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.

Highlighted Resource: Africa Confidential

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Oxford Bibliographies Online: African Studies
Key resource identifying core research on a topic.

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
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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.
Apply for borrowing privileges at Northwestern University Library.
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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Dissertation Office, JRL 100B
The University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago IL 60637

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