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AAAS 90.02/Religion 80.01 - Winter 2016 - Prof. Robert Baum

Prophetism in the Black World

Oxford African American Studies Center

Includes wide range of reference sources: "Africana", which presents an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes ; the "Encyclopedia of African American History" ; "Black Women in America", 2nd ed ; "African American National Biography"; and the "Dictionary of African Biography"

Encyclopedias & Handbooks

eHRAF World Cultures
Online! Select "Browse Cultures" and choose A-Z, Region, or Country listing to find cultural summaries. Many of these summaries appear in the print Encyclopedia of World Cultures [Baker-Berry Reference GN307 .E53 1991]
Encyclopedia of African Religion by Molefi Kete Asante (Editor); Ama Mazama (Editor)
Online!
Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed.)
Online!
See, for example, entries such as:
- Politics and Religion: Politics and African Religious Traditions
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought by F. Abiola Irele (Editor); Biodun Jeyifo (Editor)
Online!