Abidjan 21, 523
Abu Simbel 365
Achebe, Chinua 122, 495
Achmat, Zackie 402
Agribusiness 250
African-Americans 38(9), 43, 93, 168, 262, 274, 275, 296, 376, 425, 427, 546
African heritage 311
Afrikaans language 257, 327, 533
Afrikaners 40, 353, 463, 468
Afro-beat 207
Agriculture 13, 70, 173, 174, 248, 342, 422, 455, 552, 560
Aid 154
AIDS 1, 45, 46, 195, 255, 384, 402, 449
Akan language 450
Algeria 18(4), 51, 52, 53, 63(2), 63(3), 74, 79, 129, 137, 306, 361, 393, 398, 541
Algiers 74
Amharic language 204, 342
ANC 230, 257
Ananse 275(1)
Andalusia 160
Angola 118, 404, 429, 440
Animals 39, 186, 191, 192, 229, 322, 329, 366, 391, 569
Anthropology 340, 441, 476
Apartheid 3, 40, 57, 71, 83, 85, 95, 96, 97, 118, 130, 135, 142, 166, 196, 226, 243, 257, 259, 281, 295, 298, 309, 315, 327, 334, 432, 463, 466, 468, 469, 480, 492, 530, 553, 574, 577
Arabs 24, 63, 406
Arabic language 55, 63, 74, 79, 99, 129, 133, 140, 160, 170, 205, 215, 221, 228, 247, 268, 278, 306, 369, 372, 385, 393, 394, 406, 416, 426, 447, 488, 528
Archaeology 4, 184, 310, 311, 409, 502, 520, 521
Architecture 308
Ark of the Covenant 310
Armed conflict 429, 515, 578
Art 26, 78, 368, 471, 499, 562
Ashanti language (Twi) 55
Ashanti people 26, 61, 70, 149, 236
Asia 250
Aswan Dam 434
Azande people 476, 551
Baartman, Sara 302
Baganda 28
Bamana people 499
Bambara language 211, 227, 239, 483, 484, 570
Bamburi people 37
Bandjoun 120
Baobab 75
Barcelona, Spain 523
Baule people 276(19), 531
Bayete 546
Beauty 244
Bedouin people 276(17)
Belgian Congo 18(4), 548
Belgium 18(4), 312, 410, 428
Belize 189
Benin 209, 240, 248, 371, 562
Berber language 349
Berber people 276(17)
Bernal, Martin 89
Bible 409
Biko, Stephen 85, 142
Bini language 289
Birth 63
Biya, Paul 120
Black Athena 89
Boer War 101
Boran people 97
Bororo people 156
Botswana 107, 113, 114, 276(19), 277, 575
Bozo people 104, 105, 213
Brazil 76, 100
Brer Rabbit 275(2)
Bulala people 276(18)
Bureaucracy 488, 567
Burkina Faso 119, 148, 209, 371, 444, 498, 537, 552
Bush, George H. W. 324
Caffarelli (General) 2
Cairo 140, 369
Cameroon 41, 42, 59, 120, 124, 131, 161, 276(17), 276(18), 403, 421, 448, 491, 536
Canada 108, 442, 425
Cape Town 112
Cape Verde 210, 490
Caribbean 94, 427
Carter, Howard 198, 390
Carter, Jimmy 240, 384
Castro, Fidel 429
Cattle 286, 386, 519
Central African Republic 30
Chad 276(18)
Chechnia 121
Child soldiers 516
Children 55, 59, 76, 118, 121, 158, 188, 195, 204, 249, 275, 300, 477, 516, 553
Chile 359
Chimpanzees 60
China 18(2), 261
Chopi people 125, 126
Christianity 36, 38, 48, 339, 343, 360, 579
City life 21, 523
Civilization, Classical 89, 566
Clarke, John Henrik 274
Cold War 548
Colonialism 18(3), 21, 38(4), 42, 79, 91(1), 110, 129, 134, 187, 222, 234, 351, 398, 444, 479, 548
Communication 167
Communist countries 437
Congo, Democratic Republic of 18(4), 28, 30, 37, 90, 176, 261, 276(17), 312, 313, 314, 341, 344, 408, 417, 474, 511, 525, 548
Conservation 345, 431, 452, 505
