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Basic Guide to Research on Africa
at Columbia University Libraries

A bibliography of resources compiled by
Dr. Yuusuf S. Caruso,
African Studies Librarian
caruso@columbia.edu

CONTENTS
About the African Studies Collection at Columbia
General Reference
How to Cite Print and Internet Resources
Atlases and Maps
Images -- Online Sources
Indexes, Abstracts, Law Databases, Journal TOCs & Reviews
Journals at Columbia
Online Journal Services, E-Book Collections, and Full Text Databases
Current Information, News Digests, Government Documents & Statistics
Newspapers at Columbia & Elsewhere
Guide to African Diaspora and African Literatures at Columbia
Guides to African Lanugages Taught at Columbia
Guide to Videos in African Studies at Columbia
Guides to Dissertations
Guides to Archival Collections
Library Catalogs and Archives on the Internet
Using "Google" for African Studies Research
Other Bibliographies and Resource Guides on the Internet
African American Resources at Columbia
African Diaspora Resources on the Internet
Teaching Resources on Africa -- via the Internet


  1. GENERAL REFERENCE: BIBLIOGRAPHIES, BIOGRAPHY, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS, AND HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES
    • Africa contemporary record. Annual. (London: Africana Publishing, 1968/69-)
      Lehman REF: DT1 Af815

    • Africa south of the Sahara. Annual. (London: Europa, 1971-)
      Lehman REF: DT351. A35
      Butler Stacks; etc.
      -- See also: Europa world plus. (below)

    • Africa today. 3rd ed. Know Africa series. (London: Africa Journal, Ltd. for Africa Books, 1996)
      Lehman Stacks (Non-Circulating): DT1 .A2542

    • Africa who's who. 3rd ed. Know Africa series. (London: Africa Journal, Ltd. for Africa Books, 1996)
      Butler REF: R049.2 Af825 (Alcove 10)
      Lehman Stacks (Non-Circulating): DT18 .A22

    • African biographical archive. 457 microfiches. Comp. by Victor Herrero Mediavilla. (Munchen: K.G. Saur Verlag, [1995-1999])
      Butler REF: MICFICHE--FX3 7162
      -- See also: African biographical index. 3v. Comp. by Victor Herrero Mediavilla. (Munchen: K.G. Saur, 1999) Index to: African biographical archive.
      Butler REF: R049.2 H43

    • An African biographical dictionary. 2nd ed. Compiled by Norbert C. Brockman. (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

    • African Biography on the Internet. (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries.)

    • African folklore : an encyclopedia. Edited by Philip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah. New York : Routledge, 2004. (593 p.)
      Butler REF: R398 Af81
      Barnard REF & African Studies Reading Rm, 607 Butler: GR350 .A33 2004

    • African higher education : an international reference handbook. Ed. by Damtew Teferra, Philip G. Altbach. (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2003). (714 p.)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: LA1503 .A39 2003

    • African studies companion. (Online). 4th rev. and expanded ed. -- Lochcarron, Scotland, UK:
      Hans Zell, 2006--
      For Columbia faculty and students only.
      The print edition of this reference guide (2006) is available:
      African Studies Reading Room--607 Butler: DT19.8 .Z45 2006
      Butler REF: R068 Af832
      -- See also: Chapter 25: Using Google for African studies research: a guide to effective Web searching in The African studies companion. (Online)

    • Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African-American experience. 5 vols. Edited 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 Rm, 607 Butler: DT14 .A37435 2005
      --See also: Oxford African American studies center

    • Area Handbook series. Prepared by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of the Army. (Washington)
      Lehman
      For the handbook of an individual country, search in CLIO, select "Guided Keyword" search, and use keywords [name of country] and "area handbook" (as a phrase). Or, go to the section on U.S. Department of the Army in "US Organizations on Africa," compiled by Columbia University Libraries, where you will find links to at least 15 area handbooks for Africa in electronic form.
      -- See related and updated resource: Country Profiles--2008: Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, and Sudan only.

    • Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African filmmakers. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, c2008)
      Butler REF: R809.22 Ar54

    • Black leaders in southern African history. Ed. by Christopher Saunders. (London: Heinemann, 1979) [Pre-20th century leaders, except for one.]
      Lehman REF: DT739 .B47
      Butler: DT739 .B47

    • Brockman, Norbert C. An African biographical dictionary. 2nd ed. (New York: Grey House, c2006)
      African Studies Reading Room (607 Butler): DT18 .B76 2006g
      Butler REF (301 Butler): R049.2 B782
      Lehman REF: DT18 .B76 1994

    • Chiefs of state and cabinet members of African goverments. Selected by Columbia University Libraries, from the US Central Intelligence Agency's Chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments (World Leaders). (Washington, DC: The Agency, 2001--)

    • "Children in Africa" Web dossier (September 2008) -- Leiden, The Netherlands: African Studies Centre and Leiden University Library, Documentation and Information Department, 2008.

    • Civil society -- West Africa, Cameroon, Chad: Annotated bibliography = Société civile -- Afrique de l'Ouest, Cameroun, Tchad: Bibliographie annotée (février 2006). -- Dakar, Sénégal: CODICE--Centre de documentation et d'information du CODESRIA, 2006. 237 pages en format PDF

    • Commonwealth universities yearbook. Annual. (London: Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2000--)
      Butler REF: LB 2310 .Y5

    • Compendium of elections in southern Africa. Ed. by Tom Lodge [et al.]. Johannesburg, South Africa: Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, 2002.
      Lehman REF: JQ2720.A95 C65 2002

    • Contact Africa. 4th ed. Biennial. (Washington, D.C. : African-American Institute, 2001)
      Lehman REF: DT30.5 .C667

    • Directories of currently active NGOs in individual countries:
      Check CLIO using a Subject keyword search for "non-governmental organizations" and
      [name of country] and "directories"
      --For example: Répertoire des organisations non-gouvernementales membres du CONGAD. Ed. 2004. Dakar, Senegal: CONGAD, c2004.
      Lehman REF: HC1045.Z9 E443 2004g

    • Directory of development organizations (2010): Africa (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands) Reports in PDF format.

    • Elections in Africa: a data handbook. Edited by Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich, Bernhard Thibaut. (New York : Oxford University Press, 1999)
      Lehman REF: JQ1879.A55 E44 1999
      Barnard REF: JQ1879.A55 E44 1999

    • Electronic journal of Africana bibliography. -- Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Libraries, 1996-.
      "EJAB is a refereed online journal of bibliographies on any aspect of Africa, its peoples, their homes, cities, towns, districts, states, countries, regions, including social, economic sustainable development, creative literature, the arts, and the Diaspora."

    • Encyclopedia of African history. 3 v. Ed. by Kevin Shillington. (New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005)
      Butler REF: R960 En188
      Barnard REF: DT20 .E53 2005

    • Encyclopedia of Islam. (Online) -- Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 2004-
      For Columbia faculty and students only; requires a special font.
      For print version, ask at Butler REF Desk: R032.97 En11

    • Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Edited by Toyin Falola and Amanda Warnock. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2007)
      Butler REF R326.9 En2

    • Ethnologue. (Online) -- Country Index: Languages of Africa -- Dallas, Texas: SIL International, 1999-

    • Europa world plus. -- New York, NY : Routledge ; Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-
      For Columbia faculty and students only: Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Contact information for political, business, media, and cultural agencies and officials, including international organizations. Select "Africa South of the Sahara"

    • Fatula, Olugbemi. 2000 foremost Nigerians. 2 vols. (Ibadan, Nigeria: Caltop Publications, 2000-)
      Lehman REF: CT2522 .F38 2000g, v. 1-2

    • Le Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou et l'Association des trois mondes.
      Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. (Paris : Karthala : Editions ATM, 2000)
      Butler REF: R038.092 C493

    • The Garland encyclopedia of world music. (Online) -- Alexandria, Virginia: Alexander Street Press.
      For Columbia faculty and students only!

