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African Study Journal Index

Africa (International African Institute and Edinburgh Univ. Press)

Their "editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary approach, involving the social sciences, history, the environment and life sciences." Has the table of contents for the last few years. Libraries pay $295.00 which includes the annual Africa Bibliography. http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/journals/Africa/

African Research and Documentation

Journal of SCOLMA, Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa. SCOLMA is a forum for librarians and others interested in "the provision of materials for African studies in libraries in the United Kingdom. Has the table of contents of recent issues. The print journal is a great resource for information on archives, special collections. http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/scolma/

 

American Historical Review

Journal of the American Historical Association, the main scholarly association for U.S. historians. Has tables of contents of the latest issue and past issues.

Has the full text of articles and book reviews for those at institutions which subscribe to JSTOR.  http://www.indiana.edu/~ahr/

Ankh, Revue d'égyptologie et des civilisations africaines

In French and English. Has the table of contents. "Elle est dirigée par le professeur Théophile Obenga, égyptologue et linguiste réputé, et ses collaborateurs sont des universitaires de divers pays." Published by the Association KHEPERA, France. On the Ankh web site. http://www.ankhonline.com/revue.htm

Annales Aequatoria (Mbandaka)

In French and English. Published by the Centre Æquatoria, Centre de Recherches Culturelles Africanistes, near Mbandaka, Dem. Rep. of the Congo (Kinshasa). There is an index (by subjects and dates) covering 1937-1962 and an index (subjects, authors, book reviews, maps, illustrations, dates) covering 1980 and following issues. E-mail: vinck.aequatoria@belgacom.net
http://www.uia.ac.be/aequatoria/HomeEnglishTXT.html

Association for History and Computing. Journal.

Full text articles, book reviews, reviews of e-sources http://mcel.pacificu.edu/JAHC/JAHCindex.HTM

Azania: Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)

"The Institute promotes research into the archaeology, pre-colonial history and related studies of eastern Africa, broadly defined (roughly between the Zambezi and the Nile basins)." Has the table of contents. http://britac3.britac.ac.uk/institutes/eafrica

Botswana Notes and Records

Journal of the Botswana Society. http://humanities.ub.bw/history/bsoc/bspub.htm

Clio en Afrique

In French. No. 1, printemps 1997, of an electronic journal from the Groupe de recherche (GDR) 1118 du CNRS, "Histoire de l'Afrique: Mémoires et Identités (XVIIème-XXème siècles)". Based at the Université de Provence.  http://www.up.univ-mrs.fr/~wclio-af/ The first issue includes:
 

• "L'Afrique du sud a la recherche de son passe. Une enquete historiographique".
• a selective list of French doctoral theses from 1995-janv.1997
• African history titles, in French, published 1995-1997
• the table of contents of Islam et sociétés au sud du sahara, no. 10, déc. 1996
• summaries of two theses
• conferences held

No. 2, été 1997 has an article by Fabienne Le Houérou, "Le miracle erythreen", a bibliographic essay by Jean-Pierre Chretien, "Le genocide rwandais", recent doctoral theses, publications, conferences.

Clio en Afrique No. 3 has a List of theses en cours, a bibliography on Namibia, an article on the historical geography of Cape Town, an editorial in French by  Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch on Afro-pessimism, etc.

Cold War International History Project (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) http://cwihp.si.edu

 

Their Bulletin has full text reports. Select Bulletin 8-9, "Cold War in the Third World" for articles such as -
 

New Evidence on the Cold War in Southern Africa
 

• Havana's Policy in Africa, 1959-76: New Evidence from Cuban Archives, by Piero Gleijeses
• Fidel Castro's 1977 Southern Africa Tour: A Report to Honecker
• Moscow and the Angolan Crisis, by Odd Arne Westad
• Soviet Documents on Angola and Southern Africa, 1975-1979
  
   

Anatomy of a Third World Cold War Crisis: New East-bloc Evidence on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978.

