Africa, its geography, people, and products ; and, Africa, its place in modern history / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Emmanuel Akyeampong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

Series:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Selections. 2007. Works.

The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois

Standardized Title:

Africa, its geography, people, and products

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa.

Africa--Geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2007]

Summary:

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several

Contents:

Africa, its geography, people and products

The geography of Africa

The people

The languages

The products

Political divisions of Africa

Independent Africa

Partially independent Africa

British protectorates in South Africa

Mandated territories

Belgian Africa

French Africa

Portuguese Africa

Spanish Africa

Italian Africa

Africa, its place in modern history

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois : a chronology.

Notes:

Originally published: Millwood, N.Y. : KTO Press, 1977, [c1930].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Africa, its place in modern history.

ISBN:

0-19-938575-0

0-19-938574-2

OCLC:

874161454