{"id":2,"date":"2024-08-26T17:28:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:59:40","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/","title":{"rendered":"African Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Africana collections of the\u00a0University of Illinois Library\u00a0are among the finest in the world. The University Library has made a serious commitment to acquire Africa-related materials since 1969. The collection covers all African countries and includes materials in more than 80 African languages; Swahili, Arabic, and Amharic are its most heavily collected languages. The collections are interdisciplinary, in all formats, and concentrated mainly in the humanities, social sciences, human rights, law, and agriculture. The Library has an extraordinary collection of primary source materials for Africana in print and microform.<\/p>\n<p>Africana materials are estimated at 295,000 in all formats. The collection contains more than 245,000 printed volumes, mostly in English, with a large number in French, and smaller numbers in Portuguese, German, and other European languages. It also contains more than 15,000 Arabic-language volumes that deal with African topics and more than 5,000 in Amharic, Hausa, Swahili, Wolof, and other African languages. In addition, it contains 2,900 serials, 46,000 maps, 12,000 microforms, and more than 800 films.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the decentralized nature of the library, the collection is distributed by subject and format throughout the system, with its greatest parts in the Library\u2019s general book stacks and at the Oak Street Facility. The Reference collection is housed at the International and Area Studies, Room 321 on the Main Library\u2019s 3rd floor. It contains Africa-specific indexes, bibliographies, handbooks, directories, and other reference materials, as wells a current-year collection of some of the most-read general periodicals. Older issues of these periodicals are shelved in the Library\u2019s general stacks, at the subject libraries, and at the Oak Street Facility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-4 sh-pb-3\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"image_gallery_container\" class=\"flex flex-row sh-gap-4\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full md:sh-w-1\/1\">\n        <div class=\"sh-relative sh-mb-2 sh-text-center\">\n        <a class=\"focusable-link sh-block hover:sh-outline hover:sh-outline-offset-2 hover:sh-outline-2 hover:sh-outline-altgeld\"  href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/african\">\n          <div class=\"sh-absolute sh-bottom-0 sh-p-2 sh-w-full sh-mb-0 sh-text-white\" style=\"background: rgba(200,65,19,1); font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;\">\n            LibGuides\n          <\/div>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/09\/Africa_Image_Gallery_1-e1726766096773.jpg\" alt=\"img description\">\n        <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-4 sh-pb-3\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"image_gallery_container\" class=\"flex flex-row sh-gap-4\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full md:sh-w-1\/1\">\n        <div class=\"sh-relative sh-mb-2 sh-text-center\">\n        <a class=\"focusable-link sh-block hover:sh-outline hover:sh-outline-offset-2 hover:sh-outline-2 hover:sh-outline-altgeld\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/systems\/afrdb1\/index.php\">\n          <div class=\"sh-absolute sh-bottom-0 sh-p-2 sh-w-full sh-mb-0 sh-text-white\" style=\"background: rgba(19,41,75,1); font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;\">\n            Films\n          <\/div>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/09\/Africa_Image_Gallery_2-e1726766205976.jpg\" alt=\"img description\">\n        <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-4 sh-pb-3\"><br \/>\n<div id=\"image_gallery_container\" class=\"flex flex-row sh-gap-4\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full md:sh-w-1\/1\">\n        <div class=\"sh-relative sh-mb-2 sh-text-center\">\n        <a class=\"focusable-link sh-block hover:sh-outline hover:sh-outline-offset-2 hover:sh-outline-2 hover:sh-outline-altgeld\"  href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.illinois.edu\/collections\/8132f520-e3fb-012f-c5b6-0019b9e633c5-f\">\n          <div class=\"sh-absolute sh-bottom-0 sh-p-2 sh-w-full sh-mb-0 sh-text-white\" style=\"background: rgba(200,65,19,1); font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;\">\n            Maps of Africa to 1900\n          <\/div>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/105\/2024\/09\/Africa_Image_Gallery_3-e1726766244635.jpg\" alt=\"img description\">\n        <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Africana collections of the\u00a0University of Illinois Library\u00a0are among the finest in the world. The University Library has made a serious commitment to acquire Africa-related materials since 1969. The collection covers all African countries and includes materials in more than 80 African languages; Swahili, Arabic, and Amharic are its most heavily collected languages. 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