Corruption 92, 154, 223, 323, 377, 416, 491
Côte d'Ivoire 21, 81, 229, 276(19), 523, 531
Cotton 139
Crafts 26, 65, 67, 68, 104, 105, 229, 258, 457, 474
Cronkite, Walter 267
Criolo language 210, 351, 514
Cross-cultural pressures 24, 33, 119, 123, 168, 234, 283, 353, 412, 441, 444, 500
Cuba 217, 359, 429
Cuito Cuanavale 429
Dagbani people 427
Dagomba people 146
Dams 92, 145, 297, 434
Dan people 276(19)
Dance 27, 28, 126, 146, 148, 149, 156, 167, 194, 231, 237, 243, 276, 277, 333, 367, 527, 531, 568
Dangaleat people 276(18)
Davidson, Basil 18
DeBeers 164
Debt 152, 153, 154, 513
Deforestation 173, 174, 452, 505
Democracy 53, 72, 270, 362
Desertification 435, 486
Deserts 138, 193
Diamonds 25, 164
Diaya people 276(18)
Dinesen, Isak 396
Dinka people 477
Diola language 187
Diola people 187
Disease 357, 558
Divestment 460
Djonkor people 276(18)
Dogon people 20, 66, 82, 139, 265, 276(17), 333, 481, 484, 499
Drama 180, 334, 565
Drought 29, 263, 522, 558
Drum Magazine 243
Drum music 7, 19, 27, 28, 146, 427, 531
DuBois, W.E.B. 532
Durban Anti-Racism Conference 230
Ebola 176
ECOMOG 515
Economics 14, 32, 38(8), 72, 152, 154, 173, 179, 513, 536
Ecotourism 189
Education 72, 248, 305, 414, 536
Efe people 37, 417
Egypt, Ancient 2, 136, 144, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 198, 215, 235, 241, 288, 301, 356, 357, 363, 364, 365, 380, 390, 409, 418, 419, 420, 453, 454, 502, 520, 566
Egypt, Modern 2, 63(2), 99, 133, 140, 151, 160, 181, 198, 221, 228, 244, 245, 247, 268, 276(17), 277, 299, 307, 308, 360, 372, 369, 381, 394, 400, 401, 407, 414, 416, 437, 451, 479, 488, 493, 524, 529
El Saadawi, Nawal see Saadawi, Nawal
El Salvador 261
Elections 252, 362
Elephants 177, 186
Emecheta Buchi 103
Emigration 131
Energy 171, 505
England 261
Environment 29, 34, 39, 75, 77, 138, 145, 173, 174, 178, 191, 192, 285, 293, 297, 329, 345, 380, 467, 483
Equiano, Olaudah 462
Eritrea 15, 190, 549
Erotica 406
Eskimo people 111
Ethiopia 38, 73, 78, 97, 190, 191, 192, 193, 204, 256, 263, 294, 310, 342, 386, 399, 413, 522
Evans-Pritchard, Edward 476
Ewe language 507
Exploration 18(3)
Falasha Jews 193
Falli people 59
Family 13, 38(2), 123, 132, 204, 224, 248, 352, 374, 512, 539
Family planning 414
Famine 73, 263, 321, 354, 415, 522, 535, 573, 573
Fanon, Frantz 222
Fanshawe, David 35, 27
Farming 353
Fashion designers 244
Fatherhood 204
Fela 206, 207
Female genital mutilation 208, 209, 211, 212, 433, 534
Fish 213
Folk dance music 27
Folk tales 81, 150, 251, 291, 314, 391, 496
Folklore 6, 61, 62, 87, 275, 484
Fonda, Jane 535
Food 171, 202, 544, 573
Forests 138
Forum 85: The International Conference for Women 271, 473
France 21, 47, 51, 79, 88, 110, 129, 137, 170, 187, 244, 397, 398, 442, 444, 451, 500
Franklin, Aretha 324
French Guinea 548
