Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: African History
Annotated directory of links to web resources.
Africa's Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Perspectives on Africa's indigenous knowledge systems, with extracts from scholarly works in different disciplines.
Internet African History Sourcebook
Annotated link list (Fordham University).
Leo Africanus: Description of Timbuktu
Excerpt from 1526 book "The Description of Africa," at Washington State University history site.
Historical Maps of Africa
Maps dated from 1808 to 1978 from the Perry-CasteƱeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jewish Roots in Africa
Brief essay by George E. Lichtblau on the history of Jews throughout the African continent.
Exploring Africa
An exhibit of maps and travel narratives from Leo Africanus to Chinua Achebe.
People's History in South Africa
Article from The Radical Historians Newsletter examining the search for ethnic histories in South Africa.
Building Bridges to Afrocentrism: A letter to my Egyptological Colleagues
Three-part article by Ann Macy Roth exploring ethnographical issues in African history.
The Black Man's Burden: The White Man in Africa from the 15th Century to World War I
E. D. Morel's 1920 study of the devastating impact of European interventions and colonialism in Africa, from the slave trade beginning in the 15th century through the partition of Africa leading up to World War I.
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