    • Guide to Videos in African Studies at Columbia University

    • Handbook of Political Science research on Sub-Saharan Africa: trends from the 1960s to the 1990s.(New York: Greenwood Press, 1992)
      Lehman REF: JA84 .A337 H36 1992

    • Handbook of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa. Ed. by Bernard Reich. (Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1998)
      Lehman REF: JQ1758 .A58 1998

    • Historical Dictionary series, published by Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ ; Lanham, MD)
      Most are found on the Lehman Library REF shelves.
      • For a dictionary of an individual country, search in CLIO, select "Guided Keyword" search, and use keywords [current name of country] and "historical dictionary" (as a phrase).
        Other noteworthy historical dictionaries include:

      • Historical dictionary of ancient and medieval Nubia. By Richard A. Lobban.
        African Studies Reading Rm (607 Butler): DT159.6.N83 L63 2004

      • Historical dictionary of ancient Egypt. 2nd ed. By Morris L. Bierbrier.
        Butler Stacks: DT83 .B56 2008

      • Historical dictionary of civil wars in Africa. 2nd ed. By Guy Arnold.
        Lehman REF & African Studies Reading Room (607 Butler): DT21.5 .A76 2008

      • Historical dictionary of the International Monetary Fund. By Norman K. Humphreys.
        Business: HG3881. I58 H86 1993

      • Historical dictionary of international organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2nd ed.
        By Terry M. Mays and Mark W. DeLancey.
        Lehman REF: JZ4850 .M39 2002

      • Historical dictionary of pre-colonial Africa. By Robert O. Collins.
        Butler Stacks & Barnard REF: DT17 .C65 2001

      • Historical dictionary of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Kathleen E. Sheldon.
        Barnard REF & Lehman REF: HQ1787 .S44 2005

    • How to Cite Print and Internet Resources
      --Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook, 5th Edition: Research and Documentation Online.
      New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.
      --Walker, Janice R. and Todd Taylor. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
      --Columbia University Libraries. How to Cite Internet Resources

    • Human rights law in Africa. 2 vols. Edited by Christof Heyns, Morne Vander Linde. (The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 2004)
      LAW: JX4263.P3

    • Human rights manual and sourcebook for Africa. Compiled by Keir Starmer and Theodora A. Christou; edited by Kate Beattie...[et al.] (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, c2005)
      LAW: Af908.5 St28 2005 (Non-Circulating)

    • International directory of African studies scholars = Répertoire international des spécialistes de l'Afrique (IDASS). Produced by Columbia University Libraries.
      The IDASS is the only up-to-date, searchable, electronic directory of Africa specialists on the Internet. Entries are in English or French.

    • Irele, Modupeola. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): a bibliography and sourcebook. (Lagos: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, 1990)
      Lehman REF: HC1000 .I74 1990

    • "Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa" web dossier (May 2005) -- Leiden, The Netherlands: African Studies Centre and Leiden University Library, Documentation and Information Department, 2005.

    • Kagan, Alfred and Yvette Scheven. Reference guide to Africa : a bibliography of sources. 2nd ed. (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: Z3501 .K15 2005
      Butler REF: R016.96 Af8441
      Lehman REF: Z3501 .K15 2005

    • Makers of modern Africa. 3rd ed. Know Africa series; no. 1. (London: Africa Journal, Ltd. for Africa Books, 1996)
      Lehman Stacks (Non-Circulating): DT1 .A3

    • McIlwaine, John. Africa: a guide to reference material. 2nd rev. and expanded ed. (Lochcarron, Scotland : Hans Zell, 2007)
      Butler REF: R016.96 M2271
      Lehman REF: Z3501 .M3 2007

    • The Middle East and North Africa. Annual. (London: Europa, 1995-)
      Lehman REF: DS49 .M58

    • Networking: Directory of African NGOs = Réseau d'interconnexions: annuaire des ONG africaines. (2004) 3rd ed. -- New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2004. List of organizations in HTML format.

    • New dictionary of South African biography. Edited by E.J. Verwey. 2 vols. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers; Johannesburg: Thorold’s Africana Books [distributor], c1995-
      Butler REF: R049.28 N42, v.1-2

    • 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

    • Oxford African American Studies Center. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008-
      For Columbia faculty and students only!
      --Content includes: Africana (5 volumes); Encyclopedia of African American history; Black women in America--2nd edition; and, the African American national biography.

    • The Oxford encyclopedia of African thought. Editors in chief, F. Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo. 2 vols.
      New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
      African Studies Reading Rm, 607 Butler: DT14 .I74 2010

    • A political and economic dictionary of Africa. Compiled by David Seddon, with Daniel Seddon-Daines. (London: Routledge, 2005)
      Lehman REF: DT30.5 .S433 2005

    • Political parties of Africa & the Middle East. Ed. by R. East and T. Joseph. (Harlow, England: Longman; Detroit, MI: Gale Research, distributor, 1993)
      Lehman REF: JQ39.A45 P65 1993g

    • Population et développement en Afrique de l'ouest : bibliographie annotée 1990-2001. 2 vols. [Dakar, Senegal]: Union for African Population Studies, [2003].
      Lehman REF: HB3665.5 .P668 2003g

    • The population of southern Africa: an annotated bibliography 1980-1997. 2 vols. [Dakar, Senegal]: Union for African Population Studies, 1998.
      Lehman REF: HB3663.3 .P66 1998g

    • Rake, Alan. African leaders: guiding the new millennium. (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2001)
      Lehman REF: DT18 .R344 2001

    • Rake, Alan. 100 great Africans. (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994)
      Butler REF: R049.2 R11

    • Schmidt, Nancy. Sub-Saharan African films and filmmakers, 1987-1992: an annotated bibliography. (London; New Jersey: Hans Zell, 1994)
      Butler REF: R016 .08922 Sch551

    • Schmidt, Nancy. Sub-Saharan African films and filmmakers: an annotated bibliography. (London: Hans Zell, 1988)
      Butler REF: R016 .80922 Sch55

    • Schrijver, Paul. Islam in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. An online bibliography. (Leiden, The Netherlands: Afrikastudiecentrum = African Studies Centre, University of Leiden, 2006)

    • Siler, Michael J. Strategic security issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive annotated bibliography. (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004)
      Lehman REF: UA855.7 .S54 2004

    • Stanley, Janet L. (comp.) Modern African art: a basic reading list. (Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 2010)
      An online, full-length, annotated bibliography. Last update: July 2010.

    • Sweetman, David. Women leaders in African history. (London : Heinemann, 1984)
      Butler: HQ1787.A3 S93 1984
      Butler Reserves: HQ1787.A3 S93 1984
      Barnard: HQ1787.A3 S93 1984

    • Ugowe, C.O.O. Eminent Nigerians of the twentieth century. (Lagos, Nigeria : Hugo Books ; Ibadan, Nigeria : Ebony Bookmakers, 2000)
      Butler REF: R049.2 Ug78

    • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. The World factbook. (Online) (Washington, DC: The Agency)

    • U.S. Foreign Policy: Information Resources Lehman Social Sciences Library -- Subject Guide, Columbia University Libraries.

    • Verdier, Isabelle ; in collaboration with Victor Mpara ; English ed., Kimberly Conniff Taber.
      Gulf of Guinea oil. The top 100 people. (Paris: Indigo Publications, 2003)
      Business REF: HD9577.G9252 V47 2003g

    • Verdier, Isabelle and Victor Mpara.
      Sénégal: les hommes de pouvoir: le guide permanent. Collection "Les hommes de pouvoir." (Paris: Indigo Publications, c2001)
      Lehman REF: CT2418.2 .V47 2001g

    • Walsh, Gretchen. The media in Africa and Africa in the media : an annotated bibliography. (London ; New Providence N.J. : Hans Zell, 1996)
      African Studies Reading Rm, 607 Butler: Z5634.A4 W35 1996

    • West Africa over 75 years: selections from the raw material of history. Kole Omotoso et al., researchers; Kaye Whiteman, editor. (London: West Africa, 1993)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: DT476.2 .W4 1993g

    • Westley, David. The Mfecane: an annotated bibliography. (Madison: African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999)
      Butler REF: R016.968 W527

    • Who = who in African art. Compiled by Guy Van Rijn. (Antwerp, Belgium: Van Rijn Documentation Center, c1995)
      Fine Arts REF: N55 Af83 W62

    • Wiseman, John A. Political leaders in Black Africa: a biographical dictionary of the major politicians since independence. (Aldershot, England; Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar, 1991)
      Lehman REF: DT352.8 .W57 1991
      Butler REF: R049 .2W75

    • The World Bank. Bibliography of publications: Africa Region, 1990-1997. Ed. by P.C. Mohan. (Washington, DC : World Bank, 1998) See also: 1993-1998, published in 1999.
      Business REF: Z7165.A4 B514 1998 -and- Z3501 .B532 1999
      See also:E-book, 1990-97 -and- 1993-98 (via World Bank e-Library)

    • World Bibliographical Series. Published by Clio Press in Oxford, England and Santa Barbara, CA: 1979-1999.
      For an individual country bibliography, search in CLIO: select "Guided Keyword" search, and use keywords [name of country] and "world bibliographical" (as a phrase).

