African Studies: African Civilizations

Africa south of the Sahara. Annual. London: Europa, 1971--
Lehman REF: DT351.A35
Butler REF
Barnard REF: DT351 .A35
Latest volume in reference departments; back issues in stacks.
Africa today. 3rd ed. Know Africa series. London: Africa Journal, Ltd. for Africa Books, 1996.
Lehman REF: DT1.A2542
Africa who's who. 3rd ed. Know Africa series. London: Africa Journal, Ltd. for Africa Books, 1996.
Lehman REF: DT18.A22
Butler REF: RO49.2 Af825
Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African-American experience. 5 v.
Ed. by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Oxford, UK ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)
Butler REF: R960 Af8321
Lehman REF: DT14 .A37435 2005
African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: DT14 .A37435 2005
Arnold, Guy. Political and economic encyclopaedia of Africa. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., c1993.
Lehman REF: DT20.A844
Brockman, Norbert C. (comp.) An African biographical dictionary. 2nd ed. New York: Grey House Pub., c2006. (667 p.)
African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: DT18 .B76 2006g
Butler REF, 301 Butler: R049.2 B782
Lehman REF: DT18 .B76 2006g
Cook, Chris. African political facts since 1945. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on File, c1991.
Lehman REF: DT30.C594 1991
Encyclopedia of African history. 3 v. Ed. by Kevin Shillington. (New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005)
Butler REF R960 En188
Barnard REF DT20 .E53 2005
Li, Xia and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic information. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 1996.
Lehman REF Desk: PN171 .F56 L5 1996
Makers of modern Africa. 3rd ed. Know Africa series. London: Africa Journal, Ltd. for Africa books, 1996.
Lehman REF: DT1.A3 1996
Moss, Joyce and George Wilson. Peoples of the world: Africans south of the Sahara. New York: Gale Research Co., c1991.
Lehman REF: GN645.M6 1991
New encyclopedia of Africa, 5 v. Editor in chief, John Middleton; editor, Joseph C. Miller. Detroit: Thomson/Gale, c2008.
African Studies Reading Room (607 Butler): DT2 .N48 2008, v.1-5
Butler REF (301 Butler): R960 N42, v.1-5
Political leaders of contemporary Africa south of the Sahara: a biographical dictionary. Ed. by Harvey Glickman. Westwood, NY: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Lehman REF: DT352.8.P63 1992
Rake, Alan. 100 great Africans. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Butler REF: R049.2.R11
Sheldon, Kathleen E., Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Lehman REF: HQ1787 .S44 2005
Barnard REF: HQ1787 .S44 2005
Wiseman, John A. Political leaders in Black Africa: a biographical dictionary of the major politicians since independence. Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar, c1991.
Lehman REF: DT352.8.W57 1991
Butler REF: R049.2.W75

Atlases

Cultural atlas of Africa. Ed. by Jocelyn Murray. New York: Facts on File, 1981.
Lehman REF: DT14.C83 1981
Barnard REF: DT14.C83 1981
Fine Arts: N7380.C899
Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. The new atlas of African history. New York: Simon & Schuster, c1991.
Lehman REF: G2446.S1 F73 1991
Butler REF: R911.F877
Griffiths, I.L.. An atlas of African affairs. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 1994.
Lehman REF: G2445.G7 1994
College: G2445.G7 1994g
Barnard: G2445.G7 1994g
Historical atlas of Africa. Ed. by J. F. Ade Ajayi et al. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Butler REF ATLAS: R912.H62
African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler (South Table): G2446.S1 H5 1985
Kwamena-Poh, Michael [...et al.] African history in maps. New York: Longman Group, 1982.
Lehman REF: G2446.S1 A4 1982
College RESERVES: G2446.S1 A4 1982
African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: G2446.S1 A4 1982
Murray, Jocelyn. Africa. Cultural atlas for young people. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Lehman ATLAS collection: DT19.M87 1990

