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African Studies in the Libraries at Columbia

About the African Studies Collections --and-- the African Studies Reading Room (607 Butler Library)
Basic Guide to Research on Africa
Guide to Videos in African Studies
Subject Guides:
- Africa and Black Internationalism
  Current bibliography of publications and other resources at Columbia, including a list of source texts and secondary literature in English.
- African Diaspora and African Literatures
  Current bibliography of publications and other resources at Columbia, including those in English, French, and Portuguese.
- African Oral Tradition, History, and Literature
  Current bibliography of publications at Columbia, organized by country and region.
- Gender and Sexuality in African History.
  Current bibliography of publications at Columbia, with search tips and other resources for historians.
- History of East Africa, c. 1000 CE to the present
  Current bibliography of publications at Columbia, with search tips and other resources for historians, including lists of books in English.
- History of West Africa, c.1000 CE to the present
  Current bibliography of publications at Columbia, with search tips and other resources for historians.
- Maps and Power in Modern African History
  Current bibliography of publications at Columbia on the history of cartography and "mapping" in Africa and Europe, aspects of Western imperialism, and geographical boundaries in West, East-Central, & Southern Africa..

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