Dictionary of African Biography
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Author | : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 3382 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195382075 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195382072 |
Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dictionary of African Biography by : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong
Book excerpt: 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 Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).