Research Resources for Modern Africa

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Remember: Africa is a Continent composed of over 50 Countries. This guide gives an overview of the entire continent. Your research may become country/region specific.

GCS Resources (use this link from off-campus)

General Websites

Special Topics

GCS Databases (on campus)

Facts on File: World News Digest (search “Africa” or specific country names)

 

Facts on File: Issues and Controversies (search “Africa” or specific country names)

 

ProQuest Platinum, Proquest Newspapers

 

History Study Center : Africa

 

Culture Grams: Africa

 

World Conflicts today: Darfur

 

GCS Library Catalog search: Africa

- Dewey Decimal 960-969: African History

 

CIA World Factbook: Africa

 

LoC: Federal Research Country Studies

 

LoC: Portals to the world

(choose by country)

 

H(umanities)-Net: Africa

 

Smithsonian: African Voices

 

BBC: The Story of Africa

 

OneWorld: Africa

US Relations/ Aid/ Military

US State Dept. Bureau of African Affairs

 

African Growth and Opportunity Act

 

US Military, African Command

 

AIDS

AVERT: AIDS in Africa

 

Conflicts

Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 

Other Sites with Links or Lessons

News Services

 

Librarian’s Internet Index: Africa

 

Internet Public Library: Africa

 

Stanford: African History on the Internet

 

Keele University: Government and Politics in Africa

(includes many country-specific sites)

 

African Timelines

 

Exploring Africa: curriculum

Teachers   --- Students

 

 

AllAfrica.Com

 

African Newspapers online

 

BBC News: Africa

 

BBC WorldService (radio): Africa

 

Pan-African News (blog)

 

CNN: Inside Africa

 

PanAPress