    • World of learning. Annual. (London: Europa)
      Current print volume in Butler REF: A52 .W89
      -- See also: Europa world of learning. (Online) For Columbia faculty and students only!

    • Yakan, Mohamad Z. Almanac of African peoples & nations. (New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction, c1999)
      Butler REF: R960 Y11

    • Zell, Hans M. Publishing, books & reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: a critical bibliography. 3rd ed.
      London : Hans Zell, 2008.
      African Studies Reading Rm, 607 Butler: Z465.2 .Z443 2008g
      --See also: E-book


  2. ATLASES AND MAPS
    • Africa: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program, 2008. PDF format

    • Atlas du continent africain. (Paris: Jeune Afrique & Les Editions du Jaguar, 1993)
      Lehman REF: G2445 .A85 1993

    • Betz, Richard L. The mapping of Africa: a cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700. 't Goy-Houten [Utrecht], The Netherlands: Hes & de Graaf Publishers, c2007. (540 p.)
      Butler REF (301 Butler): R912.96 B466

    • Christopher, A.J.. The atlas of apartheid. (New York: Routledge, 1994)
      Lehman REF: G2566 .E625 C5 1994

    • Christopher, A.J. The atlas of changing South Africa. 2nd ed. (London ; New York : Routledge, c2001)
      Lehman REF: G2566.E625 C5 2001

    • Conservation atlas of tropical forests: Africa. (New York; London: Simon & Schuster, 1992)
      Lehman REF: G2446 .K3C6 1992

    • Freeman-Grenville, G.S.P. The new atlas of African history. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991)
      Lehman REF: G2446 .S1 F73 1991
      Butler REF

    • Griffiths, I.L. An atlas of African affairs. (New York: Routledge, 1994)
      Lehman REF: G2445 .G7 1994

    • Historical atlas of Africa. Ed. by J.F. Ade Ajayi et al. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: G2446.S1 H5 1985
      Butler REF: R912 H62

    • Kwamena-Poh, Michael et al. African history in maps. (London; New York: Longman, 1982)
      Lehman REF: G2446 .S1 A4 1982
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: G2446 .S1 A4 1982

    • The LEHMAN MAP ROOM, 2nd Floor, has a large collection of maps of Africa, including recently published demographic, economic, political, and tourist road maps from Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, & Zimbabwe. See also, the general guide to the Lehman Map Collection/GIS.

    • Mapping Specialists, Inc. Africa on file. 2 vols. (New York: Facts on File, 1995)
      Lehman REF: DT6.7 .A34 1995
      (Maps and diagrams.)

    • Maps and Power in Modern African History
      A bibliographic guide compiled by Columbia University Libraries in support of a proposed course to be taught at Columbia University.

    • Maps of Africa
      A selection of online and downloadable maps available on the global Internet, compiled by Columbia University Libraries.

    • McIlwaine, John. Maps and mapping of Africa: a resource guide. (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1997)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: Z6027 .A2 M38 1997

    • Perry Castañeda Library, University of Texas at Austin: Maps of Africa (Austin, Texas)

    • Pourtier, Roland. Atlas de la Zone Franc en Afrique subsaharienne: monnaie, économie, société. (Paris: Documentation française, 1995)
      Lehman ATLAS collection: G2445 .G1 P68 1995g

    • Robin, Nelly. Atlas des migrations ouest-africaines vers l'Europe: 1985-1993. (Paris: ORSTOM, 1996)
      Lehman REF: G2640 .E27 R63 1996


  3. IMAGES -- ONLINE SOURCES

    • Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent (University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries and African Studies Program, Madison, Wisconsin)
      The website offers downloadable images, sound files, and other materials on Africa drawn from contributions by UWM faculty over the last 20-30 years.

    • www.africa-photo.com (Christoph & Friends Media + Trade Agents and Das Fotoarchiv, Essen, Germany)
      Note: this is a commercial site. A photo databank in English or German: thousands of photographs on Africa, with viewing and downloading through registration and payment; plus related links.

    • Ancient Egypt on the Internet (via Columbia University Libraries)

    • Art and Archaeology of Africa on the Internet (via Columbia University Libraries)

    • Association Images et Mémoires (Paris, France)
      A French language site offers a digital archive of postcards, as well as some photographs and engravings from all over Africa during the colonial era.

    • G.I. Jones' Photographic Archive of Southeastern Nigerian Art & Culture (Prof. John C. McCall, in cooperation with Ursula Jones, Dept. of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois)
      "This is an archive of digitized photographs depicting the arts and cultures of southeastern Nigeria. The collection includes examples from Ibibio, Igbo, Ijo and Ogoni speaking peoples. All of the photographs were taken in the 1930s by the late G.I. Jones, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge. The majority of the images are from the Igbo speaking regions where Jones conducted most of his research."

    • Images du passé en Afrique de l'Ouest (Olivier Blot, Paris, France)
      Another French language site offering a digital archive of over 900 postcards and other images from the colonial era in Senegal, French Soudan (Mali), Guinea, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Dahomey (Benin), Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.

    • Northwestern University Herskovits Library: Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs, 1860-1960 -and- Southern Africa/Anti-Apartheid Posters (Evanston, Illinois)

    • PictureNet Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
      A commercial respository of photographs from photographic agencies in South Africa, with information on fees and permissions.

    • Post Cards = Cartes Postales de l'Afrique Occidentale Française (1895-1960). Collection Iconographie. (Archives Nationales du Sénégal, Dakar, Sénégal)

    • United Kingdom. The National Archives: Africa Through a Lens (London)
      Digitized selections from an extensive archive of photographs from British colonial administrators and travellers in Africa, 1860-1960. See the digital image collection via Flickr.com.

    • West African Online Digital Library: Selected Historical Photographs, Islamic, and Other Images from 20th century Senegal, Guinea, and West Africa. (African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)

    • Yale University Library: RAAI--Ross Archive of African Images (New Haven, Connecticut)
      James J. Ross Archive of African Images 1590-1920 is a database of approximately 5,000 pictures of African art published before 1921.



  4. INDEXES, ABSTRACTS, LAW DATABASES, JOURNAL TOCs, AND REVIEWS

    Titles in bold indicate first choice options.
    • Africa-Wide Information (Baltimore, Maryland: National Information Services Corporation, 1997-)
      An interdisciplinary index for Columbia faculty and students only!

      Includes: African Studies Abstracts since 1994--see also, ASA online; African HealthLine ;
      Ibiscus--a development-related bibliography on Francophone Africa ; UCLA Bibliography on Contemporary African Politics and Development, 1981-92 ; Business and Industry - Africa ; SOAS Library Catalog-Africa ; Leiden University African Studies Center Library Catalog ; Database of Swiss Theses and Dissertations since 1897 ; International Library of African Music Catalog, Rhodes University ; NAMLIT - a bibliography of Namibia-related literature in Germany ; Jan Smuts House Southern African Database, 1961-97 ; Africa Institute Database, Pretoria ; Killie Campbell Africana Library Catalog, University of Natal ; Natural and Cultural Heritage of Africa - an index published in South Africa to natural history and museum journals since 1960 ; APEX - African Periodicals Exhibit Catalogue, 1997; David Don Africana Collection Catalog from South Africa ; South African National Bibliography (1988-) ; Index to South African Periodicals (1987-) ; National English Literary Museum (NELM) databases: Select Indexes to South African Literature in English / NELM main catalog & manuscript holdings ; An Index to South African theses & dissertations (c1900-) from the University of Potchefstroom Library; Investors' Guide (A quarterly report on South African companies) ; Witwatersrand University Management Reports (1970-) ; Centre for Rural Legal Studies Database (1987-) ; South African Legal Abbreviations, UNISA Law Library.

    • African Bibliographic Center. Current bibliography on African affairs. Quarterly. (Amityville, NY: Baywood, 1962-)
      Butler REF: R016.96 Af86

    • African Legal Resources: Foreign Law Guide, Jutastat, LawAfrica.Com, and Law in Ghana (via Columbia University Law School Library)
      • Access restricted to Columbia Law Library, check with Law Library Reference: "Foreign Law Guide" is an excellent source for current legal citations, including many African countries. "Jutastat" is an online, full-text database of statutes and law reports from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, and Tanzania. "LawAfrica.Com" is a database of case law for East Africa and COMESA countries. "Law in Ghana" is a database of Ghana's legal material, including Ghana Law Reports and Consolidated Statutes, etc. Reference librarian assistance, on campus use, or Law School affiliates only.
      • See also: International Legal Databases below
      • For French language legal materials on Africa, see also: OHADA.com below

    • African studies abstracts. (Online), 2003- : the abstracts journal of the African Studies Centre, Leiden (The Netherlands). Quarterly (London: Hans Zell, 1994-)

    • African Women Bibliographic Database (AfricaBib.Org, Davis Bullwinkle, University of Arkansas, Little Rock)
      A searchable bibliographic database on African women, organized by region, country, and subjects. "This English language database contains over 27,000 citations from 1986 to current. The database indexes six types of materials: books and government documents; articles appearing in edited books; periodical and journal articles; Masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations as well as a few B.A. theses and honors papers; conference papers; and videocassettes. This database is the outgrowth of a three volume work published in 1989 by Greenwood Press that indexed materials on African Women published during the International Women's Decade, 1975-1985."