• The Horn, the Cold War, and New Documents from the Former East-bloc: An Ethiopian View, by Ermias Abebe
• Moscow, Mengistu, and the Horn, by Paul B. Henze
• East Germany and the Horn Crisis: Documents on SED Afrikapolitik, by Christian F. Ostermann
• Russian and East German Documents on the Horn of Africa, 1977-1978

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography

Issue No. 1 (which appeared Nov. 1996) is "Guides, Collections, & Ancillary Materials to African Archival Resources in the United States" by John Bruce Howell and Yvette Scheven, is an online list of published guides to African archives. The journal, at the University of Iowa, is a refereed online journal of bibliographies on any aspect of Africa. The Guide includes lists of inventories, finding lists, annual reports, etc. arranged by countries, regions, and language areas. http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/proj/ejab/

Le Fait Missionnaire (Histoire et Héritage -- Approche Pluridisciplinaire)

Has the table of contents for this journal (published in Lausanne, Switzerland) on missionary history in Africa. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/emorier/

Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems, and Civilizations

"...founded in September 1976 to engage in the analysis of large-scale social change over long periods of historical time." Has issues of their Newsletter, the table of contents of their journal, Review. Based at the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York. http://fbc.binghamton.edu/

L'Histoire (Paris)

In French. Has the table of contents. Search for article citations on Africa by subject or author. Examples - Le pillage de l'Afrique équatoriale, by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch, La Guinée de Sékou Touré a vingt ans, by Jean Lacouture, René Caillié et les chemins de Tombouctou, by Bernard Nantet, Zanzibar, « terre d'esclaves » by Sophie Picon, Il n'y a pas de guerre ethnique au Rwanda !, by Jean-Pierre Chretien. http://www.histoire.presse.fr/

Historia, Journal of the Historical Society of South Africa

Has the table of contents, abstracts and full text articles. Based at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. http://journals.sabinet.co.za/hist/

Historical Society of Ghana. Transactions (Legon, Ghana)

Information on subscriptions. http://www.hf.ntnu.no/hist/asafo/transactions.htm

History and Theory (Middletown, CT)

"an international journal devoted to the theory and philosophy of history. It also manages a discussion network, and sponsors an informational email list. Has the table of contents, abstracts. The Dec. 2000, No. 39 issue has a South African theme. Dec. 1993, No. 32 is on "History Making in Africa." Published at Wesleyan University in affiliation with Blackwell Publishers. http://www.historyandtheory.org/

History in Africa

The tables of contents for all volumes published are online, as well as the journal's policies, contributor information, and a list of editorial board members. The journal is edited by Dr. David Henige. Includes descriptions of archival collections worldwide. See also the Rutgers website. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ASA/MHIA.html

Itinerario, European Journal of Overseas History  (Leiden)

Quarterly journal of the Institute for the History of European Expansion, Leiden University. Has the table of contents of past issues. http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/itin/itin.htm

Journal Indexes - Africa South of the Sahara

Sources for finding journal articles on African topics. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/jourindex.html

Journal of African History

Published by Cambridge University Press. "To view an article you must have a subscription to the hard copy version of the journal in question" .You also need to register your subscriber number online to access full text articles in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. The PDF files are very large. http://www.journals.cup.org/cup/jrn_info/afh.html

Journal of Imperial and Post-Colonial Historical Studies (East Lansing, MI)

An interdisciplinary publication sponsored by graduate students at
Michigan State University and Rutgers University. The
first issue is scheduled to appear c. December, 1999.  Has the program for its inaugural conference February 12-14, 1999 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/JIPCHS

Journal of Natal and Zulu History

Published by University of Natal, Durban. History Department. Subscription information only. http://www.history.und.ac.za/journal_of_natal_and_zulu_histor.htm

Journal of the Association for History and Computing

"This journal is sponsored by the American Association for History and Computing, organized at a conference held in Cincinatti in 1997. The AHC aspires to promote and develop interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every level, in both teaching and research." Published at Pacific University in Oregon. http://ssd1.cas.pacificu.edu/history/jahc/jahcindex.htm

Journal of World Systems (Baltimore, MD)

Has full text articles and past issues from Vol. 1. Vol. 6, No. 2-3, Summer/Fall - Fall/Winter 2000 are a special Festschrift for Emmanual Wallerstein. http://csf.colorado.edu/jwsr/

Journals for African Studies A-I - Africa South of the Sahara

Journals and magazines for African Studies in general. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/journal.html

