Dictionary of caribbean biography books
Dictionary of caribbean biography books.
Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography
General Editors: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Franklin W. Knight (Johns Hopkins)
Executive Editor: Steven J.
Niven
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In May 2016, the Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography (DCALAB) was published in a 2080-entry print edition by Oxford University Press.
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The project was generously funded for five years (2011–2016) by the Mellon Foundation.
From Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture to Brazilian soccer great, Pelé, DCALAB provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of Caribbeans and Afro-Latin Americans who are historically significant.
The project is unprecedented in scale, covering the entire Caribbean, and the African-descended populations throughout Latin America, including people who spoke and wrote Creole, Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
It encompasses more than 500 years of history, and individuals have been drawn from all walks of life, including phil