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African Studies: Reference

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Africa by Henry Louis Gates (Editor); Kwame Anthony Appiah (Editor)
The most up-to-date and thorough reference in world history, politics, and culture on this region.
Oxford encyclopedia of African historiography
First comprehensive collection of the methods and sources that scholars use to explore African history.
Africa Yearbook Online
The Africa Yearbook covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa year by year.
Encyclopedia of African colonial conflicts
Examines the wars of colonial conquest fought in Africa during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Garland handbook of African music
Detailed, regional studies of the different musical cultures of Africa and examine the ways in which music helps to define identity.
Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History
Explores the ways in which the peoples of Africa and their politics, states, societies, economies, environments, cultures and arts were transformed during the last century.
Encyclopedia of African Literature by Simon Gikandi (Editor)
Call Number: MAIN Doe Reference PL8010 .E63 2003

Publication Date: 2003

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Encyclopedia of African Religions and Philosophy
Presents African thinkers, concepts, and traditions; considers many religious and philosophical systems of Africa

Biography

Bibliographies

Africa by John McIlwaine
Call Number: Z3501 .M3 2007 Doe Reference Reference Hall
Africa Bibliography
African Books in Print
Current Bibliography on African Affairs
International African Bibliography
Reference Guide to Africa by Alfred Kagan
ISBN: 081085208X
Resources for College Libraries by Marcus Elmore (Editor)
ISBN: 0835248550
Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Bibliography
ISBN: 0954102959

Handbooks

UNESCO General History of Africa by Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Editor); UNESCO Staff
ISBN: 0520039122
Historical Dictionary of Nigeria by Toyin Falola; Ann Genova; Falola/Genova
ISBN: 9780810856158
A Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa by Daniel Seddon-Daines (As told to); David Seddon
ISBN: 1857432134

Encyclopedias in Print