Dictionary of African Biography

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| language = English

| genre = biographical dictionary

| publisher = Oxford University Press

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| pub_date = 2012

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| isbn = 9780195382075

| isbn_note = vol 1-6

| oclc = CT1920.D52 2012

| dewey = 920.06

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The Dictionary of African Biography is a six-volume biographical dictionary, published by Oxford University Press. {{Cite web|url=http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/books/t338/index.jsp|title=Oxford AASC: About Dictionary of African Biography|website=www.oxfordaasc.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-10}} Published in 2012, the editors-in-chief are Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., both of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute of Harvard University.

The print version of the dictionary has 2,100 entries covering the whole of the continent of Africa, from 1490 BC to today; entries continue to be added online.{{Cite news|url=http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/DAB|title=Dictionary of African Biography|work=Hutchins Center|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en-CA}}

==Awards==

American Library Association Booklist Editors' Choice: Reference Sources (2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/dictionary-african-biography-0|title=Dictionary of African Biography - Awards & Grants|website=www.ala.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-10}}

==References==

==External links==

[http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/books/t338/index.jsp Dictionary of African Biography] from Oxford
[http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/ Oxford African American Studies Center] (online version)

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