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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
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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