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Dictionary of African Biography
Henry Louis; Gates
From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to KwameNkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
2720 pages, 220 Black & White Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 2, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195382075 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 3384 |
| Dimensions | 270 × 405 × 144 mm · 7.69 kg |
| Editor | Akyeampong, Professor Emmanuel K. (Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University) |
| Editor | Gates, Professor Henry Louis, Jr. (Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University) |