French language 1, 2, 41, 42, 47, 53, 55, 56, 62, 74, 79, 88, 98, 109, 110, 117, 119, 120, 131, 132, 137, 147, 169, 170, 187, 197, 209, 221, 222, 227, 231, 234, 238, 251, 258, 259, 272, 279, 283, 302, 306, 312, 313, 318, 344, 346, 361, 398, 406, 410, 421, 428, 440, 441, 444, 448, 452, 481, 484, 485, 486, 491, 525, 528, 534, 564, 567, 572, 576
Fugard, Athol 334, 565
Fulbe people 276(17)
Gabon 169
Gabra people 368
Gambia 277, 427(1)
Gandhi, Mohandas 216
Gangs 55
Gates, Bill 384
Gates, Henry Louis 561
Gender 261
Genesis 227
Genocide 127, 219, 506
Georgia 296
Gere 276(19)
German language 566
Germany 88, 134, 309
Ghana 18(4), 26, 61, 70, 76, 92, 149, 167, 236, 240, 277, 316, 427, 450, 489, 532
Ghomala people 120
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader 384
Global 2000 240
Globalization 408
Gnaouas (Religious group, Morocco) 231
Gold Coast 548
Gold trade 18(2), 19
Goodall, Jane 60
Gorillas 511
Gordimer, Nadine 123, 130, 233, 412
Gospel music 427
Great Britain 451, 479
Great Zimbabwe 4, 311
Greece 566
Green Belt Movement 15, 285
Grenada 438
Guinea 56, 452, 548
Guinea-Bissau 351, 514
Guinea worm 240
Guitar 30
Gulf War 133, 451
Gullah people 201, 296
Guro 276(19)
Haddad people 276(18)
Haile Selassie, Emperor 192
Haley, Alex 50
Hambu people 65
Handicapped 108
Haouka religion 316
Hausa people 276(18)
Haya language 280, 503
Haya people 503
Health 45, 69, 195, 240, 242, 255, 355, 387, 402, 449
Hebrew language 164, 349
Hejab 140, 524
Hemat-Arab people 276(18)
Herding 97, 286
Herero people 65
Hijab 394
Himba language 389
Himba people 389
Hippotamus 186
History 274, 508
Hollywood 260
Homosexuality 147, 306, 395, 475, 564
Hong Kong 430
Horses 31
"Hottentot Venus" 302
Human rights 56, 249, 259
Hungary 299
Hunger 220, 250, 455
Hunting 113, 114, 116, 264
Hutu people 127, 428, 506
Hyenas 251
Ibibio people 320
Igbo people 320, 497
Ijaw people 320
Illiteracy 240, 305
Incest 103
Independence 23, 38(6), 56, 155, 287, 485
India 225, 261, 299, 555
Indian people 123
Indonesia 430
Interfaith marriage 63(3)
International Monetary Fund 153, 513
Iran 360
Iraq 63(4)
Iron smelting 265, 503
Islam 36, 38, 52, 117, 160, 270, 360, 361, 446, 478, 493, 524
Islamic fundamentalism 53, 74, 133, 140, 268, 307, 369, 385
Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Algeria 53
Israel 244, 261, 442, 451
Italy 244
Ituri Forest 37, 417
Ivory Coast see Côte d"Ivoire
Jackson, Jesse 3, 324, 326
Jamaica 108
Japan 261
Jewish music 349
Jews 442, 487
Jie people 519
Jihad 385
Johnson, Martin 329
Johnson, Osa 329
Jordan 566
Judaism 360, 401
Jula language 283
Kaisut Desert 37
Kalahari Desert 87, 107
Kalani (Performer) 19
Kanaga 20
Kariba Dam 145
Keita, Salif 526
Kenya 11, 15, 18(4), 28 , 37, 73, 91, 97, 108, 128, 177, 189, 202, 252, 271, 277, 285, 286, 287, 290, 343, 362, 366, 368, 375, 396, 404, 439, 459, 473, 544, 552, 558, 559, 560
Kenya Rural Area Women's Project 559
Kenyatta, Jomo 91(3), 287
Khoi-San people 107, 232, 253, 302
Kimakonde language 494
Kingship 18(2), 120, 182, 236, 289, 561, 562
Kongo language 343
Kopjes 293
Kora musician 54, 273
Kpelle people 141
!Kung people 253, 367, 370
