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Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Jon Woronoff, Series Editor
Senegal, Second Edition, by Andrew F. Clark and Lucie Colvin Phillips. 1994.
Comoro Islands, by Martin Ottenheimer and Harriet Ottenheimer. 1994.
Benin, Third Edition, by Samuel Decalo. 1995.
Uganda, by M. Louise Pirouet. 1995.
Togo, Third Edition, by Samuel Decalo. 1996.
Tanzania, Second Edition, by Thomas P. Ofcansky and Rodger Yeager. 1997.
Chad, Third Edition, by Samuel Decalo. 1997.
Guinea-Bissau, Third Edition, by Richard Lobban and Peter Mendy. 1997.
Burkina Faso, Second Edition, by Daniel Miles McFarland and Lawrence Rupley. 1998.
Equatorial Guinea, Third Edition, by Max Liniger-Goumaz. 2000.
Kenya, Second Edition, by Robert M. Maxon and Thomas P. Ofcansky. 2000.
South Africa, Second Edition, by Christopher Saunders and Nicholas Southey. 2000.
Swaziland, Second Edition, by Alan R. Booth. 2000.
Djibouti, by Daoud A. Alwan and Yohanis Mibrathu. 2000.
Liberia, Second Edition, by D. Elwood Dunn, Amos J. Beyan, and Carl Patrick Burrowes. 2001.
Zimbabwe, Third Edition, by Steven C. Rubert and R. Kent Rasmussen. 2001.
Sudan, Third Edition, by Richard A. Lobban Jr., Robert S. Kramer, and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. 2002.
Somalia, Second Edition, by Mohamed Haji Mukhtar. 2002.
Mozambique, Second Edition, by Mario Azevedo, Emmanuel Nnadozie, and Tom Mbuia Joo. 2003.
Egypt, Third Edition, by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Robert Johnston. 2003.
Lesotho, by Scott Rosenberg, Richard Weisfelder, and Michelle Frisbie-Fulton. 2004.
Ethiopia, New Edition, by David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky. 2004.
Guinea, Fourth Edition, by Thomas OToole with Janice E. Baker. 2005.
Western Sahara, Third Edition, by Anthony G. Pazzanita. 2005.
Ghana, Third Edition, by David Owusu-Ansah. 2005.
Madagascar, Second Edition, by Philip M. Allen and Maureen Covell. 2005.
Sierra Leone, New Edition, by C. Magbaily Fyle. 2005.
Libya, Fourth Edition, by Ronald Bruce St John. 2006.
Gabon, Third Edition , by David E. Gardinier and Douglas A. Yates. 2006.
Algeria, Third Edition, by Phillip Naylor. 2006.
Burundi, Third Edition, by Ellen K. Eggers. 2007.
Republic of Cape Verde, Fourth Edition, by Richard A. Lobban Jr. and Paul Khalil Saucier. 2007.
Zambia, Third Edition, by David J. Simon, James R. Pletcher, and Brian V. Siegel. 2008.
Mali, Fourth Edition, by Pascal James Imperato, Gavin H. Imperato, and Austin C. Imperato. 2008.
Botswana, Fourth Edition, by Fred Morton, Jeff Ramsay, and Part Themba Mgadla. 2008.
Mauritania, Third Edition, by Anthony G. Pazzanita. 2009.
Nigeria, by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova. 2009.
Republic of Cameroon, Fourth Edition, by Mark Dike DeLancey, Rebecca Mbuh, and Mark W. DeLancey. 2010.
Eritrea, Second Edition, by Dan Connell and Tom Killion. 2011.
Angola, Second Edition, by W. Martin James. 2011.
Malawi, Fourth Edition, by Owen J. M. Kalinga. 2012.
Niger, Fourth Edition, by Abdourahmane Idrissa and Samuel Decalo. 2012.
Republic of the Congo, Fourth Edition, by John F. Clark and Samuel Decalo. 2012.
Namibia, Second Edition, by Victor L. Tonchi, William A. Lindeke and John J. Grotpeter. 2012.
Benin, Fourth Edition, by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo and Samuel Decalo. 2013.
Burkina Faso, Third Edition, by Lawrence Rupley, Lamissa Bangali, and Boureima Diamitani. 2013.
Sudan, Fourth Edition, by Robert S. Kramer, Richard A. Lobban Jr., and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. 2013.
Ethiopia, Second Edition, by David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky. 2013.
Egypt, Fourth Edition, by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. 2013.
Lesotho, Second Edition, by Scott Rosenberg and Richard F. Weisfelder. 2013.
Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Fourth Edition, by Peter Karibe Mendy and Richard A. Lobban Jr. 2013.
Guinea, Fifth Edition, by Mohamed Saliou Camara, Thomas E. OToole, and Janice E. Baker. 2013.
Ghana, Fourth Edition, by David Owusu-Ansah. 2014.
Libya, Fifth Edition, by Ronald Bruce St John. 2014.
Kenya, Third Edition, by Robert M. Maxon and Thomas P. Ofcansky. 2014.
Algeria, Fourth Edition, by Phillip Naylor. 2015.
Rwanda, Second Edition, by Aimable Twagilamana. 2016.
Cte dIvoire (The Ivory Coast), Third Edition, by Cyril K. Daddieh. 2016.
Central African Republic, New Edition, by Richard Bradshaw and Juan Fandos-Rius. 2016.
The Gambia, Fifth Edition, by David Perfect. 2016.
Morocco, Third Edition, by Thomas K. Park and Aomar Boum. 2016.
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fourth Edition, by Emizet Franois Kisangani. 2016.
Tunisia, Third Edition, by Kenneth J. Perkins. 2016.
Gabon, Fourth Edition, by Douglas A. Yates. 2018.
Botswana, Fifth Edition, by Barry Morton and Jeff Ramsay. 2018.
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