African studies thesaurus
Subtitle: subject headings for library users
By: Freda E. Otchere.
Series: Bibliographies and indexes in Afro-American and African studies,; no. 29
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: Subject headings -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.; Subject headings, Library of Congress.
Description: This thesaurus identifies nearly 4,000 subject heading terms that pertain specifically to the 41 countries that make up Africa south of the Sahara. The process of identifying these terms began with a search through the "Library of Congress Subject Headings," followed by searches of other subject heading materials and bibliographic databases. Additional cross references and references to African languages, peoples, and countries were added, so that the final listing contains references to over 600 African peoples and nearly 600 African languages. An introduction explains how to use the thesaurus. One appendix outlines the African history classification used, and the other presents a table of subdivisions that can be added to geographical subject headings to refine searches.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]).