Africa South of the Sahara
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Indexes/Bibliographies
Guides
Chronologies
Biography
Maps
Statistics
Archives
Primary Sources
Internet Sites
Journals (print and electronic)
Histories and Special Series
Associations
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara
- King Ref DT 351.E53 1997
- Encyclopedia of Pre-Colonial Africa
- King Ref DT 2. E53 1997
- African Historical Dictionaries
- Series scattered in King Ref D's
- Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa
- King Ref DT 3 .C35 1981
- Africana: Encyclopedia of the African and of the African American Experience
- King Ref DT 14 .R37435
- Dictionary of African Mythology
- King Ref BL 2400 .S24 2000
Indexes/Bibliographies
Major/Comprehensive
- International African Bibliography 1971-
- King Ref Z 3501.I58x
- Africa Bibliography 1984-
- King Ref DT3. A24
- AfricaBib
- http://www.africabib.org
(Contains African Women's Bibliographic Database, Bibliography of African Periodical
Literature Database, Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa)
Retrospective
- Africa South of the Sahara: Index to Periodical Literature 1900-1971, 1972-1985
- SW Depository DT 348 .A57 1971 (4 vols)
SW Depository DT 348 .A572 1985
Documents LC 41.12 Af8
- Africana Book Review 1885 - 1945: an Index to Books Reviewed in Selected English
Language Publications.
- SW Depository Z3501 .E35
- History of SubSaharan Africa: a Select Bibliography of Books 1945 -1975
- DT 352.5 .M37 1978
- Works in African History: an index to reviews
- SW Depository DT20 .H456 (1960-1982)
- Current bibliography on African affairs
- SW Depository 3:3(1964)- 4(1993/94) -- with gaps
- Works in African History: An Index to Reviews (1960-1982)
- SW Depository DT 20 .H456
- African Abstracts 1952-1972
- SW Depository DT1 .I553
- Bibliography of African geography, 1940-1964
- SW Depository Z3501 .S63
- Index to the African studies review/bulletin and the ASA review of books, 1958-1990
- DT1 .H684 1991
- Analytic index of Presence africaine, 1947-1972
- GN645.P742 O37
Guides
- Africa a Guide to Reference Material
- King Ref DT3 .M355 1993
- African Studies Companion: A Resource Guide and Directory
- King Ref DT 19.8 .Z45 1997
- African Studies Thesuarus
- King Ref Z695.1 .A37 O85 1992
- Reference Guide to Africa: A Bibliography of Sources
- King Ref DT 4 .K353 1999
Chronologies
- Pan African Chronology
- King Ref E185.18 .J46 1996
King Ref E185.2 .J46 1998
(vol 3 on order 6/01)
- African
Slave Trade and European Imperialism
- http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/timeline3.htm
- Black Handbook
- King Ref DT 20.B86 1997
Biography
- African States and Rulers
- King Ref DT 31.S7859 1999
- Dictionary of African Historical Biography
- King Ref DT352.L56 1986
- African Biographical Dictionary
- King Ref DT18 .B76 1994
- Dictionary of African Biography
- King Ref DT18 .D55
- African Post Colonial
Literature in English
- http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/misc/africov.html
- Makers of Modern Africa
- King Ref CT 1920.M34 1991
- New Dictionary of African Biography
- King Ref DT 1924 .N48 1995
Maps
- Africa on File
- King Ref DT6.7.A34 1992 2vols.
- African History on File
- King Ref DT 20.A6194 1994
- Historical
Maps of Africa from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_africa.html
- New Atlas of African History
- King Ref G2446 .S1 F73 1991
- African History in Maps
- King Ref G 2446.S1 A4 1983
- New Atlas of African History
- King Ref G 2446.S1 F3 1991
- History Atlas of Africa
- King Ref G 2446 .S1 K3 1998
- Historical Atlas of Africa
- King Ref G 246 .S1 H5 1985
Statistics
- International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993
- King Ref HA4675 .M55 1998
- African statistical yearbook. Annuaire statistique pour l'Afrique. 1984-
- Documents UN HA4671.A1 A35
Archives
- Guides, Collections and
Ancillary Materials to African Archival Resources in the United States (part
of the Electronic Journal of African Bibliography).
