Research Guide: Selected African History Resources
April 11, 2012
Handbooks, Encyclopedias, and History Sets
Africa South of the Sahara. London: Europa Publications Ltd., 1971-. 316 Af8, most recent in IAS Africana
Reference
Appiah, Kwame Anthony, and Henry Louis Gates, eds. Africana: Encyclopedia of the African and African
American Experience. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Q. 909.0496003 Af83 2005 History;
DT14 .A37435 2005 Undergrad
The Cambridge History of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975-1986. 8 vols. 960 C144
History, Oak Street
Esposito, John L., ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2009. 6 vols. Online. Q.909.097671003 Ox2 2009 History; DS35.53 O96 2009R IAS Asian
Reference
General History of Africa. London: Heinemann Educational Books; Berkeley: University of California Press,
1981-1993. 8 vols. 960.072 G286 1981 History, Main Stacks
Jenkins, Everett. Pan-African Chronology: a Comprehensive Reference to the Black Quest for Freedom in
Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Jefferson, N.C.: MacFarland & Co., 2011. 3 vols. 909.0496
J415P IAS Africana Reference
The Middle East and North Africa. London: Europa Publications, 1964-. 315.6 M584, most recent in IAS
Africana Reference
The New Atlas of African History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. Q. 911.6 F877N IAS Africana
Reference, Map & Geography
Page, Willie F., ed. Encyclopedia of African History and Culture. New York: Facts On File, 2005. DT .P27
2005 Undergrad
Shillington, Kevin, ed. Encyclopedia of African History. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. DT20 .E53
2005 Undergrad Reference
Stewart, John. African States and Rulers. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2006. 2 vols. 960.03 St 49a
2006 IAS Africana Reference
Vogel, Joseph O., ed. Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and
Environments. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press, 1997. Q. 960.03 EN19 IAS Africana
Reference
Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe and Dickson Eyoh, eds. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. London,
Routledge, 2003. 960.3103 En192 IAS Africana Reference, History, and Oak Street
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Country-Specific Sources
African Historical Dictionaries Series. Most recent in IAS Africana
World Bibliographical Series. Most recent in IAS Africana
African Studies Indexes and Bibliographies
Current Bibliography on African Affairs. Farmingdale, N.Y.: Baywood Pub. Co., 1962-. 016.9605 C936N.S.
most recent in IAS Africana
Kagan, Alfred. “History,” chapter in Reference Guide to Africa: a Bibliography of Sources. 2nd ed. Lanham,
MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005. 016.96 K119r 2005 IAS Africana, Main Reference; Z3501 .K153 2005
Music & Performing Arts Reference
General Indexes and Databases
British Humanities Index. London: The Library Association, 1963-2007. 050 BR Main Stacks Reference
Biographical Sources
Africa Who’s Who. London: Africa Journal Limited for Africa Books, 1996. 960.320922 AF83 Main
Reference, IAS Africana
African Biographical Archive. Munchen: K.G. Saur Verlag, 1995. MFICHE 920.06 AF832 Main Reference
Makers of Modern Africa: Profiles in History. London: Africa Journal Limited for African Books, 1996.
960.30922 M289 IAS Africana
Who’s Who in the Arab World. Beirut: Publitec Editions, 1965/1966-. 315.6 W62 Main Stacks
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