"Inspired by the dream of the late African American scholar W. E. B. Du Bois and assisted by an eminent advisory board led by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Harvard professors Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. have created the first scholarly encyclopedia that takes as its scope the entire history of Africa and the African Diaspora.

A landmark in reference publishing, Africana is an incomparable one-volume encyclopedia of the black world - a vital resource for families, students, and educators everywhere."--BOOK JACKET.

"With entries ranging from "affirmative action" to "zydeco," Africana includes articles on the history of each African nation and every major cultural, religious, and political movement in Africa and the New World. Here you will find entries on the most prominent ethnic groups in Africa and the lives of every African and African American Nobel Laureate as well as each member of the U. S. Congressional Black Caucus.

In more than three thousand articles Africana brings the entire black world into sharp focus."--BOOK JACKET.