Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

History, it should be borne in mind is indeed a subject matter of historiography and it’s definition has remained controversial among historians. Different scholars of different background and persuasions and climatic opinion of the times have defined it in different ways. In the academy, history is used in the strictest sense to mean what those who are professionally trained to think, and speak and write about the past on the basis of information culled from it actually do think and speak and write about the past. This paper do intend to discuss the history of historical writing and philosophy of history which are indeed indispensable. The need for historiography courses for the vocation of historians cannot be overemphasized as it marks the underlying proposition in postgraduate training of historians as well as undergraduates because it marks the idea of progress in history.

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