Regional guides: Africa

The following collections all contain material relating to more than one region of Africa. Click on the name of the collection to see a summary description from the A-Z listings. Alternatively, search for the collection on the SOAS Archive Catalogue.

• Abraham, Roy Clive
• African Writers Series
• Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton
• Barnes, Leonard John
• Christian Aid
• Conference of British Missionary Societies
• Council for World Mission
• Guthrie, Malcolm
• Hackett, Peter
• Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton
• Mackinnon, Sir William
• Methodist Missionary Society
• Movement for Colonial Freedom
• Portuguese Colonies Collection
• Portuguese Colonies Collection
• Werner, Alice
• Whiteley, Wilfred Howell 

Based upon the UNESCO definition, this area includes the following countries: Cameroon, Central Africas Republic, Chad, Congo, Equitorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire.

• Earthy, Emily Dora
• Fox-Pitt, Commander Thomas
• Millman, William
• Moore, Reginald John Beagarie
• Sabin, Margaret Katherine
• Shaw, Mabel
• Thomson, John Boden
• Zimbabwe/Rhodesia Constitutional Conference 

Based upon the UNESCO definition, this area includes the following countries: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

• Blatch, Gledhill Stanley
• Blatch, Gledhill Stanley
• Hake, Andrew
• Hardyman, James Trenchard
• Huntingford, George Wynn Brereton
• Perlman, Melvin Lee
• Richards, Charles Granston
• Tucker, Archibald Norman
• Uganda (Bunyoro) Materials (Southall, Roger)

Based upon the UNESCO definition, this area includes the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, the Sahara and Tunisia.

• Arkell, Rev Anthony John
• Holt Collection of the Mahdi
• Kom Ed Dik Collection
• Michell, Roland Lyon Nosworthy 

Based upon the UNESCO definition, this area includes the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

• Benson, Mary
• Christian Concern for Southern Africa
• Hake, George Gordon
• Pearce, Reginald Frederic George
• Plaatje, Solomon Tshekishoi
• Shembe, Prophet Isaiah 

Based upon the UNESCO definition, this area includes the following countries: Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Western Sahara.

• Bargery, George Percival
• Bovill, Edward William
• Boyd, Jean
• Club de Dakar
• Cole, Dr Robert Benjamin Ageh Wellesley
• Committee for Peace in Nigeria
• Green, Margaret Mackeson
• Kaduna Housing Survey
• Mackenzie, Melville Douglas
• Nigerian Civil War Collection
• Parsons, Frederick William 

There are a number of surveys and guides to assist researchers to identify and locate relevant archival material held in the UK. See also the on-line guide to the Africa Section of the Library.

• R. W. Baldock, A Survey of Southern African Manuscripts in the United Kingdom (1976)
• Anita L. P Burdett, Summary guide to Archive and Manuscript collections relevant to the former British Colonial Territories in the United Kingdom (1988)
• C. A. Jones, Britain and the Dominions. A guide to the business and related records in the UK concerning Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa (1978)
• N. Matthews, Materials for West African History in the Archives of the United Kingdom (1973)
• N. Matthews and M. D. Wainwright, A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa (1971)
• N. Matthews and M. D. Wainwright, A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to the Middle East and North Africa (1980)
• J. D. Pearson, A Guide to Manuscripts and Documents in the British Isles relating to Africa (1993)
• A. Thurston, Guide to Archives and Manuscripts relating to Kenya and East Africa in the UK (1991)
• Anne Thurston Sources for Colonial Studies in the PRO Vol 1 (1995)
• Comp. Brian Willan, ed by Patricia M. Larby, The Southern African Materials Project (1980)