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Providing a comprehensive look at the continent of Africa and the countries that comprise it, this book describes its peoples and cultures, music and art, trade and economy, holidays and festivals, tribal groups, ecology, religion, fossil and skeleton discoveries, the land and its history, art and architecture and daily life. It examines Africa from prehistoric times to the present day.
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Africa An Encyclopedia for Students L A N G U A G E FA M I L I E S Arabic Arabic Berber Tuareg Arabic Berber Arabic Arabic Tuareg Fulani Wolof Bambara Tubu Kordofanian Songhai Hausa Mossi Gur Fon Akan Ewe Yoruba Igbo Kanuri Amharic Sara Somali Gbaya Efik Oromo Tigrinya Sango Mongo Ewando Luo Ganda Fang Lingala Maasai Kinyarwanda Gikuyu Kirundi LANGUAGES Kongo Luba Chokwe NILO-SAHARAN Swahili Bemba Mbundu Chichewa AFRO-ASIATIC NIGER-KORDOFANIAN KHOISAN !Kung Shona Nama Sotho Malagasy Nguni MALAYO-POLYNESIAN Africa An Encyclopedia for Students John Middleton, Editor Volume 2 Ecosystem–Laws africa_toc_v2-4 1/14/03 1:45 PM Page iv Copyright © 2002 Charles Scribner’s Sons All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without the permission of Charles Scribner’s Sons. Developed for Charles Scribner’s Sons by Visual Education Corporation, Princeton, N.J. For Scribners PUBLISHER: Karen Day EDITORS: John Fitzpatrick, Brad Morgan COVER AND INTERIOR DESIGN: Jennifer Wahi PHOTO RESEARCH: Kelly Quin PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Mary Beth Trimper For Visual Education PROJECT DIRECTOR: Darryl Kestler WRITERS: John Hale