Historical dictionary of Guinea /

In the fourth edition of this useful reference work about Guinea, O'Toole adds Baker as co-compiler and expands the book by 130 pages over the first edition (1978). There is little change in pagination between the third edition (1995) and the fourth, but content is increased greatly because Scarecrow modified the formatting of bibliographic information. The new edition features 50 additional pages of dictionary entries and updates and expands both chronology and bibliography. The well-written dictionary entries cover the major personalities, events, terms, and geographical features of Guinea from the great medieval empires to the French colonial period and the period since independence. The entries also succinctly present larger topics such as health, education, foreign relations, and economics. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Academic libraries that have not updated the dictionary since the second edition and those supporting African or area studies. B. D. Singleton California State University--San Bernardino