Nimi Wariboko
Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics
Boston University
On 12/28/15, 2:12 PM, "Abidogun, Jamaine M" <JamaineAbidogun@MissouriState.edu> wrote:
Thank you to our great editors Professor Toyin Falola and Daniel Jean-Jacques. Their commitment to quality writing is reflected in every page of this three volume set. As a contributor I can say I received invaluable support throughout this collaborative effort. The entries are chapter length making them exceptional resources for an encyclopedia set. I have ordered it for our university library and look forward to making it available to faculty and students.
Sincerely,
Jamaine Abidogun
Professor
History Department
Missouri State University
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Toyin Falola
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 10:25 AM
To: dialogue; Yoruba Affairs
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society, 3 volumes
It is my pleasure to announce the publication of Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society. This three-volume set comprises fifty-four entries, one for each country on the African continent and its associated islands. 1366 pages long, averaging roughly 14,000 words each, entries are considerably more in depth than in most encyclopedic works. Each one includes sections on religion, social customs, lifestyle and leisure, employment, cuisine, dress, sports and games, festivals and holidays, music and dance, visual art, architecture and housing, literature and oral traditions, media, and gender roles, marriage, and family. Entries also feature country maps, captioned illustrations, tables, and fact boxes highlighting key information and unique and interesting facts about each country. Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society challenges stereotypes about Africa and Africans, highlights the diversity amongst and within Africa’s peoples, and provides a nuanced yet approachable window into African life, events, and institutions. For these reasons, Africa is a valuable resource to scholars and students, alike.
Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society benefits from the scholarship of an esteemed gathering of academics, many of whom hail from the countries explored in these volumes:
Editors:
Toyin Falola
Daniel Jean-Jacques
Contributors:
Jamaine Abidogun
Lady Jane Acquah
Julius O. Adekunle
Aderonke Adesanya
Omoniyi Afolabi
Adeshina Afolayan
Ivor Agyeman-Duah
Abiodun Alao
Ousseina Alidou
Ademola Araoye
Akwasi B. Assensoh
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh
James Denbow
Anene Ejikeme
Ogechukwu Ezekwem
Wendy Wilson Fall
Namulundah Florence
Kodzo Gavua
William Narteh Gblerkpor
Daniel Jean-Jacques
Chima J. Korieh
Mickie Koster
Ian Marsh
John Mukum Mbaku
Paulos Milkias
Jason Morgan
Munyaradzi B. Munochiveyi
George O. Ndege
Samuel B. Ngovo
Raphael Chijioke Njoku
Kanyinsola Obayan
Akinloye Ojo
Samuel Oloruntoba
Ayodeji Olukoju
Donald Omagu
Kefa M. Otiso
Adebayo Oyebade
Eric S. Ross
Bala Saho
Abdoulaye Saine
Steven J. Salm
Danielle Porter Sanchez
Dorothea E. Schulz
Martin Shanguhyia
Neal Sobania
Scott D. Taylor
Bridget Teboh
Charles Thomas
Moses Tofa
Cassandra Veney
Constanze Weise
Jacqueline Woodfork
Toyin Falola
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