Ideas of Africa

Clark, Andrew and Lucie Colvin Phillips. Historical dictionary of Senegal. 2nd ed. African historical dictionaries; no. 65. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Lehman REF: DT549.5.C57 1994
Butler Stacks: DT549.5 .C57 1994
See entry on Cheikh Anta Diop; others.
Ofcansky, Thomas P. "Julius Nyerere: a bio-bibliography." In Africana Journal. 15 (1990) : 331-41.
Lehman REF: Z3503.A371 v.15
Sicherman, Carol. Ngugi wa Thiong'o: a bibliography of primary and secondary sources, 1957-1987. London: H. Zell Publishers, 1989.
Butler REF: R897.N4995 A5
Twentieth century Caribbean and Black African writers, second series. Dictionary of literary biography; v. 125. Ed. by B. Lindfors and R. Sanders. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.
Butler REF : R040 D564 v.125
See entry for Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

General guides on African archaeology, art, film, literature, and music

African writers. Ed. by C. Brian Cox. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1997. 2 v.
Butler REF: R897.8 Af83 v. 1-2
Barnard: PL8010 .A453 1997 v. 1-2
The Arts of Africa: an annotated bibliography. 5 v. Ed. by Janet Stanley, The Smithsonian Institution, Libraries, National Museum of African Art Branch. Atlanta, GA : African Studies Association,1986-1991.
Fine Arts REF: N1 Ar777
The companion to African literatures. Ed. by Douglas Killam, Ruth Rowe. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2000.
Butler REF: R897.8 C738
Barnard REF: PR9340.C65 2000
Lawal, Ibironke O. Metalworking in Africa south of the Sahara : an annotated bibliography. African special bibliographic series; no. 19 Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Butler REF: R016.96 L414
Lems-Dworkin, Carol. African music: a pan-African annotated bibliography. London: Hans Zell, 1991.
Music REF: ML120.A35 L4 1991
Lems-Dworkin, Carol [...et al.]. Videos of African and African-related performance: an annotated bibliography. Evanston, Ill. : C. Lems-Dworkin, c1996.
Butler REF R016.80924
Lehman REF DT19.7.Z9 A35 1996g
Lindfors, Bernth. Black African literature in English, 1982-1986. London: Hans Zell, 1989.
Butler REF: R016.82.L64 Suppl.2
Lindfors, Bernth. Black African literature in English, 1987-1991. London: Hans Zell, 1995.
Butler REF: R016.82.L64 Suppl.3
Ridinger, Robert B.M. African archaeology: a selected bibliography. New York: G.K. Hall, 1993.
Butler REF: R016.96.R43
Schmidt, Nancy J. Sub-Saharan African films and filmakers, 1987-1992: an annotated bibliography. London: Hans Zell, 1994.
Butler REF: R016.08922 Sch551
Stanley, Janet. African art: a bibliographic guide. Smithsonian Institution Libraries research guide; 4. New York: Africana Pub. Co., 1985.
Fine Arts REF: N7380.ASt25
Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African writers: first series. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
Butler REF: R040.D564 v.117
Barnard REF: PS129.D5 v.117
Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African writers: second series. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.
Butler REF: R040.D564 v.125
Barnard REF: PS129.D5 v.125
Westley, David. Choice of language and African literature: a bibliographic essay. Working paper series; no. 145. Boston: African Studies Center, 1990.
Lehman stacks: DT1.W67 no. 145

