Research Guides
History : Africa: Primary Sources
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African history.
Major Collections
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Africa Commons: History and Culture This link opens in a new windowPortal to African historical and cultural materials including texts, images, magazines & films.
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African Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new windowAfrican newspapers, mostly in English dating from the 19th century to 1922
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive This link opens in a new windowPrimary sources on the transatlantic slave trade, abolitionist movements, institution of slavery in the US and Latin America, and emancipation.
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Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa This link opens in a new window27,000+ sources related to the liberation struggles in southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia & Zimbabwe).
General Collections on Africa
For additional digitized sources on Africa see Digital Sources in Europe for African History (in Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources)
North Africa
West Africa
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Africa Commons: West African Magazines This link opens in a new window
Southern Africa
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Africa Commons: Black South African Magazines This link opens in a new window
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Africa Commons: Southern African Films and Documentaries This link opens in a new window
East Africa
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Africa Commons: East African Magazines, Newspapers, and Films: The Hilary Ngweno Archive This link opens in a new window