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Microsoft Encarta africana 2000

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Publication Type:

Software

Authors:

Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis; Microsoft Corporation.,

Source:

Microsoft Corporation,, [Redmond, Wash.] (1999)

ISBN:

0735601054

Call Number:

See Reference Staff. By Appt in Jefferson Main RR (MRC) DT14 [2001 00432]

Keywords:

Africa Civilization Encyclopedias., African Americans Encyclopedias., African diaspora Encyclopedias., Electronic encyclopedias.

Abstract:

An encyclopedia on the history, geography, and culture of Africans and people of African descent. Features over 3,600 articles enhanced by 200 side bars, over 2,900 media elements, audio clips, photos, illustrations, and videos. Include a timeline of African American music from the 1870's to present day, a media-rich chronology of the U.S. civil rights movement, the library of Black America (a collection of poem, narratives, and novels by African Americans that date from 1773 to 1918), and links to the World Wide Web.

Notes:

[computer file] / co-edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates.Encarta africana 20002 computer optical discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.Title from disc label."The award-winning multimedia encyclopedia of black history & culture"--Container.

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