    • Anthropological Index of the Royal Anthropological Institute. (Online) (London, UK: The Centre for Anthropology Library, The British Museum)
      Columbia faculty and students only!

    • AnthropologyPlus. (Online) (Dublin, Ohio: OCLC)
      Columbia faculty and students only!: "Anthropology Plus provides worldwide indexing on publications in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present." Includes citations based on the collections of Harvard University's Tozzer Library and the Royal Anthropological Institute in London, UK.

    • BL Online: the bibliographical database of linguistics. Bibliographie linguistique/Linguistic Bibliography. (The Hague, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Bibliotheek--National Library of the Netherlands, 1993-)
      See also: WEB-BALL: Web Bibliography of African Languages and Linguistics

    • Book review digest plus. (Online) (H.W. Wilson Co., USA; via FirstSearch)
      Columbia students and faculty only!
      An index for the general public to a limited number of reviews of English language fiction and nonfiction books since 1983; plus links to full text. See also, H-Africa Reviews and International Bibliography of Book Reviews below.

    • Cahiers d'études africaines -- Tables de matières et les comptes rendus en texte intégral. (Paris)

    • Constitutions on the Internet

    • ERIC--Educational Resources Information Center Monthly. Bethesda, MD: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Inc., 1966-
      Columbia faculty and students only!
      Index to educational-related literature, with e-links to full text where available. In addition, ERIC provides coverage of conferences, meetings, government documents, theses, dissertations, reports, audiovisual media, bibliographies, directories, books and monographs.
      Note: this product offers the option to search "specific databases" ERIC, PAIS, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts together.

    • Francis: International Humanities and Social Studies Online Index. Monthly. -- Paris : CNRS ; USA : RLG Eureka, 1984-
      Columbia faculty and students only!
      Interdisciplinary index to periodicals, books, theses, reports, and conference proceedings, with emphasis on Western European publications. Some citation entries contain abstracts.

    • "H-Africa African Studies Journals -- Home Pages and Tables of Contents (TOCs)." H-Africa. (East Lansing, Michigan: H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University)

    • "H-Africa Reviews." H-Africa. (East Lansing, Michigan: H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, 1995-)
      An archive of reviews of Africana books, electronic resources, exhibitions, and films since March 1995.

    • Historical Abstracts. Monthly. (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1982--)
      Columbia faculty and students only!: A searchable online index (with abstracts) to all western language publications (and dissertations) in the field of history---excluding the U.S. and Canada.

    • Index Islamicus -- Cambridge, UK: Islamic Bibliography Unit, Cambridge University Library; via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 2004-
      For Columbia students and faculty only!
      An index covering books, journals, and other publications since 1906. "The Index Islamicus indexes material on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world from periodicals, Festschriften, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works, book reviews, websites, and other materials in European languages, Turkish, Malay and Bahasa Indonesia." -- [not in Arabic]

    • International African bibliography. (Online), 2001 to present Quarterly. Published for the International African Institute, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. (London: Mansell, 1971-)
      For Columbia faculty and students only.
      --See also print version, 1971-2008 in Butler Stacks: Z3501 .I54

    • International Bibliography of Book Reviews. Monthly. (Published by K.G. Saur Verlag, Thomson Corporation, 1985--)
      Columbia faculty and students only!: European and North American journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences are indexed.

    • International Legal Databases--Access UN, UN Treaty Collection, HeinOnline
      "Select by Type: International"
      Access to some of these databases is restricted to Columbia Law Library---ask at Law Library Reference
      -- See also: African International Courts and Tribunals (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; New York University, New York)

    • Janz, Bruce B., "African Philosophy Resources: Selected Online Book Reviews." (African Philosophy Resources. (via University of Central Florida, Orlando)

    • LITAF: Littérature africaine francophone -- Une base de données bibliographique (Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV, France)
      Une réference générale qui existe en version WEB et en version cédérom. "LITAF est un projet du Groupe de recherche "Littératures d'Afrique noire" dirigé par Alain Ricard, directeur de recherches au Centre National de Recherche Scientifique. Le Groupe est affilié au Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire de Bordeaux."

    • MLA Bibliography. (Online). 10 times per year. (New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1963-)
      Columbia faculty and students only.
      A general index of journals and other publications in all major languages on literature, language, and folklore.

    • PAIS International. (Online) Monthly. (New York: Public Access Information Service, 1972-)
      Columbia faculty and students only.
      A general social sciences index to books and journal articles, with abstracts since 1985. Note: this product offers the option to search "specific databases" ERIC, PAIS, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts together.

    • PubMed (Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information)
      For Columbia faculty and students only!: "Provides access to over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s."

    • Quarterly index to African periodical literature. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya : The Library of Congress, 1991- -- ISSN 1018-1555
      A searchable online index to materials acquired by The Library of Congress since 1991 mostly in eastern and southern Africa, plus since 2002: Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana and Senegal.

    • WEB-BALL: Web Bibliography of African Languages and Linguistics (2008) par J.F. Maho et alli. (Villejuif, France)
      A French language database on the Internet with over 24,000 references, created with the support of LLACAN--Langage, Langues et cultures d'Afrique noire.

    • World Health Organization Library: African Index Medicus
      A newly revised, web-based international index to publications on health in Africa; with Quick and Advanced Search options.
      See also: African index medicus. Quarterly. (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo: Library & Documentation Centre, WHO Regional Office for Africa, 1993-95) -- Check HEALTH SCIENCES REF.

    • WHOLIS -- World Health Organization Library Database (Geneva, Switzerland)
      "WHOLIS indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards and articles from WHO-produced journals and technical documents from 1985 to the present [***including selected online full text documents]."

    • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Monthly. Bethesda, MD: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 1975-
      For Columbia faculty and students only.
      A general database for international relations and political science---citations and abstracts.
      Note: this product offers the option to search "specific databases" ERIC, PAIS, and WPSA together.


  5. AFRICAN STUDIES JOURNALS CURRENTLY RECEIVED AT COLUMBIA



  6. ONLINE JOURNAL SERVICES, E-BOOK COLLECTIONS, AND FULL-TEXT DATABASES FROM ORGANIZATIONS AND RESEARCH CENTERS

    • Africa Portal Library (A project of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa)
      A digital library of over 3000 books, journals, and documents related to African policy issues; a directory of experts; plus, current news analysis and opinion articles.

    • African Digital Library -- Selected Electronic Books Collection In association with NetLibrary. (Technikon South Africa Gold Fields Library and Information Centre, Florida, South Africa)
      Note: Columbia faculty and students have access to this collection via NetLibrary subscription.
      "[Established in 1999]...a collection of electronic books that can be accessed and used free-of-charge by any person living on the African continent [with registration]."

    • African e-Journals Project (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
      The website offers general information about the on-going project, access to full text archive of 11 African journals, and a searchable directory of African e-journals--with links to websites. "An initiative co-sponsored by the Association of African Universities (AAU), the African Studies Association in the USA, and Michigan State University."
      The archive includes: African Journal of Political Science, Glendora, Journal of Social Development in Africa, Transformation, Zambezia, and others

    • AJOL -- African Journals On-Line: Tables of Contents, Abstracts, Document Delivery, & Subscription Information. (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, Oxford, UK)
      AJOL offers tables-of-contents and abstracts for over 210 African-published journals, and a photocopy order service for articles listed.

