Library Guides: African Studies: Home

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This guide presents some useful resources, but it is not intended to be comprehensive. If you have a question, please contact me.

Recent acquisition:

Governing Africa, 1808-1995 This link opens in a new window
Purchase of nearly a dozen collections completes this series. We now have access to British records from African countries under colonial rule (annual reports, blue books (1821-1953) and government gazettes (1808-1956).

Primary source documents include annual reports, laws, and accounts sent to the British Government by colonial administrations in Africa as well as material on Apartheid era South Africa. Series includes 14 collections.

Oxford Bibliographies Online: African Studies
Key resource identifying core research on selected topics.

Annotated bibliography addressing themes and topics in African Studies
Africa Confidential
Key resource for current information.

In-depth news and analysis on significant political, economic, and security developments.

African Studies Internet Resources
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Columbia University's collection of African Studies internet resources.
Studying Africa
Previous editions include earlier references.
Studying Africa, 2011
Studying Africa, 2005

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A guide to handbooks, databases, statistics, and various research tools for finding facts and identifying literature.

African Studies at the University of Chicago
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The heart of African Studies at the University of Chicago is the African Studies Workshop.
CRL's African Studies Collection
CAMP's Guides to Collections
Center for Research Libraries' Reading Room
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To use CRL material, place an interlibrary loan request or make an appointment to visit the Reading Room.
Northwestern University Library's Africana Collection
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The Melville J. Herskovits Library at Northwestern is the premier library in the country for African studies.
Northwestern University's Program of African Studies
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PAS sponsors various events throughout the year.
African Studies Association
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The ASA Annual Meeting is held in November.

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Subjects: African Studies

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