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Africa: A Guide to Reference Material by John McIlwaine
Publication Date: 2007

Revised and substantially expanded edition of a highly acclaimed reference resource that evaluates the leading sources of information (other than bibliographies) on Africa South of the Sahara. Print, Library Use Only

Current Bibliography on African Affairs
Frequently updated, with comprehensive coverage of published and forthcoming materials on African Affairs gathered from world wide sources, A Current Bibliography on African Affairs is compiled as a quarterly guide for study and research in the field of African Studies and related subjects

French Colonial Africa: A Guide to Official Sources by Gloria Westfall
Publication Date: 1992

A guide to finding and using official publications as sources of information on the political, economic, social, and cultural conditions in the former French colonies of Africa. Print Only.
Music of Sub-Saharan Africa: An International Bibliography and Resource Guide by John Gray
Publication Date: 2018

African Newspaper Union List
Database listing of newspapers (in all formats and all languages) published in sub-Saharan Africa, held in U.S. libraries.
African Poetry Digital Portal Project: Critical Bibliographies
These are crowdsourced bibliographies on the life and times and works of some of Africa’s major poets. These bibliographies consist of primary sources and the work of scholars from around the world.
A Bibliography of Ghanaian Children's Storybooks in English.
Komasi, Mabel Mliwomor. 2007
China-Africa Relations: A Bibliography
Shinn, David H. 2008
A Guide to Africa on the Internet
Free, research-oriented online resources selected by the Nordic Africa Institute Library.
A Guide to Original Sources for Precolonial Western Africa Published in European Languages
Fage, J.D., 1994

Oxford Bibliographies: African Studies
Provides annotated bibliographies of the most important books and articles related to African Studies; combining broad introductions to such subjects as African society, politics, and literature with specific studies of individual peoples, states, and literary traditions

International African Bibliography Online
The IABO is a leading specialist bibliography of African Studies. It contains more than 140,000 entries, with thousands of entries added every year. The bibliography is searchable by authors, editors, titles, publication years, ISSN/ISBN, keywords, full text, and categories such as regions and countries.
AfricaBib.org
AfricaBib provides access to 6 bibliographic databases: Africana Periodical Literature, African Women, Women Travelers to Africa, Islam in Africa, Kenya Coast, and Water and Africa.