    • African Writers Series -- Full Texts Part of LION, Literature Online: English and American Literature, see below

    • Afrobarometer (Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Cape Town; Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Accra; and Michigan State University, Dept. of Political Science, East Lansing, Michigan)
      • 'A comparative series of national public attitude surveys on democracy, markets and civil society in Africa.' The website includes: sample surveys and selected abstracts from final reports. The 1st round survey covered: Ghana, Uganda, Zambia, Nigeria, Botswana, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe.
      • For Columbia users: Raw data is available from 1st round of the survey, 1999-2000 -- Search for "Afrobarometer" in the EDS Datagate (via ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
      • Publications

    • ALUKA: Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa (Ithaka Harbors, Princeton, New Jersey)
      For Columbia faculty and students only: Full text digital archives on the independence and anti-apartheid movements in southern Africa. "The Struggles for Freedom content area, launched in June 2007, focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an initial concentration on six nations: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe."

    • AnthroSource. (Online) -- Berkeley, California: University of California Press [in partnership with the American Anthropological Association], 2004-

      For Columbia faculty and students only: A searchable database providing access to the full texts (via AnthroSource or a link to JSTOR) of all of the journals and bulletins of the American Anthropological Association since the 1880s.

    • Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Gallica Voyages en Afrique (Paris)
    • Bioline International Publications: Abstracts, Full Texts for Selected Journals, and Subscriptions (Centro Referência Informação Ambiental, Brazil ; Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK.)
      A selection of African medical, crop science, insect science, and/or general science journals, plus numerous others from outside of Africa, can be accessed online. There are also links to technical reports and newsletters. This is a program that allows the reader to view the abstracts of a small number of science journals without charge. However, to view online or receive full texts, paid registration is required. There are journals from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa.

    • Black Drama, 1850 to the Present (Alexander Street Press, LLC; The University of Chicago, Illinois)
      For Columbia faculty and students only. A selection of "Black drama" from Africa, North America, the Caribbean, and other African Diaspora countries. The database includes full texts of plays, biographical information, selected playbills, production photos, and ephemera.

    • Black Short Fiction & Folklore (Alexander Street Press, LLC; The University of Chicago, Illinois)
      For Columbia faculty and students only. The most comprehensive collection yet created of stories from Africa and the African Diaspora. When complete, it will offer more than 8,000 short stories and folktales, ranging thematically from oral traditions that date back many hundreds of years to contemporary tales of modern life. In addition to these works, the database includes complete runs of selected literary magazines."

    • Black Studies Center (ProQuest Information & Learning, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
      For Columbia faculty and students only!: Black Studies Center combines three resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP)---with back issues of major journals in full text, and The Chicago Defender. This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, and historical newspaper articles.

    • Black Women Writers (Alexander Street Press, LLC; The University of Chicago, Illinois)
      For Columbia faculty and students only. "Celebrates the many voices of women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women's struggles through time. New content is uploaded on a biweekly basis, giving users immediate access to a steadily growing treasury of extraordinary writings. The database currently features over 37,000 pages of poetry and prose."

    • Cambridge History of Africa Part of Cambridge Histories Online. -- Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
      For Columbia faculty and students only: The online version in searchable PDF format of the popular 8-volume history anthology originally published 1975-1986. Select "Browse" and "Regional History".

    • Connecting-Africa (African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands)
      "...a service that provides access to African research information produced in the Netherlands and elsewhere: details of Africa experts affiliated to Dutch and Belgian organizations; details of Dutch and Belgian development-related organizations, universities and research institutes; titles of published research on Africa in the Netherlands and elswhere; digital resources on Africa (full-text of publications, images and sound) in about 55 institutional repositories.

    • Constitutions on the Internet
    • Dictionary of literary biography. (Online). -- Detroit, Michigan: Gale Group, 2003.
      For Columbia faculty and students only.

    • Droit-Afrique.Com: le droit des entreprises en Afrique francophone. (Paris, France)
      "Droit-Afrique.com, site généraliste et gratuit sur le droit des affaires et la fiscalité des 24 pays d'Afrique francophone, propose principalement: des textes de Codes, lois, décrets, arrêtés, conventions, doctrine; un portail internet recensant les sites contenant de l'information juridique africaine; et un annuaire des juristes d'affaires..."

    • East African Development Library -- Paris, France: UNESCO Direction de l'Information et de l'Informatique, 1999. --via New Zealand Digital Library, University of Waikato, New Zeland.
      A small archive of digitized documents furnished by the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, and other UN agencies on East African development.
      -- See also: The Rural Hub: Supporting Rural Development in Western and Central Africa -and- Sahel point DOC

    • eHRAF World Cultures: Human Relations Area Files (Collection of Ethnography). -- New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University; Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Digital Library, c1987, 1996-
      For Columbia only: A searchable, online library of full text books, articles, dissertations, and unpublished manuscripts on a wide variety of cultures and societies around the world. See also at Columbia: the HRAF in paper and microfiche in Lehman Library.

    • ELDIS: Electronic Development and Environment Information System (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
      Search by country, region, and topic: An indexing service provided by IDS. Papers are selected from all over the Internet based on topics in African, Asian, and Latin American studies. Documents are produced by research institutes or international organizations. Some documents are electronic versions of printed works, while others are full online documents--with citations and bibliographies. Note: Some documents listed in the search are only accessible at the IDS library, University of Sussex.

    • "Electronic Journals and Newspapers on Africa," compiled by Columbia University Libraries.

    • Érudit : promoting and disseminating research = promouvoir et diffuser la recherche (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
      Select "Advanced Search" or "Recherche détailée to look for open access, online full-text MA essays/mémoires de maîtrise from McGill University, Université Laval, & Université de Montréal...or journal articles published in major Canadian and French journals.

    • Gallica Voyages en Afrique (See above: Bibliothèque nationale de France)

    • H-Africa: Journals -- Home Pages and Tables of Contents (TOCs) (H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)

    • House of Commons Parliamentary Papers -- Selections (Cambridge, UK: Chadwyck-Healey, 2005)
      For Columbia faculty and students only! See Subject catalogue, look for Africa under "The Dominions and Colonies" ; "Slavery and the Slave Trade" ; and, "Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy".

    • Le Hub Rural: Appui au développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre = The Rural Hub: Supporting Rural Development in Western and Central Africa---Resources Online (Dakar, Sénégal)
      • A web site --in French or in English-- offering information on research and development project activities in the region, with an extensive, searchable archive of downloadable reports from US government, intergovernmental, and international NGOs; plus a library of links to web sites of development organizations.
      • See also: East African Development Library -and- Sahel point DOC-- online documents from the 1990s published by the World Bank, UN agencies, Club du Sahel and others.

    • IFAN--Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop: Biens culturels africains: entrepôt de ressources documentaires de l'IFAN-CAD (Dakar, Sénégal)

    • IRD--Institut de Recherche Pour le Développement "Ressources documentaires -- Horizon/Pleins textes" (Paris, France)
      "Les recherches scientifiques de l'IRD sont centrées sur les relations entre l'homme et son environnement dans les régions tropicales et méditerranéennes..."
      -- Voir aussi: HORISEN--Base bibliographique de l'IRD pour le Sénégal

    • ISRA--Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles : Bibliothèque numérique de publications (1974-1999) Greenstone Digital Library Software (Dakar, Sénégal)
      "[ISRA est un]...établissement public à caractère scientifique, il a été créé en 1974 pour concevoir, organiser et mener à bien toutes les recherches relatives au secteur rural au Sénégal."

    • LION--Literature Online: English and American Literature (Chadwyck-Healey, Inc.)
      For Columbia only: This full text archive of prose, drama, and poetry includes online works --in plain text-- by selected African authors from the historic Heinemann African Writers Series and African authors who have published in English more recently.

    • Memórias de África et do Oriente, Biblioteca Digital (Universidade de Aveiro, Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento--Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, e Fundação Portugal-África, Lisboa, Portugal)
      • "...it's main aim [is the] creation of an online library of historical data available in archives, documentation centers, libraries and institutions, private organizations and individuals involved...in African countries with Portuguese as the national language (PALOP)...[and] digitalization of rare works or those works that are difficult to access..."
      • Boletim cultural da Guiné Portuguesa. (Online): 1946-1973. -- Bissau: Centro de Estudos da Guiné Portuguesa, 1946-73.
      • História geral de Cabo Verde. (3 volumes) Coordenado pela Luis Albuquerque e Maria Emilia Madeira Santos. -- Lisboa, Portugal : Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical ; Bissau, Guiné-Bissau : Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, 1991-2002.
      • Digital collections (Full list)

    • OHADA.com: Le Portail du Droit des Affaires en Afrique (Centre d'affaire La Défense, Paris, France)
      Une archive de publications en français sur le droit en Afrique. Il faut s'incrire pour avoir accés aux textes intégrals et aux autres services du site.

