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Yoruba bronze head sculpture, Ife, Nigeria c. 12th century A.D.Research Guide
Africana Studies
Jacqueline Fitzpatrick
Jacqueline Fitzpatrick
Graham Henderson
Graham Henderson
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  • Encyclopedia of African American Culture & History - Clapp Ref E185 .E54 1996

  • Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History - Clapp Ref DT29 .E53 2003

  • Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights - Clapp Ref E185.61 .E54 2003
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Librarians for Africana Studies

Jacqueline B. Fitzpatrick
Research & Instruction, x3497

Graham Henderson
Collections, x3514

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• last modified: May 27, 2009