Arts of West and Central African Empires

Plugs you into scholarly, ethical, and historical debates on African history, as well as linking to materials and sources on the African Empires.

Gathers together in one location African Art History resources, with an introduction by Professor Henry Drewal

A digital library of over 3000 books, journals, and documents related to African policy issues; a directory of experts; plus, current news analysis and opinion articles.
(Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Series of resources divided into geographical regions.

Browse by topic or browse by country. An extensive list of resources, including primary sources and archives for Africa's Empires.

The World Digital Library is a cooperative project of the Library of Congress, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and partner libraries, archives, and educational and cultural institutions from the United States and around the world. The project brings together on a single website rare and unique documents – books, journals, manuscripts, maps, prints and photographs, films, and sound recordings – that tell the story of the world’s cultures. The site is intended for general users, students, teachers, and scholars.

This site features digital copies of 113 antique maps of Africa and accompanying text dating from the mid 16th Century to the early 20th Century. Northwestern Univ.

The Cooperative Africana Microform Project hosts a wide range and depth of primary source material available to researchers via Interlibrary Loan. Included are newspapers of from numerous cities, records of missionary societies, state papers, manuscripts of heads of state, military records, pamphlets, etc.

A project to decolonize the history of Africa, with many primary source documents and archives linked from it.

Sectioned into broad geographical regions (Northern, Southern, Central, Western, Eastern) or just Major African Collections, browse this extensive research guide for primary sources and archives, put together by the librarians at the University of Washington.