Kuti, Fela 207
Kwegu people 263, 294
La Guma, Alex 533
Labor 60, 135, 426
Ladysmith Black Mambazo 324
Land 295
Latin America 250
Law, Traditional 347, 373
Lebanon 261, 63(3)
Lebou people 458
Leopards 116
Lesbians 279, 395
Lesotho 162, 403, 465
Liberia 141, 277, 515
Library of Alexandria 301
Libya 438
Lions 116, 304
Literacy 305
Literature 44, 122, 222, 307, 369, 375, 464, 565
Livingstone, David 18(3)
Love 8, 63, 130, 156
Lumumba, Patrice 312, 313
Maathai, Wangari 15, 285
Madagascar 62
Magic 550
Mahfouz, Naguib 369
Makeba, Miriam 135
Makiza, Daniel 463
Maldive Islands 218
Malagasy language 62
Malawi 30, 277, 527
Mali 41, 66, 82, 104, 105, 139, 203, 209, 211, 213, 227, 229, 259, 265, 276(17), 333, 361, 371, 435, 481, 484, 486, 499, 526
Mali Empire 283, 570
Malinké language 147
Mandela, Nelson 324, 325, 326
Mandela, Winnie 466
Mandinka people 54, 273
Mangbetu people 37
Manuel, Trevor 513
Marechera, Dambudzo 44
Market women 318
Markets 70, 213, 318, 408, 445
Marriage 47, 63 69, 128, 247, 332, 340, 347, 528
Masai people 22, 128, 188, 254, 276(17), 322, 330, 331, 332, 558
Masks 20, 82, 106, 148, 333, 568
Mau Mau Rebellion 91(2)
Mauritania 371, 526
Mauritius 335
Malaysia 360
Mbeki, Thabo 230
Mbira 6, 336, 337, 338, 339
Mbuti people 276(17)
Media 73
Medicine, Traditional 69, 337, 341, 430, 449, 458, 527, 550
Memmon Colossus 365
Mende language 296
Mende people 340
Metals 474
Mexico 261
Michener, James 326
Midwives 387
Migrant workers 465
Migration 25, 522, 569
Mobutu Sese Seko 344
Money 63
Moré language 119, 576
Morocco 55, 63(5), 115, 149, 159, 170, 231, 246, 248, 276(17), 348, 349, 350, 361, 397, 442, 446, 472, 528, 541
Mossi people 537
Moyers, Bill 122, 200, 384
Mozambique 8, 118, 125, 126, 248, 345, 353, 354, 355, 392, 504
Mugabe, Robert 424
Mummies 184, 356, 357, 453, 520
Mursi people 263, 294, 399
Museveni, Yoweri 515
Music 3, 6, 7, 19, 28 , 30, 36, 43, 54, 57, 87, 106, 119, 125, 126, 135, 150, 167, 175, 194, 207, 229, 231, 237, 243, 273, 276, 277, 292, 306, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 343, 358, 359, 427, 432, 439, 463, 469, 471, 525, 526, 529, 531, 535, 540, 546, 572
Musical instruments 7, 175, 540
Namibia 8, 30, 134, 164, 367, 370, 389
Napoleon 2
Nasser, Gamal Abdel 372
National liberation struggles 52, 53, 91(2), 129, 134, 214, 351, 424, 549
National Black Women's Health Project 271
Nationalism 18(4), 33, 140, 282, 463, 548
Ndebele people 65
N'Dour, Youssou 572
Nepal 430
Netherlands 501
New York City 521
Ngugi wa Thiong'o 375
Ngwane, Trevor 513
Nicaragua 438
Niger 29, 34, 156, 237
Niger Delta 80, 157
Niger River 104, 213, 435
Nigeria 12, 18(2), 48, 80, 103, 157, 172, 180, 207, 217, 240, 248, 277, 280, 284, 292, 320, 347, 358, 359, 376, 377, 378, 495, 515, 562, 571
Nigerian languages 157
Nile River 38(1), 379, 380, 381, 434, 561
Njedebua people 276(19)
Nkrumah, Kwame 92, 489
Nomads 158, 159, 193, 286, 303, 368, 389, 554
Nonviolence 216
Nova Scotia 108
