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Libraries in the UK

Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

Excellent research collection covering the whole of Africa but particularly emphasising South and southern Africa.

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/rhodes

Cambridge University Library

Excellent research library covering all fields. The Royal Commonwealth Society Collection is housed in the Main University Library. The African Studies Centre Library is a small but focused collection separately housed.

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/

University of Birmingham Information Services

The African collections support the teaching and research of the University's Centre of West African Studies, focusing mainly on Anglophone West Africa.

http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/

University of Durham Library

General coverage of Africa but particularly strong on North Africa and Islamic Africa, especially Sudan.

http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/researchstrengths/mei/northafrica/