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History : Africa: Primary Sources

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African history.

Images: 1920 issue O Africano newspaper courtesy of African Newspapers, African women working in Deutsch-Ostafrika courtesy of the Koloniales Bildarchiv & 1948 letter from Anna Hodge courtesy of William V.S. Tubman Papers, 1904-1992

Major 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)

African Newspapers, Series 1 This link opens in a new window
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Central Africa

Horn of Africa

North Africa

West Africa

Southern Africa

Africa Commons: Black South African Magazines This link opens in a new window
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East Africa

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2023 3:59 PM
URL: https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/history-africa
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Subjects: African Studies, History

Tags: african history