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Title Africa : an encyclopedia of culture and society / Toyin Falola and Daniel Jean-Jacques, editors
Published Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (3 volumes (xxxii, 1366 pages)) : illustrations, maps
Contents Volume 1. Algeria-Djibouti -- volume 2. Egypt-Mozambique -- volume 3. Namibia-Zimbabwe
Summary "These volumes offer a one-stop resource for researching the lives, customs, and cultures of Africa's nations and peoples. Unparalleled in its coverage of contemporary customs in all of Africa, this multivolume set is perfect for both high school and public library shelves. The three-volume encyclopedia will provide readers with an overview of contemporary customs and life in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa through discussions of key concepts and topics that touch everyday life among the nations' peoples. While this encyclopedia places emphasis on the customs and cultural practices of each state, history, politics, and economics are also addressed. Because entries average 14,000 to 15,000 words each, contributors are able to expound more extensively on each country than in similar encyclopedic works with shorter entries. As a result, readers will gain a more complete understanding of what life is like in Africa's 54 nations and territories, and will be better able to draw cross-cultural comparisons based on their reading"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (EbscoHost, viewed March 19, 2019)
Subject HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
Civilization
SUBJECT Africa -- Civilization -- Encyclopedias
Africa -- Encyclopedias
Subject Africa
Genre/Form Electronic books
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
Author Falola, Toyin, editor.
Jean-Jacques, Daniel, editor.
ISBN 9781598846669
1598846663
9781786844576
1786844575
9781598846652
1598846655