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An African Biographical Dictionary , Grey House Publishing An African Biographical Dictionary provides a wealth of vital information for students of African culture and is an indispensible reference guide for anyone interested in African affairs. The Dictionary is organized alphabetically, from ABACHA, Sani to SWELITHINI, Goodwill kaBhekuzulu. This edition presents 713 biographical sketches of historical and contemporary Africans from a wide range of fields and achievement. Of these sketches, 170 are new entries, and 349 have been rewritten from the first edition. You can browse the biographies by nation or see a list of leaders for independent nations. A few of the entries include: MANDELA, Nelson Rolihlahla BLIXEN, Karen MUGABE, Rober Gabriel TWINS, Seven-Seven HURLEY, Denis, OMI OCLOO, Ester Afra

Welcome to all our new students and welcome back to all our returning students. We hope you had a healthy and productive summer! Big news for the coming year. Beginning on Sunday, August 29th, the hours of Jarrett Library will be extended to midnight, Sunday-Thursday nights! We hope you'll take advantage of this time! Other news - recent graduate Jeremy Closs will be joining the regular staff as our weekend circulation supervisor, working the front desks Saturdays and Sundays. We're grateful to have Jeremy helping us out this year! No other major changes in the library though several of our electronic resources have undergone extensive "remodeling" of their interfaces. You'll see the biggest changes in the EBSCOhost databases - if you have any questions please ask for help at the reference desk, by phone, by email, via online chat (see the library home page) or through LibAnswers.