This guide supports the research and teaching of African Studies in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department, the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, and related disciplines. Check out the tabs on the left for recommended resources and starting places.
This guide primarily focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa. If your research is on North Africa, please reach out to me and the Middle Eastern Studies Librarian, Dr. Dale Correa, so we can best support your work together.
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More than 50,000 pages of extremely rare, historically significant magazines, written and targeted specifically for Black African audiences—digitized and online for the first time. Spanning four decades of turbulence and transformation, the writings in Black South African Magazines cover major events and prominent figures—including the Defiance Campaign, Winnie Mandela, Kwame Nkrumah, and Steve Biko.
To access:
1) Go to this url and sign up for an account with your UT email address (@austin.utexas.edu or @utexas.edu)
2) The site should then ask you if you are affiliated with UT. Click yes, and check your email for a verification link.
3) After you click on the link in your email, you have access to the collection!
Trial Access is from September 23, 2024-October 31, 2024
This research guide was created with sources recommended by the following African Studies guides: Berkeley Library, Boston University Libraries, Emory Libraries, Princeton University Library, Rutgers University Libraries, UCLA Library, University of Washington University Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Generic License.
