Contains entries that provide information on over five hundred world cultures, each with coverage of twenty different areas of daily life, focusing on the traditions, living conditions, and personalities of people in modern times, rather than in the past. Grouped by geographic region.
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe eighty-eight ethnic groups that have lived in the South since the Mississippian period, and discusses how each group uses folklore, religion, music, literature, and other cultural expressions to maintain its identity.
Examines the history, language, lifestyle, social structure, culture, and religion of the major ethnic groups of West Africa, and includes a chronology, a pictorial history of the region, a glossary, and a language tree.
Examines the history, language, lifestyle, social structure, culture, and religion of the major ethnic groups of Southern Africa, and includes a chronology, a pictorial history of the region, a glossary, and a language tree.
Examines the history, language, lifestyle, social structure, culture, and religion of the major ethnic groups of North Africa, and includes a chronology, a pictorial history of the region, a glossary, and a language tree.
Examines the history, language, lifestyle, social structure, culture, and religion of the major ethnic groups of East Africa, and includes a chronology, a pictorial history of the region, a glossary, and a language tree.
Examines the history, language, lifestyle, social structure, culture, and religion of the major ethnic groups of Central Africa, and includes a chronology, a pictorial history of the region, a glossary, and a language tree.
Presents an overview of the nations of Africa, covering location, major languages, economy, population, religions, and other topics, and features biographies of over three hundred notable men and women.
