LibGuides: African Studies: Journals / magazines / newspapers

Librarian for African & African American Studies

Heather Martin

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236 Bostock Library
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Subjects: African & African American Studies, African American Studies, African Studies

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Africa-Wide Information This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles, books and reports with multi-disciplinary coverage of Africa
AfricaBib This link opens in a new window
Search for articles related to research in African Studies. Includes a bibliography on women travelers and explorers to Africa. This is an open access database.

African Journals Online (AJOL)
A collection of hundreds of African-published scholarly journals in multiple subject areas (primarily health and sciences). Some journals are Open Access. Duke does not subscribe to paywalled content.

Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Find journal articles covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search a collection of important scholarly journals representing a range of disciplines.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles, books, and dissertations covering literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, and other aspects of literary studies
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Search articles, government documents, and grey literature related to international politics and public policy

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African newspapers in databases

AllAfrica This link opens in a new window
Search for daily news articles related to all areas of African life, politics, and culture and produced by African news organizations. 1996 - present.
East African Newspapers (Global Press Archive) This link opens in a new window
The East African Newspapers collection includes content from the 1940s to the early 2000s for three titles: Daily Nation (Kenya), The Ethiopian Herald, and The Monitor (Uganda)
Rand Daily Mail (1902-1985) This link opens in a new window
Searchable edition of one of South Africa's most important newspapers, with deep coverage of the country during the Apartheid Era.
South African News Collection This link opens in a new window
A wide range of South African News incorporating SA Media (News Clippings) and Sabinet Newswire.
SA Media (News Clippings): A news research and clipping service that retrospectively covers mainstream publications in South Africa, from 1977 to present day. Covers publications by Independent Newspapers, Arena Holdings, The Citizen, Media24, Caxton and M&G Media.

Sabinet Newswire: Provides the South African Press Association (SAPA) archive from 1998 to March 2015, as well as the African News Agency (ANA) daily news feeds from November 2015 to September 2022.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Includes full text of articles from international, national, and regional newspapers published from the 1980s to present. Limit by "Location by Publication" to find articles published in African newspapers.
World Newspaper Archive This link opens in a new window
Search historical newspapers worldwide including a collection of African newspapers published in Algeria, Angola, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Coverage dates: 1800-1925
World News Connection This link opens in a new window
Search selected translation of articles (1995-2013) from non-United States media sources covering political, environmental, scientific, technical, and socioeconomic issues and events
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Search newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press from 1959 to present. Limit by "Ethnic group" to "African American/Caribbean/African."

Selected African newspapers in print and microform

African Newspapers and Serials in Rubenstein & Perkins Libraries
List of titles available in print or microform. Compiled by John Hope Franklin Research Center.

Africa News Service Archive in Rubenstein Library

The LeRoy T. Walker Africa News Service Archive, 1952-1998
News service founded in Durham, N.C., 1973. Resource files of newspaper clippings, articles, press releases, reports, and other printed materials assembled by the Africa News Service, an organization devoted to distributing information on current events in Africa. Subjects cover all aspects of middle to late twentieth century African history, with an emphasis on foreign and internal relations, political movements, and economic trends.

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Duke University Libraries Catalog

You can also find relevant publications by searching the library catalog by Subject using the following formats:

Africa -- Periodicals
Africa -- Newspapers
Nigeria -- Periodicals
Or other country
Lagos (Nigeria) -- Newspapers
Or other city and country

To find a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper available online through Duke Libraries, search the Online Journal Titles database to see availability and years of coverage.