    • Online Publications on Africa from Research Centers & Universities (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)

    • OSSREA on CD: research publications and official documents. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Organization for Social Sciences Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, 2001)
      Lehman Area Studies CD-LAN Workstation:
      CD-ROM H62.5.A34 077 2001g
      -- Ask an Area Studies librarian for help.

    • Persée: portail de revues scientifiques en sciences humaines et sociales. ([Paris]: Aliacom;
      Lyon: Université Lumière Lyon 2, pour le Ministère de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, 2004-)

    • webPulaaku: Suudu Laawol Pulaaku, FulƁe e Haali-Pular'en = Foyer de la nation FulƁe et Haal-Pular (Afrique de l'Ouest) (Tierno S. Bah, Afriq*Access, Inc, Maryland, USA)
      Un recueil des textes intégrals...surtout sur l'Islam et les Peuls: une collection des articles et des extraits de livres en français et en anglais, plusieurs bibliographies, quelques textes en pulaar, les tables de matières de livres, et des liens à plusieurs sites sur les Peuls dans la région du Sénégal, Mauritanie, Guinée, et les autres pays du Sahel.
      Voir aussi Fuuta Jaloo, webTooro, et webGuinée.

    • Sahel point DOC: anthologie du développement au Sahel -- Paris, France: UNESCO, Division de l'Information et de l'Informatique, 1999. --via New Zealand Digital Library, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
      Une petite archive de documents numérisés fournies par la Banque Mondiale, Centre Songhaï, OECD--Club du Sahel, CILSS, FAO, PNUD, et par quelques autres organisations sur la zone sahelienne.
      -- See also: The Rural Hub: Supporting Rural Development in Western and Central Africa above

    • Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive (Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2009-)
      For Columbia only: "...includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm."

    • Slave Trade Archives -- Digital Projects
    • University of Nigeria, Nsukka -- Research Documents (Nigeria)
      The university scans and makes available on the Internet hundreds of seminar and conference papers, journal articles, selected books by UNN faculty, and UNN theses (primarily Masters' theses in various fields and some doctoral dissertations in the fields of Law or The Arts, from the 1980s to the present).



  7. CURRENT INFORMATION, NEWS DIGESTS, GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, AND STATISTICS

    • Africa research bulletin: economic, financial & technical series. Monthly. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1964-)
      Lehman REF: HC501 .A1 A3511 -- Current issues only.
      Lehman Stacks: HC501 .A1 A3511 -- Back issues.
      Columbia only: 1997 to present online (via EBSCO)

    • Africa research bulletin: political, social & cultural series. Monthly. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1964-)
      Lehman REF: DT1 .A21211 -- Current issues only.
      Lehman Stacks: DT1 .A21211 -- Back issues.
      Columbia only: 1997 to present online (via EBSCO)

    • African Development Bank -- Statistics Division (Tunis, Tunisia ; Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
      • African statistical yearbook 2009 (Tunis, Tunisia: African Development Bank ; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: African Union Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2009)
        389 pages in PDF format
      • African statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique. (Addis Ababa: Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations, 1974--)
        Lehman Stacks: HA1955 .A37 (1974-2007)
        Latest in Lehman REF

    • African Development Bank: Selected statistics on African countries. (Online), 2006-- (Tunis, Tunisia: Statistics Division)

    • African Economic Outlook (African Development Bank, OECD Development Centre, and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; Paris, France)
    • African Elections Database (Albert C. Nunley, via Tripod.Com, USA)
      A compilation of electoral results by country; frequently updated, with results from the 1990s for some countries. Sources include various other election monitor websites; see links.

    • AFRISTAT: Observatoire économique et statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne (Bamako, Mali)
      This French-language site provides official, general and detailed statistics and text summaries from the member states of the CFA Zone in HTML and PDF formats.

    • AllAfrica.Com News (Washington, DC)
      For Columbia faculty and students only: Selected articles from electronic African newspapers and other sources, with searchable archive, in English and French and includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997.
      See also: Electronic Newspapers of Africa: a comprehensive list of titles available on the Internet.

    • Business source complete (Ipswich, Mass.: EBSCO Pub.)
      For Columbia faculty and students only. A searchable database with citations, abstracts, and full texts to several major English-language business and economic newsletters covering Africa, especially: Business Monitor (Africa Monitor--North Africa; West & Central Africa; Southern Africa ; and individual "country monitor" and "forecast" reports).

    • Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS) (Macro International, Calverton, MD)
      Search especially under "Obtaining Data" for reports on individual countries or the Sub Saharan Africa region.

    • The Economist Intelligence Unit Publications
    • Ethnic Newswatch Online. (1990--)
      'This database provides comprehensive access to the ethnic, minority and native press in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.' Note: Access for Columbia faculty and students ONLY.

    • Factiva.Com. (New York: Dow Jones and Reuters, c2002--)
      For Columbia users only: A subscription-based, searchable, plain text, news service derived from selected US and international business and general news sources, with coverage since the mid to late 1990s. African news sources include selected archives from online African newspapers via AllAfrica.Com, Indian Ocean Newsletter, and others.

    • Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996 -- Naples, Florida: Readex.
      For Columbia faculty and students only: a searchable digital archive of the US government service providing excerpts from headline articles in English (or in translation) from selected newspapers and transcripts from radio and TV broadcasts around the world, including Sub-Saharan Africa and The Middle East and North Africa. Since the mid-1990s, the service was re-organized as
      World News Connection (see below).

    • Foreign relations of the United States. (Washington, DC: US State Dept.). v. X (Africa, 1955-57);
      v. XII (Arab-Israeli/North Africa, 1958-60); v. XVI (Africa, 1958-60); v. XX (Congo Crisis, 1961-63);
      v. XXI (Africa, 1961-63) ; v. XXIV (Africa, 1964-68)
      Butler stacks: JX233 .A3
      Butler REF has index only
      Lehman REF: JX233 .A3
      --For online versions, see: HeinOnline: full text of this series and other US legal history; Columbia faculty and students only.
      --See also: US Foreign Policy: Information Resources below

    • France. Agence française de développement (Paris)
      On peut chercher les publications dans le portail de chaque pays dans la region d'Afrique subsaharienne ou le Moyen orient.

    • France. Ministère des Affaires étrangères: Actualités, dossiers et textes récents sur les relations franco-africaines (Paris)

    • Global Insight -- Englewood, CO: IHS Global Insight, 2010-
      For Columbia faculty and students only!: Economic time series & financial market data for the past 5 years and 4 years in the future, with political risk analysis. "Country Intelligence" reports are particularly useful for African countries with major extractive industries.

    • Guide to Sources for International Statistics (Lehman Social Sciences Library, Columbia University Libraries, New York)

    • International Documentation Network on the Great African Lakes Region = Réseau documentaire international sur la région des Grands Lacs africains (Geneva, Switzerland)
      • A full-text database of documents (published and unpublished) from Rwanda, Burundi, the D.R.C., and outside of Africa. Most of the documents are in French, some in English. Searchable in French or English. The website is updated bi-annually. Note: For Columbia faculty and students only: the 2000 edition of the CD-ROM is available on campus at CD-LAN workstations in Butler Reference, Lehman Reference, and Lehman Area Studies.
      • Documents published on the web site since December 2002

    • Investir en Zone Franc: Les Guides Pratiques sur les Pays de la Zone (IZF.Net, France)
      A l'initiative du Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur, la Banque de France, l'Association IBISCUS, la Banque Mondiale, et les Fonds Monétaire International, ce site offert beaucoup des liens utiles au investisseur ou à l'étudiant des économies de la région << Zone Franc >> (y compris les principaux indicateurs économiques, les cartes du pays et des villes, et les annuaires des institutions et des associations.)

    • ISI Emerging Markets (New York: Internet Securities, 2000-)
      Columbia faculty and students only: Selected business and economic news in full text (plain ascii or original format) from newspapers, company reports, banks and brokerage houses, and research services, as well as some general news sources, in Africa--north and south of the Sahara---in English, French, and Arabic!

    • Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe -- Access for Columbia University faculty and students only.
      This online subscription service claims to offer full texts excerpted from a wide variety of publications. Warning: Only a handful of titles relevant for African studies research are included in the database; most notable are: Africa Energy & Mining ; Business Day (South Africa) ; The Indian Ocean Newsletter (Paris) ; and Maghreb Confidential (Paris). For more titles, see the content information.

    • News, Sports, and Information Services on Africa (via Columbia University Libraries)

    • PARLINE--Database on National Parliaments (Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland)
      A searchable directory of national assemblies and parliaments, with links to official web sites and recent document collections.

