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Title: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis, Jr. Gates ISBN: 0-465-00071-1 Publisher: BasicCivitas Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.35 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Debater's Tool
Comment: I find myself online engaged in debates about African-Americans and Africa that only scholars on the topic can participate in. Now, with this Encyclopedia, it's not only good reading for knowledge and scholastic research, but also for validating facts. Now I'm ready for some good 'ol debatin'!
Another thing worth mentioning is that for each article there are regional references: African, African-American, South American, etc. and at the end of each article are references to other relevant readings in the book. When "The Century" was released last year, I was waiting for a "Black Century" so to speak. I had NO CLUE that this Encyclopedia was on the way! The photographs dispel myths of what "Black" looks like. The essays are captivating. The intro is interresting reading. It parallels DuBois' struggle to bring this book about in his day and Gates' efforts to do the same in our day!
I only wish that, if this is not an exact replica of the Encarta Africana CD-ROM in book form, it comes out on CD-ROM so that I can read it away from home & share it with others.
Rating: 5
Summary: Spectacular!
Comment: As a reference librarian, I have been waiting for this book for a long time. And this is one of the best reference sources on Africa that I have ever seen. Maybe even THE best. Africana is as comprehensive and scholarly a source on African history and culture, from ancient times to the present and on both sides of the Atlantic, as I guess is possible in one volume. And it is a wonderful source of biographical information on Africans and African-Americans, something reference librarians know can sometimes be hard to find. If your library doesn't have this book, strongly urge them to get it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Africana: The Experience of the African and African Am
Comment: re: Africana: Appiah & Gates
today i finally broke down and purchased this seemingly valuable book; only to become frustrated - sorely disappointed and then angry ...
it really befuddles my mind, how someone could put so much effort, hard work and many hundreds of hours into compiling this "encyclopedia" per sé, yet omit including a comprehensive index.
such a piece of work - all it's worth, is virtually wasted, if one is use this encyclopedic masterpiece of immense proportions; yet being unable to search an index and/or find easy access to necessary facts and dat- let alone being able to cross-reference.
what this book is going to mean to myself - someone who continually researches these many issues is negligeable ... this book is bound to gather dust on my laden bookshelves ... grrr ...
what a pity ... sigh ...
my autobiography "The Long Nights© - the continuous struggle for survival (a work in progress) will most certainly have well defined indexis - footnotes - including a glossary - together with terminology - pertaining to southern africa - it's people, culture, cutoms, tradition and languages ...
my intention is to enlighten the reader - give them a real insight to the complexities of my country and not have them second-guess what it is, that i am saying/referring to, by assuming - (incorrectly of course) that they are eu fait with africa ...
i still think that the publishers/editors of "basic civitas books" need to supply an insert to this valuable work - in order to do it true justice - make it's true worth come to the fore ...
owen/sharif/mshengu
(living in the diaspora)
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Title: The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference by The New York Public Library ISBN: 0471239240 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 16 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title:Microsoft Encarta Africana Third Edition ASIN: B00004U0YW Publisher: Microsoft Pub. Date: 28 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $30.99 |
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Title: The Oxford Companion to African American Literature by William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris, Henry Louis, Jr. Gates ISBN: 0195065107 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: The African-American Century : How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country by Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates ISBN: 0684864142 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 13 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism by Henry Louis, Jr. Gates ISBN: 019506075X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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