Nuba people 278, 385
Nubian language 278, 385
Nuer people 386, 476
Ogoni people 157, 172, 284
Oil 157, 266, 269, 284
Olantunji, Babtunde 7
Omar-Arab people 276(18)
Oral literature 62, 237, 283
Ottoman Empire 451
Palestine 63(4), 310, 451, 566
Papa Wemba 525
Paper 136
Papyrus 566
Paton, Alan 49
Peace 336, 404, 455
Peace Corps 161, 162, 163, 229, 403
Petroglyphs 253
Peul language 239
Pharmaceutical companies 402
Pharos at Alexandria 419
Philippines 76, 108
Poetry 464, 465
Poitier, Sidney 96, 328
Politics 362, 376
Polygamy 128, 332, 547
Porto-Alegre Conference (Brazil) 230
Portugal 347, 351
Portuguese language 118, 210, 345, 440, 490
Post-colonial identity 222
Poverty 269, 411, 573
Prempeh II 236
Printing 136
"Pygmy" people 111, 417
Pyramids 182, 235, 356, 364, 365, 418, 419, 420, 454
Rain-making ceremonies 253
Racism 222, 230, 334
Ramses 183
Rap music 3
Reagan, Ronald 438
Reconstruction 549
Refugees 504, 541
Religion 35, 36, 38, 48, 241, 289, 310, 316, 320, 338, 339, 360, 401, 478, 507, 551, 579
Religion, Traditional 551, 579
RENAMO 354
Rendili people 37
Rhinoceros 430, 431
Rhythm and blues (music) 427
Rituals 231, 458
Roach, Max 427
Robben Island 436
Robeson, Paul 16
Robinson, Randall 94
Roma people 299, 437
Romania 299
Romany language 299
Roots 50
Rouch, Jean 441
Russia 440, 451
Rwanda 127, 219, 248, 428, 506, 511
Saadawi, Nawal 84
Sadat, Anwar 151
Sahara Desert 158, 303, 388, 445
Saharawi people 541
Sahel 34, 435, 452, 505, 554
St. Vincent (Caribbean) 261
Samkange, Stanlake 44
Samura, Sorious 143
San language 253
San people 276(19)
Saro-Wiwa, Ken 157, 172, 284
Schweitzer, Albert 234
Sculpture 106, 258, 474
Secondhand clothing 482
Sembène, Ousmane 98, 110, 117, 187, 197, 238, 323, 382, 485, 567
Senegal 8, 41, 47, 98, 109, 110, 117, 163, 187, 197, 209, 229, 238, 277, 279, 297, 323, 371, 382, 403, 408, 423, 443, 456, 457, 458, 485, 496, 500, 567, 572
Serengeti 293, 322
Serengeti National Park 304
Sexuality 103, 394, 406, 528
Seychelle Islands 218
Shakur, Tupac 546
Sharif, Omar 416
Shell Oil 157, 172
Shona language 336, 338, 339
Shona people 336, 338
Sierra Leone 121, 143, 201, 296, 340
Slave trade 18(1), 100, 477, 501, 521
Slavery 100, 275(4), 450, 462, 561
Slovakia 299
Somalia, 97
Songhay people 237
Soros, George 230
Sotho language 327
Sotho people 465
South Africa 3, 16, 25, 28 , 40, 49, 57, 58, 65, 71, 77, 83, 85, 86, 95, 96, 101, 112, 118, 123, 130, 132, 134, 135, 142, 166, 196, 200, 216, 226, 230, 233, 243, 248, 253, 257, 260, 276(19), 277, 281, 295, 298, 302, 309, 319, 325, 326, 327, 328, 334, 354, 359, 374, 395, 402, 412, 432, 436, 449, 460, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 475, 480, 492, 509, 518, 530, 533, 543, 546, 553, 555, 556, 565, 574, 575, 577, 579
South America 225
South Carolina 201
Soweto 327, 466, 471
Soweto uprising 470, 492
Spain 299
Spanish Civil War 472
Spanish language 164, 429
Sphinx 365
Sports 210
Stanley, Henry Morton 18(3)
