Libraries

Basler Afrika Bibliographen
Namibia Resource Center and South Africa Library in Switzerland
 
Boston University, African Studies Library
The African Studies Library comprises an entire floor in the main library. The collection, briefly described, is substantial.
 
British Library, African collection
In 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.

Center for Research Libraries
From the CRL homepage scroll down to "Projects" and find links to "CAMP" and "Foreign Newspaper Holdings." CAMP stands for the Cooperative Africana Microform Project, and offers one of largest collections of African newspapers on microform. These are available through inter-library loan.
   
Colombia University, Africana Library Catalogs and Archives

Cornell University, John Henrik Clarke Africana Library
Located 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.

Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
Includes sections on CDR library services, collections, databases, and CDR publications

ELDIS
Electronic Development and Environment Information System hosted by British Library for Development Studies. Outstanding resources on Africa

Frankfurt University Library, Africa South of the Sahara
Located 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 and a Colonial Picture Archive. (Note- both sites are in German.)

Indiana University at Bloomington, African Studies Collections
Indiana'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. African Studies Area Specialist: Nancy Schmidt.
 
Leiden Centre for African Studies Library
Contains access to online public access to the Centre's 55,000 book collection as well as the Leiden African Studies Database. 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. 
 
Library of Congress, African Section
One of the best collections in the world, particulary strong in economics, history, linguistics, and literature.
 
Michigan State University, Africana Collection
Much of the collection is housed in the Main Library.
 
Northwestern University, Herskovits Library
The premier Africana collection in the country, and the largest separate African Studies library in the world. Worth a visit for any Africanist scholar.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Promotes 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; Photgraphs and Prints. Collections are particularly strong in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
 
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art Branch Library
Visual arts library, with supporting collections in history, archaeology, religion, oral traditions, music, and literature.
 
Stanford University, African Studies Collection
While there isn't a general African Studies "library collection" 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 In addition, Stanford collects official African documents , 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 , including an international list of Libraries and Archives specializing in Africana material. Africa Bibliographer, Green Library: John Rawlings. Curator, Green Library: Karen Fung.
 
University of California at Berkeley, Africana Collection
Much 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: Phyllis Bischof.
 
University of California at Los Angeles, African Library Resources
It also holds the Roland Stevenson manuscripts of African languages, making it one of the best resources for African linguistics research. Bibliographer: Ruby Bell-Gam.
 
University of Iowa, Center for Electronic Resources in African Studies

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies Library
Strong in humanities and social sciences and in literature written in Asian and African languages.
 
University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Collection
The 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.
 
Yale University, Library, African Collection
The 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.

Publishing: Books and Guides to African Literatures and Resources

Hans Zell Publishing Consultants
For researching African publishing, including electronic publishing; good links.
 
Cape Town Book Fair
Held in place of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair.

Africa 100 Best Books of the 20th Century
Extracts from Africa's 100 Best Books

Final list of 100 titles announced by the panel of judges in Accra, Ghana, 18 February 2002.