Key African Studies Background Resources
- Africa Yearbook Online. Annual. 2004- .Covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Saharan Africa. TRY THIS FIRST, available through 2018.
- African Country Portal: News, Statistics, Maps, Images and More from the African Studies Centre at Leiden.
- BBC Country Profiles:Africa (scroll down page to Country Profiles)
- Oxford Bibliographies Online: African Studies
- Routledge Handbook of African Studies
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University of Pittsburgh Africa GuideCheck out the individual country pages for additional links and country background information.
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New to African Studies? Here are some great places to start.
Studying Africa: a Guide to Resources 2014. The Nordic Africa Institute compiled this up-to-date guide. Each of the editions covers the subsequent scholarship and resources since the prior edition. The 2005 edition covered older literature, the 2011 edition covered resources produced or updated between 2004 and 2010, and the third updates it to 2014.
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The African Studies Companion by ISBN: 9780954102913Publication Date: 2003-07-01
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