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Other Africana Libraries<\/h2>\n\n- Basler Afrika Bibliographen<\/a>
\nNamibia Resource Center and South Africa Library in Switzerland<\/li>\n- Boston University, African Studies Library<\/a>
\nThe African Studies Libraries comprises an entire floor in the main library. The collection, briefly described, is substantial<\/li>\n- British Library, Resources for African Studies<\/a>
\nIn all areas–books, prints manuscripts, maps, music–the library’s collections have great historical depth. This site constitutes a guide to the most important collections with African materials<\/li>\n- Center for Research Libraries<\/a>
\nFrom the CRL homepage scroll down to “Projects” and finds links to “CAMP” and “Foreign Newspaper Holdings.” CAMP stands for the Cooperative Africana Microform Project, and offers one of the largest collections of African Newspapers on microform. These are available through inter-library loan<\/li>\n- Central Library of African Studies<\/a>
\n“The Central Library of African Studies (Biblioteca Central de Estudos Africanos) “is a joint effort of four portuguese research centers on african studies: the Centro de Estudos Africanos do ISCTE, the Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto, the Centro de Estudos sobre \u00c1frica e do Desenvolvimento do ISEG\/UTL, and the Centro de Estudos Africanos da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa. The library is located within the Library of ISCTE, and contains over 15 thousand volumes.”<\/span><\/li>\n- Columbia University, Africana Library Catalogs and Archives<\/a><\/li>\n
- Cornell University, John Henrik Clarke Africana Library<\/a>
\nLocated in the Africana Studies and Research Center, where it supports research and teaching activities. Collection focuses on history and cultures of peoples of African ancestry in the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean<\/li>\n- Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark<\/a>
\nIncludes sections on CDR library services, collections, databases, and CDR publications<\/li>\n- ELDIS<\/a>
\nElectronic Development and Environment Information System hosted by British Library for Development Studies. Outstanding resources on Africa<\/a><\/li>\n- Frankfurt University Library, Africa South of the Sahara<\/a>
\nLocated at the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt, Germany, this special collection focuses on the languages, history, and culture of more than 40 African countries. Information is available in English, but the majority of the collection is in German. The University Library also hosts the library of the German Colonial Society <\/a>and a Colonial Picture Archive<\/a>. (Note-both sites are in German)<\/li>\n- Indiana University at Bloomington, African Studies Collections<\/a>
\nIndiana’s collection is particularly strong in African languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics, and includes substantial holdings in anthropology, history, and political science as well. Geographical emphases include West and West Central Africa, and Southern Africa<\/li>\n- Leiden Centre for African Studies Library<\/a>
\nContains access to online public access to the Centre’s 55,000 book collection as well as the Leiden African Studies Database<\/a>. This unique African studies data base contains titles of monographs, journal articles and chapters from edited works acquired since 1988. Most entries include professional in-depth abstracts. The Library is especially strong in the social sciences, and covers both North and Sub-Saharan Africa<\/li>\n- Library of Congress, African Section<\/a>
\nOne of the best collections in the world, particulary strong in economics, history, linguistics, and literature<\/li>\n- Michigan State University, Africana Collection<\/a>
\nMuch of the collection is housed in the Main Library<\/li>\n- Northwestern University, Herskovits Library<\/a>
\nThe premier Africana collection in the country, and the largest separate African Studies library in the world. Worth a visit for any Africanist scholar<\/li>\n- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library<\/a>
\nPromotes study of the histories and cultures of Africa and of peoples of African descent throughout the world. Comprised of five divisions: Art and Artifacts; General Research and Reference; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books; Moving Image and Recorded Sound; Photographs and Prints. Collections are particularly strong in the arts, humanities and social sciences<\/li>\n- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art Branch Library<\/a>
\nVisual arts library, with supporting collections in history, archaeology, religion, oral traditions, music, and literature<\/li>\n- Stanford University, African Studies Collection<\/a>
\nWhile there isn’t a general African Studies “library collection“<\/span> description for Stanford, this page points to library resources at Stanford and an internet resources list. Stanford offers an excellent collection of British documents on Africa<\/a>. In addition, Stanford collects official African documents<\/a>, a majority of which emanate from English-speaking Central and Southern Africa. Karen Fung has developed a wonderful web site, Africa South of Sahara: Selected Internet Resources<\/a>, including an international list of Libraries and Archives<\/a> specializing in Africana material. Curator, Green Library: Karen Fung<\/li>\n- University of California at Berkeley, Africana Collection<\/a>
\nMuch of the collection is located in the Doe Library, with rich holdings in African serials and documents, as well as African studies material published in the Soviet Union since WW2. Geographic strengths include Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria (especially the Yoruba region), South Africa, and Zambia. Languages collected include Arabic, Swahili, Yoruba, and major European languages. Bibliographer: Jason M. Schultz<\/li>\n- University of California at Los Angeles, African Library E-Resources<\/a>
\nIt also holds the Roland Stevenson manuscripts of African languages, making it one of the best resources for African linguistics research. The UCLA African Studies Bibliographer is also developing an online research guide<\/a>. Bibliographer: Ruby Bell-Gam<\/li>\n- University of Iowa, African Studies Resources<\/a><\/li>\n
- University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies Library<\/a>
\nStrong in humanities and social sciences and in literature written in Asian and African languages<\/li>\n- University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Collection<\/a>
\nThe Penn Library offers strong historical collections in anthropology, art, folklore, Eqyptology, and Islam. Recent collection emphases include African language literature, especially from Francophone areas. Bibliographer: Lauris Olson<\/li>\n- Yale University, Library, African Collection<\/a>
