Encyclopedia of African peoples /

A lively two-color design, tables, and chronologies complement a strong anthropological focus in entries on some 1,000 ethnic groups from all of Africa. Entries discuss each major group's history, language, social structure, religion, and cultural traditions. A separate section provides capsule info...

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Corporate Author:	Diagram Group
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Facts on File, 2000.
Series:	Facts on File library of world history.
Subjects:	Africans > Encyclopedias. Ethnology > Africa > Encyclopedias. Africans. Ethnology. Africa. Encyclopedia. Encyclopedias. Reference works. Encyclopédies. Ouvrages de référence.
Summary:	A lively two-color design, tables, and chronologies complement a strong anthropological focus in entries on some 1,000 ethnic groups from all of Africa. Entries discuss each major group's history, language, social structure, religion, and cultural traditions. A separate section provides capsule information on Africa's regions and nations, helping readers understand each ethnic group in the context of the land, climate, and wildlife of its environment. Special map-based spreads focus on elements of culture and history that many groups share. Some 300 thumbnail biographies of prominent persons also appear.