 
> and elections
> ?    Evaluation of the achievements of the Second Republic
>
> Chapter Eighteen: The History of Tourism in The Gambia
>
> Chapter Nineteen: The Gambia in international Relations Since 1965
> The Gambia and Senegal
> The Gambia and ECOWAS/ECOMOG
> The Gambia and other supranational organizations.
>
> Chapter Twenty: Some Gambian Historical figures (Heroes and Heroines)
>
> Chapter Twenty-one: History of Gambian Art and Music
>
>
>
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