- http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/1/index.html
- H-Net African
Archives List
- http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/archive/index.html
- Africa Research Central
- http://www.africa-research.org/mainframe.html
- Directory of Documentation, Libraries andArchives Services in Africa
- Ref Z 857.A1 D57 1977
- United States and Africa: A Guide to U.S. Official Documents 1785 - 1975
- Documents LC 1.12/2:Af 8/2/785-975
Primary Sources
Documentary Sources
- Internet African
History Sourcebook
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
- Africa Research Central: A Clearing
house of African Primary Sources
- http://africa-research.csusb.edu/
- African History
- V1 Western African History DT470.2 .C655 1990
V2 Eastern African History DT365.13 .C655 1990
V3 Central and South African History DT 1009 .C655 1990
- Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers (19th century)
- Colonies Africa (70 vols) King Folio JQ1881 .A2173
Slave Trade (95 vols) King Folio HT1161 .I73
Colonies General (37 vols) King Folio JV 33 .G7 I7
- British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office
Confidential Print
- Pt I (1848-1914) (25 vols) King Folio JX632 .B769 1995
Pt II (1914-1939) (30 vols) King Folio JX632 .B769 1994
- Africa Contemporary Record 1968-1990
- King Ref DT 1 .L41
- Records of South Eastern Africa 1506-1875
- DT 766 .T54 1964
- East African Coast: Select Documents from the first to the early nineteenth century
- DT 365 .A3 F73 1975
- Historical
Text Archive: Africa
- http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=5
- Great Britain. Colonial Office. Confidential Print:
- Africa IMC Micro
Cape Colony (3 groups) IMC Micro
Gold Coast IMC Micro
Lagos IMC Micro
Northern Nigeria IMC Micro
Egypt and the Sudan IMC Micro
Slave Trade IMC Micro
Madagascar IMC Micro
- South Africa. Native Affairs Commission
- Microfilm
- Argief-jaarbook vir Suid - Afrikaanse Geskiedenis (Archives Yearbook for South
African History) 1938-1994
- Circ/SW Depository CD2450.A7
Guides to Archives/Sources
- Guide to the Public Records of Southern Rhodesia under the Regime of the British
South Africa Company 1890-1923
- SW Depository CD 2433.N37 1956
- Guide ot the Kenya National Archives
- SW Depository CD 2491.K4 G7x
- Guide to the Historical Manuscripts in the National Archives of Rhodesia
- SW Depository CD2434.N37 1970
- Guide to the Official Records of the Colony of Natal
- SW Depository DT2189.W433 1965
- Materials for West African History in the Archives of the United Kingdom
- SW Depository CD1000.G8 no.5
- Materials for West African History in the Archives of Belgium and Holland
- SW Depository CD1000 .G8 no.1
- Materials for West African History in French Archives
- SW Depository CD 2491.W4 C3 1968
- Materials for West African History in Italian Archives
- SW Depository CD2491 .W4 G72x
- Materials for West African History in Portuguese Archives
- SW Depository CD 2491.W4 R92x
- Suid Afrikaanse argiefstukke. Kaap
- SW Depository DT751 .A15
- South African archival records. Natal
- DT866 .S68
- Suid-Afrikaanse argiefstukke. Oranje-Vrystaat
- SW Depository DT891 .S68
- Suid-Afrikaanse argiefstukke. Transvaal
- SW Depository DT912 .S93
- Guide to African American and African primary sources at Harvard University
- DT3 .B87 2000
- Periodicals from Africa : a bibliography and union list of periodicals published
in Africa
- SW Depository Z3503 .T73
- United States and sub-Saharan Africa : guide to U.S. official documents and government-sponsored
publications, 1976-1980
- SW Depository DT3 .W57 1984x
- A guide to manuscripts and documents in the British Isles relating to Africa
- CD1048.A3 P43 1993 v.1
SW Depository CD1048.A3 M36 (older, but more complete)
Internet Sites
- H-AFRICA
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/
- Encourages the interdisciplinary discussion of Africa's history and culture and
African studies in general. See especially the section of Internet sources (http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/internet/index.html)
- Open Directory Project,
African Section
- http://www.dmoz.org/Society/History/Africa/
- Africa South
of the Sahara: History
- http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html
- Electronic Journal of African Bibliography
- http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/
- Story
of Africa (BBC)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
- Wonders of the African World (PBS program
with Henry Louis Gates)
- http://www.pbs.org/wonders/
- Talking Africa
- http://talkingafrica.szs.net/directory/index.html
- African Studies Center
- http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
Journals
Miami's African History Journals
- See also Journals Table of Contents maintained by H-AFRICA
- http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/toc/index.html
Histories and Special Series
- General History of Africa (UNESCO)
- DT 20 .G45 1981
- Cambridge History of Africa
- DT 20 .C28
- Colonialism in Africa 1870-1969
- DT 31 .G35 5 vols
- Modern Economic History of Africa
- HC800 .Z45 1993
- History of East Africa
- DT 365 .O4
- History of South Africa (@1918)
- DT 766 .T37 1964
- Survey of race relations in South Africa (also titled: South Africa survey and
Race relations survey)
- DT763 .S79 1951
Associations
- African Association of Political Science
- http://www.aaps.co.zw/
- African Studies Association
- http://www.africanstudies.org/
- African Studies Centre
- http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/
- Royal Society of South Africa
- http://www.uct.ac.za/org/rssa/
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