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.

• Over 3500 headword entries and 2 million words of text.
• One thousand illustrations including maps and photographs—most in four-color
• Easy-to-use A-to-Z organization
• Color-coded major subject areas for easy cross-referencing
• Extended essays on principal themes by world-renowned scholars

“Now, with Africana, we have an encyclopedia where Africa and her descendents are the features, not the forgotten.”
—Maya Angelou