They help define your topic, provide chronology and context, identify key people and events, and locate both primary and secondary source material for your research. There are many books in the reference collection related to African history, by region, subject or specific country.
Entries vary from several paragraphs to several pages, with bibliographic references.
Includes subject index. Chapter entries on the environments, research, technology, peoples and culture, prehistory. Each chapter has a bibliography and illustrations. Includes subject index. The Library has dictionaries for most countries.