African Studies Research Guide

An independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. Surveys are conducted in more than a dozen African countries and are repeated on a regular cycle. Because the instrument asks a standard set of questions, countries can be systematically compared. Trends in public attitudes are tracked over time. Data can be downloaded or analyzed online. Maintained by Michigan State University. Most Afrobarometer data is also available from the Emory Electronic Data Center.

A U.S. government produced series of monographs on individual countries throughout the world published through the late 1990's. There is a volume for most African nations. This series is well-written and contains extensive bibliographies

Scroll down for Information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, communication, defense for individual countries. Prepared by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency

Contains information on the geography, people, government, economy, history, government and political conditions, principal government officials, foreign relations, defense, and more for each country with which the US has diplomatic relations.

Contains information each country.