“African History is nothing but barbaric gyrations in grotesque and irrelevant corners of the globe”, moreso, when the African enjoys untrammeled natural abundance from his backyard. The 1970s and 1980s witnessed unprecedented activities in African history: to quickly record the histories of African communities, especially, the so-called acephalous societies. This task fell into the domain of historiography. Departments of History became enamoured with recording the oral traditions of motley of African communities, which were disappearing or becoming circumscribed into larger, more economically viable and vociferous ethnic groups. This was a tacit reaction to the biases of western scholars and commentators and to hatred and intellectual ignorance against the Black people and their humanity. Our education authorities have unwittingly joined the fray by de-emphasizing the study of some disciplines, among which is history, in preference to the sciences. The Historian, cap-in-hand has gone into alliances with some “Pentecostal departments, courses and disciplines” which cannot be missing from a well-crafted historical studies programme. The commitment to historical studies has been thrown into the dustbin of history and along with it. This study attempted finding out the point at which the historian lost steam, and reasons why the historian now begs for an office space, and will in the nearest future, for income. That some commentators described history as “mere antiquarianism” cannot negate its study. This paper concluded that history is still germane to knowledge.