Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Map
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix
Table 1: Fertility
Table 2: Literacy
Bibliography
Country Index
About the Author

About the Author

Kathleen Sheldon is an independent historian with a research affiliation at the Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles. She has published books and articles on African history, with particular concentration on women’s history and Mozambique.

Reviews

Issued in the publisher's prolific series of historical dictionaries, many entries in this second edition by independent scholar Sheldon have been carefully updated and revised from the edition published more than a decade ago. The dictionary's strengths continue to be its coverage of individuals, organizations, and institutions in entries ranging from a few lines to two pages. Though most information is likely available online, it is very useful to have a volume in hand focusing specifically on Sub-Saharan women. . . .An appendix lists entries by country—an effective addition. More than a third of the volume is a bibliography of scholarly sources on history and special topics such as art, education, literature, marriage, pastoralism, slavery, and urbanization. . . .Libraries that have found the first edition useful will want to replace it with the present title.

Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels; general readers.
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