Ethiopia and Eritrea

Abbink, J. Eritreo-Ethiopian studies in society and history: a aupplementary bibliography 1960-1995. Leiden, The Netherlands: African Studies Center, 1996.
Butler REF: R016.963 Ab197
Abbink, J. Ethiopian society and history: a bibliography of Ethiopian studies 1957-1990. Research reports (Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden. Afrika-Studiecentrum); no. 45. Leiden, The Netherlands: African Study Centre, 1991.
Butler REF: R016.963 Ab2
Addis Ababa: a pocket guide to Ethiopia's capital city. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Tourism Commission, 1987.
Lehman REF: DT390 .A3 A44 1987g
Bonk, Jon. An annotated and classified bibliography of English literature pertaining to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Metuchen, NJ : American Theological Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 1984.
Butler stacks: Z7845.Y32 B66 1984
Ethiopia: a country study. 4th ed. Washington: The Library of Congress and the U.S. Dept. of the Army, 1993.
Lehman REF: DT373.E83 1993
Ethiopian Mapping Agency. National atlas of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Mapping Authority, 1988.
Lehman ATLAS collection: G2505.E83 1988g
Fegley, Randall. Eritrea. World bibliographical series; v. 181. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, c1995.
Lehman REF: DT393 .F44 1995g
Hancock, Graham [... et al. ] The Beauty of historic Ethiopia. Nairobi, Kenya: Camerapix, 1994.
Butler stacks: DT378.3.H36 1994
Killion, Tom. Historical dictionary of Eritrea. African historical dictionaries; no. 75. Lanham, M.D.: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Lehman REF: DT394 .K55 1998
Milkias, Paulos. Ethiopia: a comprehensive bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1989.
Lehman REF: Z3521.M55 1989
Butler REF: R016.963.M59
Munro-Hay, Stuart and Richard Pankhurst. Ethiopia. World bibliographical series; v. 179. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, c1995.
Lehman REF: Z3521 .M85 1995g
Ofcansky, Thomas P. "The Italian-Ethiopian War: a selected bibliography, part 1 and part 2." African research and documentation. Nos. 88-89 (2002): 65-81; 19-47.
Lehman REF: Z3503 .A32
Papstein, R.J. Eritrea: a tourist guide. Lawrenceville, N.J.: Red Sea Press, 1995.
Lehman REF: DT393 .P37 1995
Prouty, Chris and Eugene Rosenfeld. Historical dictionary of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 2nd ed. African historical dictionaries; no. 56. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Lehman REF: DT381.R57 1994
Research and Information Centre on Eritrea. Bibliography on Eritrea. Rome : The Centre, 1982. (Note: many of the citations are for sources in Italian.)
Lehman REF: Z3523.E7 R47 1982

Mali

Catchpole, Brian and I.A. Akinjogbin. A History of West Africa in maps and diagrams. London: Collins Educational, [1983].
Lehman REF: DT475.C37
Imperato, Pascal James. Historical dictionary of Mali. 3rd ed. African historical dictionaries; no. 11. Lanham, M.D.: Scarecrow Press, 1996.
Lehman REF : DT551.5.I46 1996
Stamm, Andrea [...et al.] Mali. World bibliographical series; v. 207. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, c1998.
Lehman REF: Z3716 .S73 1998g

For the Dogon, see books listed in CLIO, check General guides on African archaeology, etc., and check journals listed in Selected Journals, especially African Arts.

Africans Abroad and Returned

Gorée: the island and the historical museum. (Dakar): IFAN-Cheikh Anta Diop, 1993.
Avery stacks: AA1597 Se4 G662
Miller, Joseph Calder. Slavery and slaving in world history: a bibliography. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1993.
Butler REF: R016.326.M611

See also: Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara(1997).

Zimbabwe

Encyclopedia Zimbabwe. Harare, Zimbabwe: Quest Pub., 1987.
Lehman REF: DT962.E53 1987
Potts, Deborah. Zimbabwe. Rev. & expanded ed. World bibliographical series; v. 4. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, c1993.
Lehman REF: DT2891.P67 1993g
Vogel, Joseph O. Great Zimbabwe: the Iron Age in South Central Africa. Garland reference library of the humanities; v. 1487. Research guides to ancient civilizations; v. 2. New York: Garland, 1994.
Butler stacks: Z3578.V64 1994
Who is who in Zimbabwe. Ed. by William Saidi. Harare: Roblaw, c1992.
Lehman REF: DT2998.W56 1992g
Zimbabwe: a country study. 2nd ed. Washington: The Library of Congress and the U.S. Dept. of the Army, 1983.
Lehman REF: DT962.Z55 1983

