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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Histories
African Historical Dictionary Series.
Excellent resource for important names, places, etc. in the history of individual African countries. (Check library catalog for individual call numbers.)
Davis Reference, Davis.
For example: Shinn, David Hamilton. Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. 3rd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow
Press, 2004.
Diagram Group. Encyclopedia of African Peoples.
Facts on File Library of World History. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis Reference, Undergraduate Reference, DT15 .E53 2000
Fage, J. D., and Roland Anthony Oliver. The Cambridge History of Africa.
London; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975.
Davis, House Undergraduate Reference, DT19.8 .Z45 2003
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Middleton, John. Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara.
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1997.
Davis, Davis Reference, DT351 .E53 1997
Page, Willie F., and R. Hunt Davis. Encyclopedia of African History and Culture.
Facts on File Library of World History. Rev. ed. New York NY: Facts On File, 2005.
Davis Reference, DT3 .P27 2005
Vogel, Joseph O., and Jean Vogel. Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments.
Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press, 1997.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis Reference, DT2 .E53 1997
Yakan, Mu hammad Zuhd i. Almanac of African Peoples & Nations.
New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction, 1999.
Davis Reference, DT15 .Y35 1999
Zeleza, Tiyambe, and Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History.
London: Routledge, 2003.
Stone Center Library Reference, Davis Reference, Undergraduate Reference, DT29 .E53 2003
Guides to the Literature
African Studies Association of the United Kingdom., and Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa. African Research & Documentation.
Vol. No. 1-. Birmingham: African Studies Association of the UK, 1973.
Davis, DT19.8 .A35
Balay, Robert, Vee Friesner Carrington, and Murray S. Martin. Guide to Reference Books.
11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996. See chapter on Africa.
Davis Reference, House Undergraduate Reference, Z1035.1 .S43 1996
Caruso, Joseph S. "Basic Guide to Research on Africa at Columbia University Libraries: A Bibliography of Resources."
Columbia University Libraries.
Duignan, Peter, and Helen Field Conover. Guide to Research and Reference Works on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Hoover Institution Bibliographical Series; 46. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press Stanford University, 1971.
Davis, Davis Reference, Z3501 .D78
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Kagan, Alfred. Reference Guide to Africa: A Bibliography of Sources.
2nd ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, DT4 .R44 2005
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McIlwaine, John. Africa: A Guide to Reference Material.
Regional Reference Guides. London; New York: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993.
Davis Reference, Z3501 .M3 1993
Rylander, Kristina. Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources.
Trans. Linda Linnarsson and Andrew Byerley. Uppsala, Sweden: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2005.
Zell, Hans M. The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources.
3rd rev. and expanded ed. Glais Bheinn: Hans Zell, 2003.
Stone Center Library, Davis Reference, DT19.8 .Z45 2003
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Bibliographies
African Bibliographic Center. A Current Bibliography on African Affairs.
Vol. v. 1-. Farmingdale, N.Y.: Baywood Pub. Co., 1962.
Davis Reference Row 15, Z3501 .C72
Pearson, James D., and University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. International African Bibliography.
Vol. 1973-1978--. London, England: Mansell Publishing Ltd., 1982.
Davis, Z3503 .I5
Scheven, Yvette. Bibliographies for African Studies.
Archival and Bibliographic Series. Vol. 1970/1975. Waltham, Mass.: Crossroads Press, 1977.
Davis Reference, Z3503 .B3
World Bibliography Series.
(Check library catalog for individual call numbers.)
---. Bibliographies for African Studies, 1970-1975.
Los Angeles, Calif.: Crossroads Press, 1977.
Davis, Z3501.A1 S32 1977
---. Bibliographies for African Studies, 1987-1993.
London; New Jersey: Hans Zell Publishers, 1994.
Davis Reference, Z3501.A1 S345 1994
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies., and International African Institute. International African Bibliography.
Vol. v. 1- Jan. 1971-. London: Mansell.
Davis, Z3503 .I5
Biography
Brockman, Norbert C. An African Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Grey House Pub., 2006.
Davis Reference, DT18 .B76 2006
Glickman, Harvey. Political Leaders of Contemporary Africa South of the Sahara: A Biographical Dictionary.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Davis Reference, DT352.8 .P63 1992
Ofosu-Appiah, L. H. Dictionary of African Biography.
New York: Reference Publications, 1977.
Davis Reference, DT18 .D55
Rake, Alan. 100 Great Africans.
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Davis Reference, DT18 .R34 1994