Dictionary of african-american biography volume 3

General Editors: Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Executive Editor: Steven J. Niven

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From the Pharaohs to Frantz Fanon, the Dictionary of African Biography (DAB) provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of Africans who shaped African history.

The project is unprecedented in scale, covering the whole of the continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia.

More than seven hundred entries spanning three centuries of American history recount the lives and accomplishments of Black Americans.

Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history.

Dictionary of African biography volumes : 29 cm.

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Volume 3.

Dictionary of African biography.

It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt (1490–1468 BCE) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243–183 BCE), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909–1972), Miriam Makeba (1932–2008), and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918–2013).

Individuals are drawn from all walks of life, including philosophers, politicians, activists, entertainers, scholars, poets, scientists, religious figures, kings, and everyday people whose lives have contributed to Africa’s history.

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