Jan Vansina

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Jan Vansina

History

#333

World Rank

#599

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Jan Vansina

Anthropology

#995

World Rank

#1340

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• Anthropology

Why Is Jan Vansina Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jan Vansina 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 history. 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."

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Jan Vansina?

Jan Vansina is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Wisconsin–Madison