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This document summarizes the history of approaches to environmental history in African studies. It discusses how early Western intellectual traditions promoted environmental determinism but historians like Febvre argued culture and politics transcended environments. While Febvre acknowledged natural influences, he warned against assuming simple technologies meant closer environmental shaping. The document also discusses how the new environmental history ran parallel to trends in African history by emphasizi

Author

Pearl Irene Joy NiLo

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EN