This joint effort of the
Library of Congress African and Middle East Reading Room and
Wikimedia DC welcomes participants to an edit-a-thon on
Africa. Activities include new editor orientation and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Library of Congress. Coffee and cookies generously provided courtesy of Wikimedia DC.
After the event, we will repair to the Madison Cafe for lunch.
Those who wish to continue their explorations of the Library of Congress after lunch are welcome to use their new Library of Congress Reader's Card to expand Wikipedia with the innumerable reliable sources onsite.
When
Friday, April 11, 2014
9:00am - 1:00pm
Please arrive at 9:00 am to get your Library of Congress Readers' Card!
Meetup location: Madison Building Information Desk, 9 AM
President of the United States Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, and Hillary Clinton arrive in South Africa on 10 December 2013Mandela and Clinton, 1993George W. Bush of the US and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa with their wives during Bush's visit to South Africa
Boycott - Contaminated with apartheid - South African goods. Sticker / press on label, black print on yellow, about 12 inches in diameter. Acquired by the Library of Congress Africa Division in January 1986.
Encyclopedia citations to cut and paste
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Africa and the Americas: culture, politics, and history: a multidisciplinary encyclopedia. Transatlantic relations series. Richard M. Juang, Noelle Anne Morrissette (eds.). Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. 2008.
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The Cambridge encyclopedia of Africa.
Roland Anthony Oliver, Michael Crowder (eds.). Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York: Cambridge University Press. 1981.
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Lye, Keith, ed. (2002). Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civilization. Facts on File library of world history. New York: Facts on File; Diagram Group. p. 189.
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Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East & North Africa.
Philip Mattar (ed.) (2nd ed.). Detroit, Mich: Macmillan Reference USA. 2004.
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Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. Cape Town: NASOU. 1970. {{
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History
African biography reference books, Main Reading Room, Library of Congress
Arnold, Guy (1999). Historical dictionary of civil wars in Africa. Historical dictionaries of war, revolution, and civil unrest. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
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Topical
African folklore: an encyclopedia. Philip M. Peek, Kwesi Yankah (eds.). New York: Routledge. 2004.
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Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: a historical encyclopedia. Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley (eds.). Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. 2007.
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Afrika-Lexikon: Geographie, Geschichte, Kultur, Politik und Wirtschaft. Wolfgang Gieler (ed.). Frankfurt am Main ; New York: Peter Lang. 2010.
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Nigeria
Gunn, Harold D (1956). Pagan Peoples of the Central Area of Northern Nigeria (The Butawa, Warjawa, etc. of the Bauchi-Kano borderland. The Kurama etc., the Katab Group, the Kadara, etc. of Zaria Province). Ethnographic Survey of Africa. Western Africa, Part XII. London: International African Institute.
Gunn, Harold D; Conant, F.P. (1960). Peoples of the Middle Niger Region of Northern Nigeria. Ethnographic Survey of Africa. Western Africa, Part XV. London: International African Institute.
Gunn, Harold D (1953). Peoples of the Plateau Area of Northern Nigeria. Ethnographic Survey of Africa. Western Africa, Part VII. London: International African Institute.
Udo, R K; Mamman, A B (1994). Nigeria, Giant in the Tropics. Volume 2, State Surveys. Lagos, Nigeria: Gabumo Publishing Co. Ltd.
ISBN9780101683.