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EAP Secretariat's Archive
1998 August 1

A Statement from the Secretariat
Regarding the Afropaedia, Encarta Africana,  and the Microsoft Corporation

by Mrs. Grace Bansa
Acting Director of the Secretariat
Encyclopaedia Africana Project
Accra, Ghana, West Africa
August 1, 1998

I would like to state here that the Encyclopaedia Africana Project which was established in Ghana, in 1962, personally by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, has nothing to do with either the Encarta Africana [Microsoft Corporation] or the Afropaedia [Harvard University].

The Encyclopaedia Africana Project still exists in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. It is a Pan African Project which has earned Observer Status with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).

The Secretariat has successfully published the first three (3) volumes of Encyclopaedia Africana®™ .

The Project is at the moment beset with financial  problems, hence the slow pace of the publication of the additional volumes to complete the 20-volume set. 

Africa has the scholars to write about its own people.  But, we cannot do this without a sound financial base.  We therefore welcome help from genuine friends of Africa in order to carry on this legacy left for us by  the late, Dr.  Du Bois. 

Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois had his own reasons why he decided to transfer this legacy of the Encyclopaedia Africana Project to the continent of Africa and NOT the United States

We in Africa are prepared to carry on with this legacy, no matter the obstacles. 

Once again, I thank you sincerely for enlightening us on the latest developments in the US. 

Regards,
Grace Bansa
Acting Director of the Secretariat
EAP Secretariat's Archive

Post Office Box 2797
Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Fax: 011.233.21.779228
Telephone: 011-233-21-776939
e-mail:
eap@africaonline.com.gh

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Mrs. Grace Bansa, Acting Director of the Secretariat
Mrs. Grace Bansa

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1998 August 1
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