African History - Archives & General Collections
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Africa Collections (World Digital Library)Global portal to manuscripts, maps, images, and rare books related to Africa.
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African History - Internet SourcebookHundreds of full-text documents and web-based resources covering African history from the origins of humanity through colonisation and independence movements.
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African Online Digital Library (AODL)Audio, video, photographs, and documents from partner projects across the continent.
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African Studies Collections (University of Florida)Digitized books, periodicals, photographs, and ephemera from multiple African regions.
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Global African History: Primary Documents (BlackPast)Primary texts (speeches, letters, declarations) and curated links covering Africa and the African diaspora.
African History - Diaries, Testimonies & Specialized Projects
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David Livingstone’s 1871 Field Diary (Spectral Imaging Project)Reconstructions of Livingstone’s field diary with transcriptions.
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Genocide Archive of RwandaTestimonies, government documents, photographs, and memorial records related to the 1994 genocide.
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Papers of the African National Congress (ANC), 1919-1994Digitized ANC publications and related materials such as pamphlets, posters, press releases, correspondence, and items from the Youth League and Umkhonto we Sizwe that document the party’s organization and anti-apartheid activism.
African History - Slavery & Abolition
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Abolition of the Slave Trade (New York Public Library)Primary sources (prints, letters, maps) and contextual essays on the transatlantic trade and its abolition.
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Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave LifeHistorical images that document the African slave trade and the lives of enslaved people and their descendants across the Atlantic world.
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Slave Societies Digital ArchiveProvides access to more than 700,000 digitized records from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries documenting Africans and their descendants across the Atlantic world.
African History - Visual Sources & Maps
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Africana Posters (Northwestern University)Digitized political, cultural, and social movement posters across regions and decades.
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Africa Through a Lens (UK National Archives)Photographic archives from British government collections showing daily life, labor, and administration.
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Maps of Africa (16th–early 20th century, Northwestern University)High-resolution historical maps documenting boundaries, trade routes, exploration, and colonial era cartography.