The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary

by James S. Olson and James Stuart Olson

Book Overview

Recent historical events have made it quite clear that the world is in for a long-term continuation of ethnic rivalries that have been going on for centuries. The short-term hegemony of the European empires, the Soviet Union, and the United States may have temporarily subdued some of those conflicts, but older identities are now reasserting themselves. The most complicated, diverse ethnic setting is in Africa, where several thousand languages still...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313279187
• ISBN13: 9780313279188
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"