Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience 
Subtitle: The Concise Desk Reference
Contributors: Henry Louis Gates (Editor); Kwame Anthony Appiah (Editor)
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Published: November 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780762416424
Subjects: African history; African studies; Black studies; Reference works; History: World; Encyclopedias (Multi-Subject); History Of Blacks; History; History - General History; Africa; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Africa - General; Encyclopedias; African Americans; African diaspora; Blacks
First sentence: Aardvark (Afrikaans for "earth pig"), common name for a borrowing, ant-eating mammal.]