He was also a folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker.

Designed for the advanced student and experienced oral historian, these essays present the essentials of oral history, conceptualized with theory, informed by historiography, and stimulated by new field methods.

Now oral historians are diligently recording for posterity the accounts of those who worked there.

Whatever the field or focus of a project, oral historians attempt to record the memories of many different people when researching a given event.

The mhondoros also served as oral historians recording the names and deeds of past kings.