| Dictionary of African Biography | |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | biographical dictionary |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Pub Date: | 2012 |
| Isbn: | 9780195382075 |
| Isbn Note: | vol 1-6 |
| Oclc: | CT1920.D52 2012 |
| Dewey: | 920.06 |
The Dictionary of African Biography is a six-volume biographical dictionary, published by Oxford University Press. [1] Published in 2012, the editors-in-chief are Emmanuel K. Akyeampong and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., both of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute of Harvard University.
The print version of the dictionary has 2,100 entries covering the whole of the continent of Africa, from 1490 BC to today; entries continue to be added online.[2]