\nThe African Collection at Sterling Memorial Library is, like many of Yale’s collections, large and very rich. Particular strengths include Southern Africa, and French-speaking west and central Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Other Africana Libraries Basler Afrika Bibliographen Namibia Resource Center and South Africa Library in Switzerland Boston University, African Studies Library The African Studies Libraries comprises an entire floor in the main library. The collection, briefly described, is substantial British Library, Resources for African Studies In all areas–books, prints manuscripts, maps, music–the library’s collections have great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"parent":54,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/158"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/african\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNamibia Resource Center and South Africa Library in Switzerland<\/li>\n
\nThe African Studies Libraries comprises an entire floor in the main library. The collection, briefly described, is substantial<\/li>\n
\nIn all areas–books, prints manuscripts, maps, music–the library’s collections have great historical depth. This site constitutes a guide to the most important collections with African materials<\/li>\n
\nFrom the CRL homepage scroll down to “Projects” and finds links to “CAMP” and “Foreign Newspaper Holdings.” CAMP stands for the Cooperative Africana Microform Project, and offers one of the largest collections of African Newspapers on microform. These are available through inter-library loan<\/li>\n
\n“The Central Library of African Studies (Biblioteca Central de Estudos Africanos) “is a joint effort of four portuguese research centers on african studies: the Centro de Estudos Africanos do ISCTE, the Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto, the Centro de Estudos sobre \u00c1frica e do Desenvolvimento do ISEG\/UTL, and the Centro de Estudos Africanos da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa. The library is located within the Library of ISCTE, and contains over 15 thousand volumes.”<\/span><\/li>\n
\nLocated in the Africana Studies and Research Center, where it supports research and teaching activities. Collection focuses on history and cultures of peoples of African ancestry in the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean<\/li>\n
\nIncludes sections on CDR library services, collections, databases, and CDR publications<\/li>\n
\nElectronic Development and Environment Information System hosted by British Library for Development Studies. Outstanding resources on Africa<\/a><\/li>\n
\nLocated at the University Library Johann Christian Senckenberg in Frankfurt, Germany, this special collection focuses on the languages, history, and culture of more than 40 African countries. Information is available in English, but the majority of the collection is in German. The University Library also hosts the library of the German Colonial Society <\/a>and a Colonial Picture Archive<\/a>. (Note-both sites are in German)<\/li>\n
\nIndiana’s collection is particularly strong in African languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics, and includes substantial holdings in anthropology, history, and political science as well. Geographical emphases include West and West Central Africa, and Southern Africa<\/li>\n
\nContains access to online public access to the Centre’s 55,000 book collection as well as the Leiden African Studies Database<\/a>. This unique African studies data base contains titles of monographs, journal articles and chapters from edited works acquired since 1988. Most entries include professional in-depth abstracts. The Library is especially strong in the social sciences, and covers both North and Sub-Saharan Africa<\/li>\n
\nOne of the best collections in the world, particulary strong in economics, history, linguistics, and literature<\/li>\n
\nMuch of the collection is housed in the Main Library<\/li>\n
\nThe premier Africana collection in the country, and the largest separate African Studies library in the world. Worth a visit for any Africanist scholar<\/li>\n
\nPromotes study of the histories and cultures of Africa and of peoples of African descent throughout the world. Comprised of five divisions: Art and Artifacts; General Research and Reference; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books; Moving Image and Recorded Sound; Photographs and Prints. Collections are particularly strong in the arts, humanities and social sciences<\/li>\n
\nVisual arts library, with supporting collections in history, archaeology, religion, oral traditions, music, and literature<\/li>\n
\nWhile there isn’t a general African Studies “library collection“<\/span> description for Stanford, this page points to library resources at Stanford and an internet resources list. Stanford offers an excellent collection of British documents on Africa<\/a>. In addition, Stanford collects official African documents<\/a>, a majority of which emanate from English-speaking Central and Southern Africa. Karen Fung has developed a wonderful web site, Africa South of Sahara: Selected Internet Resources<\/a>, including an international list of Libraries and Archives<\/a> specializing in Africana material. Curator, Green Library: Karen Fung<\/li>\n
\nMuch of the collection is located in the Doe Library, with rich holdings in African serials and documents, as well as African studies material published in the Soviet Union since WW2. Geographic strengths include Botswana, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria (especially the Yoruba region), South Africa, and Zambia. Languages collected include Arabic, Swahili, Yoruba, and major European languages. Bibliographer: Jason M. Schultz<\/li>\n
\nIt also holds the Roland Stevenson manuscripts of African languages, making it one of the best resources for African linguistics research. The UCLA African Studies Bibliographer is also developing an online research guide<\/a>. Bibliographer: Ruby Bell-Gam<\/li>\n
\nStrong in humanities and social sciences and in literature written in Asian and African languages<\/li>\n
\nThe Penn Library offers strong historical collections in anthropology, art, folklore, Eqyptology, and Islam. Recent collection emphases include African language literature, especially from Francophone areas. Bibliographer: Lauris Olson<\/li>\n
\nThe African Collection at Sterling Memorial Library is, like many of Yale’s collections, large and very rich. Particular strengths include Southern Africa, and French-speaking west and central Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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