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Encarta Africana is a multimedia encyclopedia on the history, geography, and culture of Africans and people of African descent. Africana lets you explore the great accomplishments of ancient civilizations as well as the traditions that Africans brought to the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Users can find any of the 26,386 full text articles using keyword searches or browsing through category lists. It also contains about 800 biographies of prominent international figures, and detailed descriptions of all major international organizations. NewsBank Newsfile contains more than 70,000 selected full text articles from more than 500 U.S. and Canadian newspapers, and major American and international newswires.