# Jan Vansina

> Jan M. J. 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 tradition. 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."

*Belgian historian and anthropologist (1929–2017)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1929-09-14
- **Died:** 2017-02-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 9.4 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://janvansina.africa.wisc.edu/

## Sources
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