Sudan 73, 77, 270. 278, 381, 385, 386, 404, 434, 477, 478
Suez Canal 372
Suez Crisis 451, 479
Sufi 170
Suicide 382
Sun City 480
Swahili Coast 4
Swahili language 69, 204, 224, 459, 494
Swahili people 561
Sweden 261
Swedish language 128
Syria 63(4), 566
Taiwan 261
Tanganyika 11
Tanzania 11, 13, 17, 69, 116, 224, 276(17), 293, 304, 322, 330, 415, 494, 503, 569
Technology 567
Textiles 67
Tikar people 276(18)
Timber 266
Timbuktu 435, 561
Togo 209, 318, 371
Tokoudagba, Cyprien 289
Tonga people 145
Touré, Sékou 56
Trade routes 64,
Travel 112, 335, 350, 400, 510, 575
Treatment Action Campaign 402
Trees 285
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) 200, 309, 509
Tsavo National Park 366
Tubman, Harriet 275(4)
Tumbuka people 527
Tunisia 8, 276(17), 361, 447, 487, 510
Turabi, Hassan 270
Turkana language 547
Turkana people 286
Turkey 360
Tutankhamen 144, 184, 198, 288, 363, 365, 390
Tutsi people 127, 506
Tutu, Archbishop Desmond 86, 402, 553
Twi language 70, 450
Ubuntu 577
Uganda 11, 28 , 30, 73, 154, 175, 277, 381, 515, 516, 519, 556, 560
Ujamaa 517
Umm Kulthum 529
United Kingdom 48, 302, 462, 543, 545, 578
United Nations 155, 164, 230, 249, 305, 541, 563
United Nations Anti-Racism Conference (Durban) 563
United Nations Decade for Women Conference 271, 473
United States 3, 58, 73, 84, 94, 168, 189, 258, 260, 271, 324, 360, 376, 383, 415, 427, 438, 450, 451, 460, 462, 512, 518, 535, 555
University of Illinois Center for African Studies 255
Urbanization 576
Utopia 443
Valley of the Kings 365
Veiling 140
Village life 448
Warfare 52, 121, 556
Water 24, 171, 242, 558
Wealth 269, 318
West Bank 121
Western Sahara 541
Whaling 542
Wildebeest 569
Witchcraft 551
Wodaabe people 554
Wolof language 47, 98, 110, 117, 197, 251, 279, 323, 408, 443, 485, 496, 500, 572
Women 15, 52, 69, 70, 80, 97, 99, 102, 103, 119, 128, 140, 165, 170, 203, 205, 209, 211, 214, 221 224, 225, 238, 245, 246, 252, 259, 271, 285, 300, 306, 307, 315, 318, 319, 321, 332, 346, 347, 361, 370, 371, 373, 382, 387, 392, 394, 404, 407, 408, 414, 423, 426, 433, 455, 456, 464, 466, 473, 484, 494, 498, 507, 524, 527, 528, 547, 552, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 574, 577
Women's rights 72, 84, 209, 248
Wonder, Stevie 324
Woods, Donald 85, 142
Work 63, 405, 494, 517
Working class 74, 266
World Bank 76, 153, 154, 513
World Conference Against Racism 563
World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland) 230
World Health Organization 240
World Social Forum (Porto Alegre) 230
World Summit on Sustainable Development 171
World War I 88, 451
World War II 76, 110, 115, 129, 187, 267, 383, 413, 451
Xylophone 126
Yemen 430
Yoruba people 48, 497, 562, 571
Yoruba religion 217
Youth 63, 109, 169, 319, 421, 500, 518, 546, 553
Zambia 30, 152, 482
ZANU 424
Zimbabwe 4, 6, 17, 44, 45, 73, 102, 145, 214, 223, 282, 311, 336, 338, 352, 387, 431, 424, 543, 545, 552, 575
Zulu language 257, 327
Zulu people 65, 276(19), 461, 463, 578, 579