    • South Africa. Central Statistical Service (Pretoria)
    • United Kingdom. Foreign & Commonwealth Office on Sub Saharan Africa -and- Middle East & North Africa (London)

    • United Kingdom. Department for International Development on Eastern & Southern Africa ;
      West & Central ; Middle East & North Africa (London)
      --See also: Archive of past DFID programs in Africa (via The National Archives, UK)

    • United Kingdom. Overseas Development Institute (London)

    • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: Economic development in Africa series.
      -- Geneva, Switzerland: UNCTAD, 2000-

    • United Nations Environment Programme: GEO Data Portal (UNEP, Geneva, Switzerland)
      "...is the authoritative source for data sets used by UNEP and its partners in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report and other integrated environment assessments. Its online database holds more than 450 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps)."

    • United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
      -- Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) for Africa (English) or in French.
      Daily and weekly bulletins for regions and individual countries. Note: the archive only contains back issues from the past month or less. --ReliefWeb
      This searchable site provides links to full-length reports on areas of the world affected by humanitarian "emergencies", assorted on-line maps, and "the latest" news from many areas of the world.

    • USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (Washington, DC)
      An extensive, updated archive of all available USAID reports on individual projects and countries. Search by country and download (in PDF--Adobe Acrobat 5 or Word Perfect) -- or order USAID-funded publications (many on African countries and topics).

    • US Congressional Hearings -- via LexisNexis (Washington, DC)
      For Columbia faculty and students only: "The LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection includes abstracting, indexing, bibliographic information, and searchable PDFs for Congressional hearings from 1824-2003."

    • US Foreign Policy: Information Resources (Lehman Social Sciences Library, Columbia University Libraries, New York)

    • US Government Agencies on Africa -- Internet Resources (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)

    • The World Bank Publications (Washington, DC)
      • African development indicators. Annual. (Washington, DC: World Bank, c1995- )
        --See: 2008-2009 online edition
        Current print issue in Business REF: HC800.A1 A35
        Back issues in Business Stacks: HC800.A1 A35

      • World Bank e-Library
        For Columbia faculty and students only: search for all documents available in electronic full text.

      • Governance Matters 2009: Worldwide Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
        Data on 212 countries and territories, with charts and tables for 6 major "governance indicators" recognized by the Bank.

      • World Bank Africa database. CD-ROM. Annual. (Washington, DC: World Bank, 1999-2005)
        --Provides indicators for macroeconomic, sectoral and social data.
        Lehman EDS: CD-ROM HC800 .A1 W677, 2003-2005

    • World News Connection (National Technical Information Service ; Foreign Broadcast Information Service)
      Access restrictions: Columbia students and faculty only; or other institutional subscribers. Current news excerpted from major news agencies in Europe and US and in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Near East and North Africa; includes radio broadcasts. Warning: Older news coverage for Africa is poor.




  8. NEWSPAPERS AT COLUMBIA AND ELSEWHERE

    • Current Newspapers from Sub-Saharan Africa in Lehman Library

      • Title and place of publication listed only.

      • The Daily Independent. (Lagos)
      • The East African. (Nairobi)
      • The Guardian. (Lagos)
      • Mail & Guardian. (Johannesburg)
      • Rai. (Dar es Salaam ; Swahili weekly)
      • Sud quotidien. (Dakar)
      • The Sunday Independent. (Johannesburg)
      • The Sunday Nation. (Nairobi)
      • The Sunday Vision. (Kampala)


    • Back Issues of Newspapers of Africa on Microfilm at Columbia University Libraries

    • Some African newspapers NOT at Columbia may be found at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ; search the NYPL Research Libraries Catalog.

    • AFRINUL: African Newspapers Union List. A project of the Cooperative Africana Microform Project. (The Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois)
      A project --under construction-- consisting of a searchable database of holdings (mostly of current subscriptions) in North America. "Initially, this database ... will consolidate holdings information for collections in North America, but will later expand to include holdings in Africa, Europe, and elsewhere."
      -- For back issues of African newspapers on film at the Center for Research Libraries, search the main catalog.

    • Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Compiled by Columbia University Libraries.

    • All Africa.Com: Selected Articles from Electronic African Newspapers and Other Online News Sources
      For Columbia faculty and students only: search for articles since 1997.

    • Indexkenya.org: Kenya Indexing Project (Nairobi, Kenya)
      This free database provides only an index to topics covered in newspapers published (in Kenya only) for the period 1993 to 2002. There are no links to online archives, but there is a document delivery option. "Indexkenya.org is an online index of articles published in Nairobi newspapers. The focus of the articles indexed includes culture, law/governance, reproductive health, and other topics about which information is difficult to obtain."

    • World Newspaper Archive -- African Newspapers Collection In collaboration with The Center for Research Libraries (CRL). (Naples, Florida: Readex, 2010-)
      For Columbia faculty and students only: Select "More newspaper collections" to see the complete list and access the full text of the African newspapers (before 1923). This full-text database is Phase I of a long-term project.
      --A recent CRL newsletter article provides a partial list of the titles and dates covered.

    • See also: Aktueller Informationsdienst Afrika = Africa current affairs information service. (Hamburg, Germany: Institut für Afrika-Kunde, 1983-1998) Selected newspaper clips from around Africa.
      Lehman DT1 .A86 [1983-1998]



  9. GUIDES TO AFRICAN LANGUAGES TAUGHT AT COLUMBIA



  10. GUIDES TO DISSERTATIONS

    • African Theses and Dissertations -- on the Internet (Karen Fung, Africa South of the Sahara--Selected Internet Resources, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California)

    • The Center for Research Libraries: Dissertations Catalog (Chicago, Illinois)

    • Curto, José C. and Raymond R. Gervais. Bibliography of Canadian master's theses and doctoral dissertations on Africa, 1905-1993. (Montréal: Canadian Association of African Studies, 1994)
      Butler REF: R016 .378 AZ Af835

    • Cyberthèses: publication et diffusion en ligne des thèses (Lyons, France ; Montréal, Canada)
      For more information, see: Actualités
      --Selected French language theses in full text and abstracts from a project based at Université Montréal, Université de Genève, and Université Lumière de Lyon II.

    • Proquest Digital Dissertations. (Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest University Microfilms International, 1980-)
      Formerly Dissertation abstracts, older issues (1966-1987) in paper can be found in Butler stacks.

    • Lauer, Joseph J. et al., comps. American and Canadian doctoral dissertations and masters' theses on Africa, 1974-1987. (Atlanta: Crossroads Press and Emory University for the African Studies Association, 1989)
      Lehman REF: Z3501 .L33 1989

    • Lauer, Joseph J. et al., comps. "Recent Doctoral Dissertations." In ASA news: for African Studies Association members.. (Atlanta: African Studies Association)
      Lehman Current Periodical Reading Room
      Lehman Stacks: DT1 .A138
      (These are updates to Lauer et al., 1989, published 3 times per year.)

    • Mémoire Online Memoireonline.com (France)
      An open access, self-publishing masters' thesis depository (in HTML format only).

    • Price, Helen C. et al., comps. Theses on Africa, 1976-1988: accepted at the universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Published for the Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa. (London; New York: Hans Zell, 1993)
      Butler REF: R016 .37842 AZ Af831
      Lehman REF: Z3501 .P75 1993

    • ResearchKenya.org: Union List of Theses and Dissertations Held by Universities and Research Institutions in Kenya. (Ruth Thomas et al., Kenya Information Preservation Society, Nairobi, Kenya)

    • Sims, Michael and Alfred Kagan. American and Canadian doctoral dissertations and master's theses on Africa, 1886-1974. (Waltham, Mass.: African Studies Association, 1976)
      Butler REF

    • Catalogue SUDOC: Rechercher par "Note de thèse" (ABES--Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur, Montpellier, France)
      "[SUDOC est]...le catalogue collectif français réalisé par les bibliothèques et centres de documentation de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche. Il comprend plus de 9 millions de notices bibliographiques qui décrivent tous les types de documents (livres, thèses, revues, ressources électroniques, documents audiovisuels, microformes, cartes, partitions, manuscrits et livres anciens...)"

    • South African Universities -- Theses & Dissertations Catalogs and Selected Electronic Full-Text


  11. GUIDES TO ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS

    • Africana Library Catalogs and Archives Online (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)

    • African Activist Archive Project (African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
      The website includes galleries of documents, photographs, posters, audio and video files, and an extensive "archives list" for the U.S. "[The project] seeks to preserve for history the record of activities of U.S. organizations and individuals that supported African struggles for freedom and had a significant collective impact on U.S. policy during the period 1950-1994."

