The Dictionary of African Biography Project

[West Maghreb Dialogue]

Colleagues,
I would like to alert you to the Dictionary of African Biography
Project

Oxford University Press and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African
and African American Research at Harvard University would like to
announce an ambitious new project, the Dictionary of African Biography
(DAB). In the spirit of the Dictionary of National Biography, the
American National Biography, and the African American National
Biography, all three published by Oxford University Press, the
Dictionary of African Biography will be a major biographical
dictionary covering the lives and legacies of notable African men and
women from all eras and walks of life. This groundbreaking resource
will tell the full story of the African continent through the lives of
its people. We currently expect to include at least 5,000 entries
both online and in print editions.

The General Editors of the project are Henry Louis Gates and Emmanuel
Akyeampong of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African
American Research at Harvard University.

As we begin this project, we encourage members of the African studies
community to consult our provisional list of entries and to nominate
for inclusion the name(s) of any Africans, past or present, not yet on
the list. Our provisional list of entries can be accessed at:
http://oupreference.jot.com/WikiHome/African%20Biography/DAB%20Table%20of%20Contents

Please submit your recommendation of additional names to: d...@oup.com.
It would be helpful if you could also supply dates of birth/death,
gender, country of origin, and realm of renown (if known) for each
name submitted. You are also welcome to recommend scholars for the
articles that you propose and any others you find on our list. We
greatly appreciate any suggestions you make to what we hope will be a
major collective endeavor in the field of African studies.

If you are also interested in contributing an entry to the DAB, please
tell us the name of that entry (or entries) and submit both a recent
resume and a short (1000 word) writing sample.