The United States in Africa

aims to be something more than a biographical dictionary of missionaries academics artists leaders diplomats educators soldiers engineers etc. (dead and alive) who established relationships between the US and Africa. The entries include information on institutions organizations business firms even ships that were involved in these contacts. . . . recommended for most libraries. ChoiceContacts between the United States and Africa began in the seventeenth century when American slavers arrived on the West African Coast. They were quickly followed by a multitude of colonists traders missionaries soldiers diplomats engineers scientists authors artists explorers and hunters among others as well as a range of American institutions societies and businesses.This unique reference work provides in one alphabetical format a resource on more than 700 people organizations and events that have affected the relations between the United States and Africa from the 1600s to the present. The focus is primarily on those individuals and organizations that were actually in Africa and that have left written or visual records of their stay. Each entry is followed by a short bibliography of major sources including information on existing manuscript material; a useful index completes the text. Of special interest to scholars of African studies world history American foreign policy and colonialism this comprehensive reference tool will be a valuable aid in understanding American involvement in Africa.