This guide is designed for new researchers who need to find articles, sources, and get started with research in topics related to the history of Africa from early times to the present.
Getting Started
Start with:
- Black Studies Periodicals DatabaseFind articles from scholarly journals in the field of Black Studies from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean. Coverage is international in scope and multidisciplinary; spanning cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, and political issues of importance to the Black Studies discipline.
- Africa-Wide InformationProduced by NISC South Africa, Africa-Wide Information is a multidisciplinary database of research and publications by Africans and about Africa. It sources information from Africa, Europe and North America. Limited to 1 user at a time.
Then try any of the following:
- Historical AbstractsFind journal articles covering world history from 1450 to the present. Limited to 6 simultaneous users.
- PAIS Index (Political Science and Public Policy)PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) searches journals and other sources on issues of political science and public policy. This includes government, politics, international relations, human rights and more.
Also check out:
- African American Newspapers (1827-1998)Use this database to find newspapers published by or for African Americans exploring such diverse disciplines as cultural, literary and social history, ethnic studies, political science, ethnic studies, diaspora studies, and womens studies.
- African Newspapers : The British Library CollectionMore than 60 African historical newspapers from the nineteenth century originally archived by the British Library.
- African Newspapers: World Newspaper ArchiveMore than 40 nineteenth- and twentieth-century African newspapers. Featuring titles from Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
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