On this page is a selection of useful electronic databases for African Studies.
Some may require your Raven login, especially if you are not on campus.
For a comprehensive list of online resources available to you, searchable by subject and keyword, please see the eresources & ejournals LibGuide.
If you have a database to recommend, please get in touch!
Africabib.org - (open access) : This bibliographic database consists of approx. 225,000 African studies publications and is an amalgamation of the following 6 databases: Africana Periodical Literature; African Women; Women Travellers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa; Islam in Africa; Kenya Coast; Water (Hosted by the African Studies Centre Leiden)
Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism (Raven login) : Brill’s Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide Pentecostalism from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
ACRAH Bibliographies (open access) : These bibliographies are an English-language resource for people investigating issues of race and ethnicity in art and visual culture.
African Writers Series (Raven login) : For over 40 years, Heinemann's African Writers Series published the key texts of modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing. This online edition includes over 250 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose, including works by Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Steve Biko, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Nelson Mandela, Dambudzo Marechera, Christopher Okigbo, Okot p'Bitek and Tayeb Salih.
Africa Confidential (Raven login) : Africa Confidential is one of the longest-established specialist publications on Africa, with a considerable reputation for being first with in-depth news and analysis on significant political, economic and security developments across the continent.
African Newspapers, the British Library Collection (Raven login) : Nearly 60 African historical newspapers from the nineteenth century.
Black Newspaper Collection (Raven login) : Ten Historical African American newspapers in the U.S. covering the period 1893-2010
Rand Daily Mail, 1902-1985 (Raven login) : Quintessential reporting on South Africa from the Boer Wars to the apartheid era.
World Newspaper Archive: African Newspaper Series 1 1800-1922: (Raven login) : Historical Newspapers from Africa: Explore African History and Culture during the 19th and 20th Centuries.
World Newspaper Archive: African Newspaper Series 2 1835-1925: (Raven login) : Historical Newspapers from Africa: Explore African History and Culture during the 19th and 20th Centuries.