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AFRICAN STUDIES RESEARCH GUIDE: BOOKS

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SOURCES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

  • African Historical Dictionaries series. 1975- . [Search under Series]
    More than 30 volumes on individual African countries. Covers geography, history, economic and social conditions, institutions, and biographical information. Reference, Various Locations
  • The African Political Dictionary Reference DT30.5 .P47 1984
  • The Cambridge encyclopedia of Africa Reference DT3 .C35 1981
  • Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara, 4 vols. Reference DT351 .E53 1997
  • The encyclopedia of precolonial Africa : archaeology, history, languages, cultures, and environments Reference DT2 .E53 1997
  • The peoples of Africa : an ethnohistorical dictionary Reference GN645 .O47 1996

Guides and Bibliographies

  • Africa : a guide to reference material Reference DT3 .M3 1992
  • Africa South of the Sahara Reference DT351 .A37
  • The African studies companion : a resource guide & directory Reference DT19.8 .Z45 1997
  • African international relations : an annotated bibliography Reference DT31 .A5 1997
  • African music : a bibliographical guide to the traditional, popular, art, and liturgical musics of Sub-Saharan Africa Reference ML120.A35 G7 1991
  • African writers, 2 vols. Reference PL8010 .A453 1996
  • Black Africa : a comparative handbook Reference DT352.8 .M67 1989
  • Black African literature in English, 1987-1991 Reference PR9340 .L55 1995
  • Bibliography of African literatures Reference PN849.A35 L5 1996
  • Bibliographies for African studies, 1987-1993 Reference DT351 .S345 1994
  • Contemporary African Politics and Development: A Comprehensive Bibliography, 1981-1990 Reference HC800 .C6 1994
  • French colonial Africa : a guide to official sources Reference DT532 .W47 1992
  • Handbook of political science research on sub-Saharan Africa : trends from the 1960s to the 1990s Reference JA84.A337 H36 1992
  • Pan-Africanism : an annotated bibliography Reference DT30.5 .W55 1993
  • Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African writers. Third series Reference PS221 .D45 v.157

Biographical Sources

  • 100 great Africans Reference DT18 .R34 1994
  • An African biographical dictionary Reference DT18 .B76 1994
  • Dictionary of African historical biography Reference DT352.6 .L56 1987
  • Political leaders of contemporary Africa south of the Sahara : a biographical dictionary Reference DT352.8 .P63 1992
  • Who's Who in Africa : leaders for the 1990s Reference DT18 .R35 1992

Maps

  • The Conservation atlas of tropical forests : Africa Reference G2446.K3 C6 1991
  • The new atlas of African history Reference G2446.S1 F73 1991

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