• Papers of the African National Congress (ANC), 1919-1994
• Papers from the National Party and other pro-Apartheid parties, 1944-1986
• Papers from anti-Apartheid parties, 1934-1987
• Papers from independent candidates, 1970-1987

"Apartheid was a system of white minority rule that prevailed in South Africa for much of the 20th century. This collection contains various materials published by political parties on both sides of the racial and ideological divide. The bulk of the documents are drawn from the archives of the main opposition movement, the African National Congress (ANC). The main party of government, the National Party, is also well represented, as are several minor parties and independent candidates."--Overview page

"Black Drama, now in its expanded third edition, contains the full text of more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. More than 40 percent of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays by writers such as Langston Hughes, Ed Bullins, Willis Richardson, Amiri Baraka, Randolph Edmonds, Zora Neale Hurston, and many others."--Description from publisher

This collection of primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera relate to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. It offers researchers historical context and resources, from both personal and institutional perspectives, to the growing fields of border(land) studies and migration studies, as well as history, law, politics, diplomacy, area and global studies, anthropology, medicine, the arts, and more. The collection continues to expand, and at completion will include 100,000 pages of text, 175 hours of video, and 1,000 images. Materials in the collection are organized around fundamental themes of Border Identities, Border Enforcement and Control, Border Disputes, Border Criminologies, Maritime Borders, Human Trafficking, Sea Migration, Undocumented and Unauthorized Migration, and Global Governance of Migration.

• Kenya, 1899-1919
• Nigeria (Lagos), 1887-1919
• Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), 1899-1919
• Malawi (Nyasaland), 1899-1919
• Sierra Leone, 1818-1919
• Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), 1894-1919
• The Gambia, 1883-1919
• Ghana (Gold Coast), 1876-1919
• Uganda, 1908-1919
• Tanzania (Zanzibar), 1892-1919

Originally known as the 'Government Gazettes', each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published. The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the first part of the three part series 'Colonial Law in Africa'. These items cover the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War and the First World War. They also cover the abolition of the legal status of slavery. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries

• Kenya, 1920-1945
• Nigeria (Lagos), 1920-1945
• Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), 1920-1945
• Malawi (Nyasaland), 1920-1945
• Sierra Leone, 1920-1945
• Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), 1920-1945
• Tanzania (Tanganyika), 1920-1945
• The Gambia, 1920-1945
• Ghana (Gold Coast), 1920-1945
• Uganda Gazette, 1920-1945
• Tanzania (Zanzibar), 1920-1945

Originally known as the 'Government Gazettes', each item contains the colonial laws for the year they were published. The legal records also include property for sale, probate records and bankruptcy notices. This is the second part of the three part series 'Colonial Law in Africa'. These records cover the transfer of Southern Rhodesia from the British South Africa Company to colonial rule. A series of legal notices also reveal the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Tanzania. The Second World War then led to a series of new laws in these colonies. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries

• Lesotho (Basutoland), 1960-1966
• Kenya, 1946-1963
• Nigeria (Lagos), 1946-1951
• Zambia (Northern Rhodesia), 1946-1964
• Malawi (Nyasaland), 1946-1964
• Sierra Leone, 1946-1961
• Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia), 1953-1963
• Tanzania (Tanganyika), 1946-1961
• The Gambia, 1946-1965
• Ghana (Gold Coast), 1946-1957
• Uganda, 1946-1962
• Tanzania (Zanzibar), 1946-1963

These gazettes contain copies of the laws and ordinances which were introduced in the years they cover. Each item was originally published as the Government Gazette for a colony and year. Their contents include tenders of property, probate records and insolvency notices. This is the third part of the three part series 'Colonial Law in Africa.' These papers cover the Mau Mau uprising, the creation of the first legislative councils and legal changes to transfer power to those councils. These gazettes were published alongside the African Blue Books of Statistics during the 19th and 20th centuries

• Admnistration, 1846-1956
• Finance, 1895-1956
• Judicial and police, 1895-1956
• Natural resources, 1889-1957
• Social services, 1886-1956
• Transport and public works, 1895-1956
• Communications and post office savings bank, 1895-1956
• Commerce, 18889-1956
• Staff lists, 1896-1957
• Miscellaneous, 1895-1956
• British Togoland, 1920-1955

"Ghana and Togo were known by the colonial Government as the Gold Coast and British Togoland. These countries' records are published together because Togoland included land which is now part of Ghana. The Gold Coast and British Togoland were managed by the government departments who wrote these progress reports. The statistics for Ghana, but not Togo, are included in Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953. These reports explain why those statistics are at the levels recorded. The contents pages at the front of each report list the departments which existed at that time. Comparing the contents pages reveals how the structure of the colonial government changed over time"--Publisher's description (British Online Archives / Microform Academic Publishers), 5 August 2021

• Imperial Russian newspapers (25 titles)
• Independent and revolutionary Mexican newspapers (987 titles)
• Late Qing and Republican-era Chinese newspapers (292 titles)
• Middle Eastern and North African newspapers (79 titles)
• Southeast Asian newspapers (65 titles)
• South Asian newspapers (9 titles)

"The East View Global Press Archive (GPA) is a groundbreaking program to create the most comprehensive collection of digital news sources from around the world. GPA is the result of a landmark initiative of Stanford Libraries and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives to digitally preserve and make more accessible thousands of original print newspaper publications collected by the Hoover Institution and now housed by Stanford Libraries. Encompassing newspapers in more than 30 languages, GPA will ultimately include thousands of titles from across the globe, all presented in full-image and full-text format optimized for scholarly use. Many titles appearing in GPA will be first-ever digital versions of these publications and collectively this activity presents immense new value for scholarly research"--Publisher's description

Contains bibliographies for African studies, including entries from the International African bibliography published in the years 1971 to 2015.
The International African Bibliography (IAB) is an essential resource for all those working in the field of African studies, providing a current awareness service of the latest books, articles and papers published internationally on Africa.

