UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES

Africa South of the Sahara. Who s Who. London: Europa, 1971- .
VP DT1 .A219, 1971-1993
*Latest issue at reference desk.

Africa Who s Who. 2nd ed. London: Africa Books, 1991.
VP CT1920 .A37

Dictionary of African Biography. L. H. Ofosu-Appiah, ed.-in-chief. N.Y.: Reference Publications, 1977- .
VP Reference DT18 .D55, vols. 1-2

Gastrow, Shelagh, ed. Bowker-Saur Who s Who in South African Politics. 4th ed. London: Hans Zell, 1993.
VP Reference DT1774 .G37 1993

Hill, Robert A., ed. Pan-African Biography. Los Angeles, Calif.: African Studies Center, University of California, 1987.
VP DT18 .P26 1987

Jahn, Janheinz et. al. Who s Who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Tubingen: E. Erdmann, 1972.
VP Reference PL8010 .J33

Konare Ba, Adam. Dictionnaire des femmes celebres du Mali: des temps mythico-legendaires au 29 mars 1991. Bamako: Editions Jamana, 1993.
VP Reference CT3750 .K65 1993

Lipschutz, Mark R. and R. Kent Rasmussen. Dictionary of African Historical Biography. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
VP Reference DT352.5 .L56 1986

Political Leaders of Contemporary Africa South of the Sahara: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvey Glickman, ed. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1990.
VP Reference DT352.8 .P63 1992

Rake, Alan. Who s Who in Africa: Leaders for the 1990s. Scarecrow Press, 1992.
VP Reference DT18 .R35 1992

Romero, Patricia W., ed. Life Histories of African Women. London: Ashfield Press, 1988.
VP HQ1787 .A3 L54 1987

Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
VP Music Seminar ML105 .S67

Sweetman, David. Women Leaders in African History. London: Heinemann, 1984.
VP DT18 .S85 1984

Wiseman, John A. Political Leaders in Black Africa: A Biographical Dictionary of the Major Politicians Since Independence. Brookfield, Vt.: E. Elgar, 1991.
VP Reference DT352.8 .W57 1991

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