Historical Dictionary of the Republic of title: Guinea-Bissau African Historical Dictionaries ; No. 22 Lobban, Richard.; Mendy, Peter Karibe author: Michael. publisher: Scarecrow Press isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: 9780810832268 ebook isbn13: 9780585101606 language: English Guinea-Bissau--History--Dictionaries, subject Guinea-Bissau--Bibliography. publication date: 1997 lcc: DT613.5.L62 1997eb ddc: 966.57 Guinea-Bissau--History--Dictionaries, subject: Guinea-Bissau--Bibliography. Page i AFRICAN HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES Edited by Jon Woronoff 1. Cameroon, by Victor T. LeVine and Roger P. Nye. 1974. Out of print. See No. 48. 2. The Congo, 2nd ed., by Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff. 1984. Out of print. See No. 69. 3. Swaziland, by John J. Grotpeter. 1975. 4. The Gambia, 2nd ed., by Harry A. Gailey. 1987. 5. Botswana, by Richard P. Stevens. 1975. Out of print. See No. 70. 6. Somalia, by Margaret F. Castagno. 1975. 7. Benin (Dahomey), 2nd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1987. Out of print. See No. 61. 8. Burundi, by Warren Weinstein. 1976. 9. Togo, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1996. 10. Lesotho, by Gordon Haliburton. 1977. 11. Mali, 3rd ed., by Pascal James Imperato. 1996. 12. Sierra Leone, by Cyril Patrick Foray. 1977. 13. Chad, 2nd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1987. 14. Upper Volta, by Daniel Miles McFarland. 1978. 15. Tanzania, by Laura S. Kurtz. 1978. 16. Guinea, 3rd ed., by Thomas O'Toole with Ibrahima Bah-Lalya. 1995. 17. Sudan, by John Voll. 1978. Out of print. See No. 53. 18. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, by R. Kent Rasmussen. 1979. Out of print. See No. 46. 19. Zambia, by John J. Grotpeter. 1979. 20. Niger, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1996. 21. Equatorial Guinea, 2nd ed., by Max Liniger-Goumaz. 1988. 22. Guinea-Bissau, 3rd ed., by Richard Lobban and Peter Karibe Mendy. 1996. 23. Senegal, by Lucie G. Colvin. 1981. Out of print. See No. 65. 24. Morocco, by William Spencer. 1980. Out of print. See No. 71. Page ii 25. Malawi, by Cynthia A. Crosby. 1980. Out of print. See No. 54. 26. Angola, by Phyllis Martin. 1980. Out of print. See No. 52. 27. The Central African Republic, by Pierre Kalck. 1980. Out of print. See No. 51. 28. Algeria, by Alf Andrew Heggoy. 1981. Out of print. See No. 66. 29. Kenya, by Bethwell A. Ogot. 1981. 30. Gabon, by David E. Gardinier. 1981. Out of print. See No. 58. 31. Mauritania, by Alfred G. Gerteiny. 1981. Out of print. See No. 68. 32. Ethiopia, by Chris Prouty and Eugene Rosenfeld. 1981. Out of print. See No. 56. 33. Libya, 2nd ed., by Ronald Bruce St. John. 1991. 34. Mauritius, by Lindsay Rivire. 1982. Out of print. See No. 49. 35. Western Sahara, by Tony Hodges. 1982. Out of print. See No. 55. 36. Egypt, by Joan Wucher King. 1984. Out of print. See No. 67. 37. South Africa, by Christopher Saunders. 1983. 38. Liberia, by D. Elwood Dunn and Svend E. Holsoe. 1985. 39. Ghana, by Daniel Miles McFarland. 1985. Out of print. See No. 63. 40. Nigeria, by Anthony Oyewole. 1987. 41. Cote d'lvoire (The Ivory Coast), 2nd ed., by Robert J. Mundt. 1995. 42. Cape Verde, 2nd ed., by Richard Lobban and Marilyn Halter. 1988. Out of print. See No. 62. 43. Zaire, by F. Scott Bobb. 1988. 44. Botswana, 2nd ed., by Fred Morton, Andrew Murray, and Jeff Ramsay. 1989. Out of print. See No. 70. 45. Tunisia, by Kenneth J. Perkins. 1989. 46. Zimbabwe, 2nd ed., by R. Kent Rasmussen and Steven L. Rubert. 1990. 47. Mozambique, by Mario Azevedo. 1991. 48. Cameroon, 2nd ed., by Mark W. DeLancey and H. Mbella Mokeba. 1990. 49. Mauritius, 2nd ed., by Sydney Selvon. 1991. 50. Madagascar, by Maureen Covell. 1995. 51. The Central African Republic, 2nd ed., by Pierre Kalck; translated by Thomas O'Toole. 1992. Page iii 52. Angola, 2nd ed., by Susan H. Broadhead. 1992. 53. Sudan, 2nd ed., by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Richard A. Lobban, Jr., and John Obert Voll. 1992. 54. Malawi, 2nd ed., by Cynthia A. Crosby. 1993. 55. Western Sahara, 2nd ed., by Anthony Pazzanita and Tony Hodges. 1994. 56. Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2nd ed., by Chris Prouty and Eugene Rosenfeld. 1994. 57. Namibia, by John J. Grotpeter. 1994. 58. Gabon, 2nd ed., by David Gardinier. 1994. 59. Comoro Islands, by Martin Ottenheimer and Harriet Ottenheimer. 1994. 60. Rwanda, by Learthen Dorsey. 1994. 61. Benin, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1995. 62. Republic of Cape Verde, 3rd ed., by Richard Lobban and Marlene Lopes. 1995. 63. Ghana, 2nd ed., by David Owusu-Ansah and Daniel Miles McFarland. 1995. 64. Uganda, by M. Louise Pirouet. 1995. 65. Senegal, 2nd ed., by Andrew F. Clark and Lucie Colvin Phillips. 1994. 66. Algeria, 2nd ed., by Phillip Chiviges Naylor and Alf Andrew Heggoy. 1994. 67. Egypt, 2nd ed., by Arthur Goldschmidt, Jr. 1994. 68. Mauritania, 2nd ed., by Anthony G. Pazzanita. 1996. 69. Congo, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo, Virginia Thompson, and Richard Adloff. 1996. 70. Botswana, 3rd ed., by Jeff Ramsay, Barry Morton, and Fred Morton. 1996. 71. Morocco, 2nd ed., by Thomas K. Park. 1996. 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