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Reference sources for African Studies

Selected online reference works to help you find information about African countries. For a broader selection of reference works please go to the Virtual Reference Desk.
A Dictionary of African Mythology
From Oxford Reference Online, available from any computer in SOAS, and available off-site for SOAS staff and students with a SOAS id and password.  On-campus use
Africa Goes Digital

Annotated directory of African information available in digital format. Produced by PIAC (Project for Information Access and Connectivity).

http://www.piac.org/digital/

African Governments on the WWW

Includes information about parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks and political parties.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forafr.html

African Studies Internet Resources

Directory produced by Columbia University Library, including a link to the "International Directory of African Studies Scholars".

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy

Statistical data for 196 countries (often back to 15 years ago) covering range of issues including domestic armed conflict, governance, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic & economic performance and more.

http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/

Dictionary of North African films and film-makers

Details of films produced since independence in North Africa, and films made by film-makers working in Europe who were born in the Maghreb or are of North African descent.

http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/north-african-film.htm

Directory of development organizations: Volume I: Africa

Available via PDF file.

http://www.devdir.org/africa.htm

Foreign Governments: Sub-Saharan Africa

A central reference point for all government information. Produced by the University of Michigan's Documents Center.

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forafr.html

Foreign Governments: The Middle East and North Africa

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forme.html

H-Africa Online Review Service

H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with this subdivision for H-Africa and related web-pages, is an online scholarly review resource. Speedy provision of reviews, and interactive as reviewers, authors and readers engage in discussions f the reviews online.

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/

Statistics South Africa

Range of official statistical publications & information.

http://www.statssa.gov.za/

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

From Oxford Reference Online, available from any computer in SOAS, and available off-site for SOAS staff and students with a SOAS id and password.

http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t52&authstatuscode=202

Transforming Africa’s economies: economic report on Africa (annual)

Full-text annual economic report, prepared and hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), with statistical tables

http://www.uneca.org/about_eca_home.htm