Writers as Public Intellectuals

Dictionary of literary biography yearbook 1986. Detroit: Gale Research, 1987.
Butler REF : R040 D565
Barnard REF: PS129 .D5
See entry on Wole Soyinka.
Gibbs, James. Wole Soyinka: a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Bibliographies and indexes in Afro-American and African studies; no. 7. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Butler stacks: Z8828.73 .G5 1986
Barnard REF: Z8828.73.G5 1986
Léopold Sédar Senghor: bibliographie. 2nd ed. Dakar: Foundation Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1982.
Butler stacks: Z8807.84.S46 1982g
Limb, Peter and Jean-Marie Volet. Bibliography of African literatures. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, c1996.
Butler REF: R016.8978 L62
Barnard REF: Z6514.C7 A38 1996
Nigeria, a country study. 5th ed. Ed. by Helen Chapin Metz. Washington, D.C.: Headquarters, Dept. of the Army; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1992.
Lehman REF: DT515.22.N53 1992
Okpu, B.M. Chinua Achebe: a bibliography. Lagos, Nigeria : Libriservice, c1984.
Butler stacks: Z8012.6.O38
Oyewole, A. Historical dictionary of Nigeria. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1987.
Lehman REF: DT515.15.O94 1987
Twentieth century Caribbean and Black African writers, first series. Dictionary of literary biography, v. 117. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
Butler REF: R040 D564 v.117
Barnard REF: PS129.D5 v.117
See entry for Chinua Achebe.
Twentieth century Caribbean and Black African writers, second series: Dictionary of literary biography, v. 125. Ed. by B. Lindfors and R. Sanders. Detroit: Gale Research 1993.
Butler REF : R040 D564 v.125
Barnard REF: PS129.D5 v.125
See entry for Wole Soyinka.

For Abbé Boilat, Sembène Ousmane, and other figures and topics, see Historical dictionary of Senegal (1994). Also: General Reference, and General guides on African archaeology, etc..

Selected Journals

Note: Recent issues of these journals are found in the current periodicals reading room of the library indicated in brackets. Older issues are bound and arranged by call number in the stacks. Check CLIO for call numbers! Back issues (3 years or older) for a few titles below are also available online via JSTOR--African Studies.

Africa Confidential. (London) [ LEHMAN ]
A bi-monthly summary of news, with some brief analysis.) For Columbia only: 1998 to 2006 -and- 2007 to present (via EBSCO or publisher)
African Affairs. (London) [ LEHMAN ]
A scholarly journal of politics and history. For Columbia only: 2000 to present online. (via EBSCO)
African Archaeological Review. (Cambridge)
[ BUTLER stacks only]
A scholarly journal of archaeology and history.
African Arts. (Los Angeles) [ FINE ARTS ]
A scholarly magazine on contemporary African art and art history. For Columbia only: 1990 to present online (via ProQuest).
African Studies Review. (Atlanta) [ LEHMAN ]
The scholarly journal of the African Studies Association of the United States.
Arts d'Afrique Noire. (Paris) [ FINE ARTS ]
A scholarly magazine in French on contemporary African art and art history.
ASA News. (Atlanta) [ LEHMAN ]
The official quarterly newsletter of the African Studies Association of the United States.
Azania. (Nairobi) [ BUTLER stacks only ]
The scholarly journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, featuring research in the archaeology and history of Eastern Africa.
Canadian Journal of African Studies. (Montreal) [ LEHMAN ]
The scholarly journal of the Canadian African Studies Association.
International Journal of African Historical Studies. (Boston) [ BUTLER ]
The scholarly journal of the African Studies Center of Boston University.
Jeune Afrique L'Intelligent. (Paris) [ LEHMAN ]
A weekly news magazine in French.
Journal of African History. (Cambridge) [ BUTLER; BARNARD; LEHMAN--through 1998 only ]
For Columbia only: 1997 to present online.
Journal of Modern African Studies. (London) [LEHMAN; BARNARD]
African contemporary politics and political history journal. For Columbia only: 1997 to present online.
New African. (London) [ BUSINESS ]
A monthly news magazine. For Columbia only: see also, 1998 to present online.
Research in African Literatures. (Bloomington, IN) [ BUTLER ]
One of the most important scholarly journals in African literary studies. For Columbia only: See also, Project Muse for current issues of the electronic version of this title.

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