Encyclopaedia Africana

Homelands

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Zimbabwe is the name which was assumed at independence on April 18, 1980, as a former British Colony of southern Africa. The name...

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION  “Nigeria” is the modern name given to the region formerly referred to as the Royal Niger Company Territories on January 1, 1914 when...

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Occupying a total land area of 224, 081 Square Miles (580, 367 Square Kilometres), Kenya, a culturally diverse country, is the home to...

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the smallest of three former British High Commission Territories in southern Africa, is an independent state located...

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A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Republic of South Africa occupies the southernmost area of the African continent, comprising 435,868 square miles. It is about half the...

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Lesotho is a small, mountainous country located on the Drakensberg escarpment on the eastern edge of the southern African plateau. With a territory...

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A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Sierra Leone is a small country, roughly circular in shape, and occupying the southwest coast of West Africa between 6° 55′ and...

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A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION Ghana is the name which was assumed at inde­pendence on March 6, 1957, by the former British Crown Colony of the Gold...

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A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly known as Zaire, is located in Central Africa. To the north, it is bordered by...

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 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION The Republic of Botswana is situated on the southern slope of the great southern African plateau. Landlocked, about 220,000 square miles (569,000 square...

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Editor’s Note

This website features a collection of articles largely from previously published volumes of the Encyclopaedia Africana, specifically the Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, which highlights notable individuals from various regions of Africa. Please note that in these volumes, some names of people, towns, and countries were spelled differently than they are today. We have retained these historical spellings to preserve the integrity of the original publications. In some instances, the current spellings are also provided for easy reference.
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