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Reference Resources

Highlighted titles are also available online

 

Dictionary of African Mythology


Encyclopedia of African History REF DT20.E53 2005 (3 Vol.)


Encyclopedia of African nations and Civilizations REF DT14.E43


Encyclopedia of Islam REF DS37.E523


New Encyclopedia of Africa REF DT2.N48 2008 (5 Vol.)

 

Pan-African History : Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora Since 1787

 

 

Databases

CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online covers international affairs including working papers from universities, occasional papers from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, conference proceedings, books, and journals.


Historical Abstracts World history since 1450. Periodical articles, books, reviews, collections, and dissertations.


JSTOR Almost 800 multidisciplinary and subject-specific full-text, scholarly journals including 32 African Studies journals.

 

PAIS Archive 1937-1976 International public affairs, current events, issues, and foreign and domestic policies covering journal articles, books, government documents, and statistical directories.

 

PAIS International1972-present International public affairs, current events, issues, and foreign and domestic policies covering journal articles, books, government documents, and statistical directories.


Project Muse Arts, humanities, and social sciences. 600 multidisciplinary and subject-specific scholarly journals inluding Africa, Africa Today, and East African Social Science Review.

 

Websites

African National Congress Contains government resources, historical documents, and full texts of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports.


Africa Past and Present Podcasts about African history, culture and politics.

 

Africa Research Central Searchable database allows you to locate primary source repositories in Africa.


Africa South of the Sahara Sponsored by Stanford University, with links to all countries and areas including national archives and government resources.

 

Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas Over 1200 images from maps to drawings of the capture of slaves and slave ships.


Internet African History Sourcebook From Fordham University.


Transatlantic Slave Trade 1595-1866 Database containing information on over 30,000 slaving voyages.


 
 

BBC Africa News


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LC Call Numbers

DT 160-177 North Africa


DT181-346 Barbary States


DT 348-363 Central Sub-Saharan


DT 365-469 Eastern Africa


DT 470-671 West Africa


DT 1001-1190 Southern Africa

 
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