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History - Africa

A guide to African history resources recommended by the library.

Online Primary Sources

African Online Digital Library
Manuscripts, printed documents, images, oral histories and interviews on various aspects of African history.

Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
Slides, photographs and sound recordings

World Digital Library
A project that includes the cultural heritage of countries around the world.

The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs, 1860-1960
Photos documenting the African colonial era to the dawn of independence.

Images of Colonialism
Late-19th and early-20th century trade cards and illustrated European newspapers that document how popular perceptions of Africa were propagated.

Vernon McKay photographs
African daily life in the mid-20th century.

Slavery Images

Slave Voyages
Records of the largest slave trades in history

African Studies Multimedia Archives
Maps, images of art, wildlife, artifacts, and much more.

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
Images of an online exhibition catalog.

African Politics Web Archive
Websites of election campaigns in Africa since 2014.

Statistics

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Economic, Infrastructure and Agriculture Statistics; Demographic and Social Statistics; Statistical Development, Data Innovation and Outreach; and Geospatial Information Management Systems.

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