Journals for African Studies J-Z - Africa South of the Sahara

Journals and magazines for African Studies in general. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/journ2.html

JSTOR - Full-text Articles

For universities which subscribe to JSTOR, full-text articles from

The American Historical Review
The Journal of Economic History
The Journal of Military History
Military Affairs
The Journal of Modern History

are available on-line. http://www.jstor.org/jstor/

Kronos: Journal of Cape History=Tydskrif vir Kaaplandse Geskiedenis

"...published annually by the University of the Western Cape Institute for Historical Research. It is a forum for the presentation and discussion of original research relating primarily to Cape history from pre-colonial times to the present." Has the table of contents. http://www.uwc.ac.za/arts/ihr/kronos/index.html

Mande Studies (Madison, Wisconsin)

Journal of the Mande Studies Association (MANSA), a multidisplinary group with interests in the Mande region of West Africa. Has the table of contents. MANSA also publishes a print newsletter. http://www.oswego.edu/other_campus/stud.org/mansa/wisconu.html

Military History - (Leesburg, Virginia: PRIMEDIA History Group, a division of PRIMEDIA Special Interest Publications)

The History Net is maintained by the National Historical Society, a U.S.-based membership organization of history enthusiasts. Mainly on U.S. history but has articles from Military History magazine on Ethiopia's Victory at Adowa, on the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, a dramatic (1879) Zulu reversal at Khambula, and an account of the 1976 hijack of an Air France plane to Uganda. One can search their article database. http://www.thehistorynet.com/

National Research Foundation (South Africa)

Locate historical journals published worldwide through the Nexus database. Click on Periodical Submissions. http://star.nrf.ac.za/index.html

New York Times Book Reviews

Search their Books Archive for past book reviews from 1980 to date from the New York Times and the New York Times Book Review section by author, title, subject. Seaching on an African country generally pulls up one or more titles. The site is updated daily and includes the complete Sunday Book Review section. Read the first chapters from a selection of best sellers and recently reviewed books.  http://www.nytimes.com/books/

Project Muse - History

Full text articles, for subscribers only, to titles such as Africa Today (Indiana University Press), Callaloo, Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, Journal of Democracy, Journal of World History, Research in African Literatures, Transition (edited by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gate, Jr.), World Politics. Has a Search thru all journals or selected ones only. A important resource for subscribers. From Johns Hopkins University Press. http://muse.jhu.edu/muse.html

Pula

Journal from the University of Botswana. Subscription information only. http://humanities.ub.bw/history/ac/pub.htm#pula

Saharan Studies Association Newsletter (Menlo Park, California)

The full text of the Newsletters from Vol. 1, No. 1, 1993 to date are online, in Adobe pdf. The Saharan Studies Association are an international group of scholars associated with the African Studies Assoc. of the U.S. Topics include archaeology, Arabic manuscripts, slavery, Muslims and colonial rule. The Newsletter editor is David Gutelius. http://www.ssa.sri.com/

Southern African Review of Books

Quarterly on the cultural politics of Southern Africa. Has the tables of contents of issues and a selection of articles and reviews covering autobiography, cultural studies, diaries, fiction, history, essays, literature, politics. http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/sarb/
Contact: robert.turrell@humboldt.uni-ulm.de

Studies in the World History of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation

An e-journal edited by Patrick Manning, John Saillant and Anthony Henderson-Whyte. It will be an occasional publication featuring essays, documents, images, bibliographies and database information relevant to the history of slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The journal is intended to provide a global context for slave studies. The project is intended also to link scholars in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Although the project's primary means of dissemination is electronic, printed copies can be made available to scholars and libraries that lack access to the Internet. The site has a keyword search facility. Vol. 1, No. 1 is August 1996. http://h-net.msu.edu/~slavery/

Sudanic Africa, Journal of Historical Sources

Has the Table of Contents, the Notes & Communications, and a list of books for Nos. 1 + ; 1990 +.
http://www.hf.uib.no/smi/sa/

SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika (Frankfurt)

Has the tables of contents. Features African langauges and history. Based at Institut für Afrikanische Sprachwissenschaften, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt / Main. http://www.koeppe.de/html/e_sugia.htm