    • Agyei, Samuel Kwasi. A guide to the records relating to Ghana in repositories in the United Kingdom excluding the Public Record Office, London. [microfiche] (London: Altair, 1988)
      Lehman Library, 2nd floor: MICFICHE FX3 7868

    • Arabic literature of Africa. Edited by John O. Hunwick and R.S. O'Fahey. (Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill, 1994-)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: Z6605 .A6 A73 1994-
      Butler Stacks: Z6605 .A6 A73 1994-
      Burke (Union Theological Seminary): Z6605.A6 A73 1994-
      Volume 1- The writings of eastern Sudanic Africa to c.1900: compiled by R.S. O'Fahey with the assistance of Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Salim [et al.]
      Volume 2- The writings of central Sudanic Africa. Compiled by John O. Hunwick with the assistance of Razaq Abubakre [et al.]
      Volume 3- The writings of the Muslim peoples of northeastern Africa. Compiled by R. S. O’Fahey with the assistance of Hussein Ahmed [et al.]
      Volume 4- The writings of western Sudanic Africa. Compiled by John O. Hunwick.

    • Arabic Manuscripts from West Africa: A Catalog of the Melville J. Herskovits Library Collection, Northwestern University: The Umar Falke Collection, The John Paden Collection, The John Hunwick Collection, and The University of Ghana Collection. (Evanston, Illinois)

    • ArchiveGrid (OCLC Computer Library Center, USA)
      A searchable database of catalog records and contact information for archival collections worldwide.

    • Archives nationales de la France.  IREL: Etats général des fonds Le Centre des Archives d'Outre Mer. (Aix-en-Provence, France)

    • Archives nationales (France). Les archives nationales: état général des fonds. 5 vols. Publié sous la direction de Jean Favier. (Paris: Archives nationales, 1978-)
      Butler REF: R016 .944 F84
      (See Tome 3: Marine et oûtre-mer.)

    • Archives nationales du Sénégal (Dakar)

    • Bibliothèque nationale de France : Gallica Voyages en Afrique (Paris)

    • The Center for Research Libraries : Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) (Chicago, Illinois)
      • An archive of selected newspapers (including titles received on current subscriptions); journals; government publications; personal and corporate archives; personal papers of historians, journalists, anthropologists, geographers, and government leaders; writings in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and other European languages as well as works in Swahili, Xhosa, Zulu, and other African languages. Accessible through interlibrary loan.

      • Search the Center's online catalog.

    • Columbia University Libraries -- Archival Collections (New York)
    • Défap, Service Protestant de Mission, Bibliothèque d'histoire de la mission et de missiologie:
      Guides pour les archives manuscrites et imprimées -et- Archives iconographiques: Cameroun, Gabon, Lesotho, Madagascar, et Zambèze. Anciennement Société des missions évangéliques de Paris, 1822-1971. (Paris, France)
      --Catalogue en ligne

    • French, Tom. The SCOLMA directory of libraries and special collections on Africa in the United Kingdom and Western Europe. 5th ed. (London; New York: Hans Zell, 1993)
      Butler REF: R027 .2 Sco641
      Lehman REF: Z3501 .F75 1993

    • La Gazette des archives. Annual. (Paris: Association amicale professionnelle des archivistes français, 1933-)
      Butler Stacks: CD7 .G31)
      (many older back issues are in the Annex)

    • Germany. Reichskolonialamt. Reichskolonialamt. R 1001 Microfilm Collection at The Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois. (Koblenz, Germany: Bundesarchiv, 1996-) 862 reels, with online introduction in English.
      --See the 3-volume finding aid from Das Bundesarchiv, Butler REF: JV2018 .H65 2003g -or- online

    • Great Britain. Colonial Office. West African sources in British Colonial Office records. (London: Commonwealth Archivists Association, 1987)
      Butler Stacks: Z3516.5 .G74 1987g
      -- See also: United Kingdom, National Archives below; House of Commons--Parliamentary Papers above.

    • Instituto Português de Arquivos. Guia de fontes portuguesas para a história de Africa. 3 vols. (Lisboa, Portugal: Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses: Fundação Oreinte: Imprensa Nacional-Casa de Moeda, 1991-92)
      Butler REF (301 Butler): R016.96 G94

    • Jones, Adam. German sources for West African history, 1599-1669. (Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1983)
      Butler Stacks: DT472 .J66 1983

    • Kenya National Archives (Nairobi, Kenya)

    • Kenya National Archives Microfilm Collection at Syracuse University Library -- Guides
      (Syracuse, New York)
      The list of document titles and microfilm reel numbers; plus visitor information. "The selected documents include 157 microfilm reels...and a large number of newspapers, journals, and papers of assorted associations also on microfilm."
      --See also: Printed guides (1971-84) in African Studies Reading Rm, 607 Butler: Z7165.A42 S9

    • Legal records in the Commonwealth. (Aldershot, UK; Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar, 1994)
      LAW Stacks)
      (Check PEGASUS, the Law Library online catalog.)

    • The Library of Congress: "The State of Arabic Manuscript Collections in Nigeria" (2007) Report of a Survey Tour to Northern Nigeria, March 3-19, 2007. (Dr. Angel Batiste, Area Specialist, Sub-Saharan Africa; Washington, DC)

    • McIlwaine, John. Writings on African archives. (London; New Jersey: Hans Zell, 1996)
      African Studies Reading Room, 607 Butler: Z5140 .M45 1996
      Butler REF: R016.96 M2273

    • Mundus: gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom (Archive Staff, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK)

    • Musiker, Reuben. Companion to South African libraries. (Craighall, South Africa: Ad. Donker, 1986)
      Offsite: Z857.S35 M868 1986g

    • National Archives of Nigeria (Abuja)
      The site includes detailed information on all branches and archival finding aids for major collections around the country.

    • National Archives of South Africa (Pretoria)
      The site offers general information about the NASA and access to the various databases of the NAAIRS--National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System.

    • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division
      The New York Public Library (New York)

    • South, Aloha. Guide to Federal archives relating to Africa. (Waltham, MA: African Studies Association, 1977)
      Butler REF: R016.96 G94

    • South, Aloha. Guide to non-Federal archives and manuscripts in the United States relating to Africa. 2 vols. (London; New York: Hans Zell, 1988)
      Butler REF: R016.96 So87

    • South Africa: the making of U.S. policy, 1962-1989: guide and index. (Alexandria, VA: National Security Archive, 1991)
      Lehman REF: FX3 4765 Guide
      --See also: Online version of guide and documents (via Digital National Security Archive)

    • Swahili manuscripts from the School of Oriental and African Studies [Microform]. 45 reels ; 35 mm. (Marlborough, Wiltshire, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 2004-2005)
      Butler Microforms, 401 Butler: MICROFILM F d70941
      Pt. 1. The Taylor, Hichens and Werner collections. pt. 2. The Knappert, Whiteley, Allen, Misc. and Yahya Ali Omar collections. [Manuscripts dating from the 1790s to the 1970s.]
      --See also: Online guide to the collections --and-- Selected text excerpts, with audio samples.

    • Thurston, Anne. Guide to archives and manuscripts relating to Kenya and East Africa in the United Kingdom. 2 vols. (London; New York: Hans Zell, 1991)
      Butler Stacks: Z3587 .T48 1991

    • United Kingdom. Archives Hub: a national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges (University of Manchester, UK)

    • United Kingdom. The National Archives -- Academic Research (Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK)
      --Search the catalogue
      --See also: Administering the Empire, 1801-1968: a guide to the records of the Colonial Office in the National Archives of the UK. By Mandy Banton. (London: University of London, Institute of Historical Research, c2008)
      Butler REF: CD1052 .A53 2008
      --Plus: Researching British Colonies and Dominions in the National Archives -and-
      House of Commons--Parliamentary Papers (above).

    • West African Arabic Manuscript Project & Database (Prof. Charles C. Stewart and Bruce Stewart Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois)
      A catalog of West African Arabic manuscript collections from Kano--Nigeria at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), from Ségou (Mali) at La Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris), in Boutilimit and Nouakchott--Mauritania, Timbuctu--Mali, and Niamey--Niger. The database is searchable in English or in Arabic.

    • World directory of map collections. 3rd ed. (Munich; New York: K.G. Sauer, 1993)
      Butler REF: R912 .W89

    • World survey of Islamic manuscripts. 5 vols. Edited by Geoffrey Roper. (London: Al Furqar Islamic Heritage Foundation; Leiden: E.J. Brill, distributor, 1991-1994)
      Islamic Studies Reading Room, 602 Butler: Z6605 .07 W67 1992g
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