Dictionary of African Biography
| Author | : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 3382 |
| Release | : 2012-02-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780195382075 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0195382072 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (072 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dictionary of African Biography written by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 3382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
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