Talk:Maurice Delafosse

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Critism section may be necessary
I first came upon Delafosse's work when writing a thesis regarding the Serer people back in the 1990s, and I was shocked when I came upon Delafosse's work and falsehoods not supported by any credible scholar. In 2012, I was editing the Sundiata Keita (see my clean notes, and final edit ) when I came upon more of Delafosse's falsehoods and fabrication of West African genealogies and history. I wanted to find out what other credible authors said about his work especially relating to West African history and genealogies, as I've never taken him serious. As noted in my notes and edits all those years ago, which I see has been used in the Ghana Empire article, he was heavily criticised by historians as stated in my notes below:
 * Delafosse merely linked different legends (i.e. the Tautain story etc.) and prescribed Diara Kanté (1180) as the father of Soumaoro, in order to link the Sossos to the Diarisso Dynasty of Kaniaga (Jarisso). He also failed to give sources as to how he arrived to that conclusion and the genealogy he created. Monteil describes his work as "unacceptable". The African Studies Association describe it as "...too creative to be useful to historians". See:
 * African Studies Association, History in Africa, Volume 11, African Studies Association., 1984, the University of Michigan, pp 42-51
 * Monteil, Charles, Fin de siècle à Médine (1898-1899), Bulletin de l'lFAN, vol. 28, série B, n° 1-2, 1966, p 166
 * Monteil, Charles, La légende officielle de Soundiata, fondateur de l'empire manding, Bulletin du Comité d'Etudes historiques et scientifiques de l 'AOF, tome VIII, n° 2, 1924.
 * Robert Cornevin, Histoire de l'Afrique, Tome I : des origines au XVIe siècle (Paris, 1962), 347-48,(ref. to Delafosse in Haut-Sénégal-Niger vol.1, pp 256-257)
 * Crowder, Michael, West Africa: an introduction to its history, Longman, 1977, p 31 (based on Delafosse's work)
 * Delafosse, Maurice, Haut-Sénégal-Niger: Le Pays, les Peuples, les Langues; l'Histoire; les Civilizations. vols. 1-3, Paris: Émile Larose (1912), (editors: Marie François Joseph Clozel)

Since this man's work is being cited in many West African medieval history and genealogies which were based on his own psedo history, I believe a section showing critism of his work is necessary. Tamsier (talk) 12:57, 12 April 2024 (UTC)