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	Microsoft Encarta Africana 2000 Fact Sheet
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What:	Microsoft^® Encarta^® Africana 2000 is an authoritative multimedia encyclopedia on the history, culture and geography of Africa and the history and culture of people of African descent throughout the world.
Format:	The Encarta Africana CD-ROM runs on the Microsoft Windows^® 95 or later and the Windows NT^® 4.0 or later operating systems. 16 MB of RAM for Windows 95 or Windows 98; 24 MB for Windows NT Workstation; 40 MB of available hard drive.
New for 2000 More in-depth content! 3,600+ authoritative articles, 200 sidebars, 2,900+ multimedia features, and 800 web links! Library of Black America! a rare collection of novels, slave narratives, poetry, and other works written by Africans and African Americans between 1773 and 1918. Includes W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Souls of Black Folk." Music Timeline! Experience the evolution of African American music from ragtime to hiphop-- a new addition to the existing Africana Timeline feature that covers historical topics from 4 million B.C.E. to the present. Civil Rights Chronology! Relive 125 key defining moments in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, such as Martin Luther King's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech. Africana on Camera! Exclusive celebrity videos featuring perspectives on various Africana topics. Encarta Africana 2000 includes a new video from Powell on "African Americans in the U.S. Military." Virtual Tours! Great Zimbabwe and the Serengeti. Other Features Historic Sites in Africa! Shot on location for the PBS/BBC television series "Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." Features in-depth coverage of sites in Ethiopia, the Swahili Coast, Mali, the Nile region, the Slave Coast, and Zimbabwe. Interactive Africa Map! View maps of the African continent that illustrate geopolitical boundaries, topographical details, flora, fauna, art and architecture, and ethnicities Africa to the Americas! Five detailed and interactive maps of the transatlantic slave trade and the legacies established in the New World.
Features:	Comprehensive, authoritative content from two teams of experts.
	The Microsoft Encarta team provided the interactive technologies to incorporate the content, still images, video, audio and 360-degree views that make up Encarta Africana. The information featured in the CD-ROM was compiled by Afropaedia LLC, a distinguished team led by Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., chairman of Afro-American studies at Harvard University, and Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, professor of Afro-American studies and philosophy at Harvard University. Educational tools for students and teachers. Brings the richness and diversity of the black experience to life. Powerful learning tools such as on-location videos and thousands of comprehensive articles provide an indispensable learning tool and an essential part of your reference collection.
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