Encarta Africana
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"The disks -- crammed with 2.5 million words
and more than 2,500 pictures, maps, graphs, sounds and video clips on practically all
things of African descent -- reverberate with their subject. A mouse click can send users,
even those with modestly powered personal computers, on a cinematic voyage along the
Swahili coast, or permit them to retrace centuries of slave routes between the "dark
continenet" and the New World, or simply watch, in stunningly stark video clips,
haunting scenes of civil rights marchers being attacked with fire hoses and police dogs.
"...a groundbreaking marriage of content and technology "" -- The New York
Times
Key Features
- Comprehensive and Authoritative Content:
ENCARTA AFRICANA's content is guided by Afropaedia LLC, an esteemed team that includes
scholars from Harvard University's Department of Afro-American Studies, the W.E.B. Du Bois
Institute for Afro-American Research, and the Committee on African Studies.
- Authoritative Articles: More than 3,000
detailed articles cover a broad range of topics, including geography, history, and
cultural achievements of African countries and people of African descent, from 4 million
B.C.E. to the present.
- Engaging Multimedia: More than 2,000 photos,
videos, maps, charts, and tables captivate students, educators, and researchers through an
enriching multimedia experience.
- Timeline: A detailed timeline calls out
important historical events from 4 million B.C.E. to the present. The sections include
Prehistory and Antiquity; African Kingdoms; Exploring Africa, Exporting Africans;
Abolition and Emancipation; Color Line and Colonialism; Civil Rights and Independence; and
Blacks Worldwide.
- Africana on Camera: Well-known personalities
from different fields appear in videos that present a range of important topics about
African and African-American history and culture: Kofi Annan, Cornel West, Henry Louis
Gates, Anthony Appiah, Maya Angelou, and others.
- Historical Sites of Africa: Six video excerpts
allow users to travel through the African continent. This rare footage from the upcoming
PBS and BBC documentary series hosted by Gates provides a unique perspective and
educational focus on Timbuktu, ancient Nubia, Ethiopia, the Swahili coast, the Slave Coast
of Ghana and Benin, and Great Zimbabwe.
- Captivating Virtual Tours: Users can take an
interactive visual tour through six locations noted for their historical significance to
African history. Tours include the slave castle on Gor�e Island, Senegal; Harlem, USA;
and Paris, France.
Minimum System Requirements
- Intel486TM DX/50 MHz
processor
- Microsoft Windows 95/ 98 or Windows NT Workstation
4.0
- 8MB RAM for Windows 95; 16MB for Windows 98 and
Windows NT Workstation
- 30MB of available hard disk space
- 2X CD-ROM drive
- Super VGA 256-color monitor supporting 640 X 480
resolution
- Local bus video with 1 MB of VRAM
- Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or
compatible pointing device
- Sound card with speakers or headphones
- To use Encarta Research Organizer, 5MB of additional
hard disk space
Related Links
Encyclopedia Africana, the project begun by Dr. DuBois, is
alive and struggling for support at check them out at:
http://www.ulbobo.com/eap/index.html
Microsoft Press Release
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/1998/7-30africana.htm