• Administration, 1924-1963
• Finance, 1910-1964
• Police and judicial, 1918-1963
• Natural resources, 1907-1964
• Social services, 1920-1964
• Transport and public works, 1910-1964
• Communications and post office savings, 1910-1963
• Commerce, 1917-1963
• Corporations and board, 1950-1964
• Miscellaneous, 1907-1964

"The colony of Kenya was managed by the government departments who wrote these A1:F79 reports. They start when Kenya was a part of the East Africa Colony and continue until independence. The statistics for Kenya are included in Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953. These reports explain why those statistics are at the levels recorded. The contents pages at the front of each report list the departments which existed at that time. Comparing the contents pages reveals how the structure of the colonial government changed over time"--Publisher's description (British Online Archives / Microform Academic Publishers), 5 August 2021

This collection contains annual reports compiled by successive British colonial administrations in Nigeria and Cameroon. The documents cover the period from the establishment of the Colony and Protectorate of Lagos to the creation of an independent Nigerian state. The Annual Departmental Reports are therefore a useful resource for those who wish to study the development and eventual dissolution of British imperialism in West Africa. The reports are divided into ten sections for convenience. These are Administration, Finance, Judicial and Police, Natural Resources, Social Services, Transport and Public Works, Communications and Post Office Savings, Commerce, Miscellaneous, and reports relating to the British Cameroons

"Ever since the national rise of 'Black Studies' during the second half of the twentieth century, this field has focused on the distinctive individuals, places, events, concepts, and circumstances of African American history from the seventeenth century to the present -- from the early national period, when New World Africans first reckoned with Enlightenment preconceptions of race, to the new millennium, when African Americans continue to negotiate the conditions of their lives in the United States. African American Studies is now a vibrant, complex, and growing field for the intellectual and curricular mission of centers, institutes, programs, and departments at colleges and universities across the country. Oxford Bibliographies in African American Studies represents another step in the field's institutional progress. Regularly updated and expanded with new content, the module will provide bibliographic articles that identify, organize, cite, and annotate scholarship on key areas of African American Studies -- culture, politics, law, history, society, religion, and economics."-- Editorial page.

Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History combines the speed & flexibility of digital with the rigorous standards of academic publishing.

RetroNews, the official news site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, offers 400 titles of the French press published from 1631 to 1950 plus editorial contents highlighting press archives and advanced research tools

These records commence at the fracturing of the British Central Africa Protectorate which led to the official formation of the Nyasaland Protectorate. Most records conclude after Nyasaland gained independence in 1964. Nyasaland, now known as Malawi, is never more than one hundred miles wide from west to east and is almost enveloped on three sides by Mozambique, formerly known as Portugese East Africa. The main reason why Nyasaland became a British rather than a Portuguese colonial possession, was that David Livingstone had travelled extensively in the country and written extensively of its potential for Christianity and commerce. His travels were followed by a number of Scottish missionaries who, at the time of the Scramble for Africa, lobbied successfully for the creation of a British administration. In the early years the British Government ruled Nyasaland directly, supplanting local Chiefs in order to assume control. From the 1930's, the Government reversed this decision as they moved to indirect rule and worked with local Chiefs to govern Nyasaland. The work with local Chiefs had limits however and when the Government was faced with opposition to the federation of Nyasaland with Rhodesia in 1953, they proceeded regardless of local protest. The decision to enforce this alliance would hasten the arrival of the call for independence. Commerce and the development of natural resources were key priorities for the colonial government. The Government's most thoroughly documented concern is farming, with surveys of land and water supplies featuring alongside reports on agriculture and veterinary care. Financial returns were also very important to the Government with Estimates, Financial Returns, and Audits featuring alongside Customs and Excise. The Government were particularly keen to ensure that the natives purchased insurance; when the Government found that insurance policies were being mistaken for bank accounts they resolved to educate the population on how to use this financial product. This collection consists of nine groups rather than its original eight, this is because the size of the Natural Resources group was sufficient to require it being split in two

The origins of modern Sierra Leone can be traced back to the attempts of a group of British businessmen and philanthropists, commonly known as the Clapham Sect, to found a settlement of freed slaves on the Sierre Leone peninsula in 1778. British colonial rule in Sierra Leone commenced in 1808, when the tiny Freetown enclave became a Crown Colony under the direct responsibility of the British government which ruled through a Governor. At various periods during the nineteenth century, the Governor of Sierra Leone also served as Governor-in-Chief of Britain's other West African possessions. As late as 1888, the Governor of Sierra Leone was responsible for the administration of the Gambia. However, formal British authority remained confined to the Freetown peninsula until 1896, when the hinterland which comprises the greater part of what is today Sierra Leone was declared a British Protectorate. It was only after the establishment of the Sierra Leone Protectorate that British colonial administration and technical departments began to assume a complexity which warranted separate departmental reports. During the nineteenth century much of this information was published in abbreviated form in the Government Gazette or in the Governor's Annual Report. The Annual Departmental Reports relating to Sierra Leone are complementary to the Blue Books relating to Sierra Leone. For the purposes of organization, the departmental collection has been divided into nine sections: Administration, Finance, Judicial and Police, Natural Resources, Social Services, Transport and Public Works, Communications and Post Office Savings, Commerce, also Staff Lists and Miscellaneous Content. Within each section, departmental series have been organized thematically and in chronological order, prefaced by selected extraordinary reports and sessional papers of particular relevance, and followed by related sub-sections. Description drawn from D.C. Dorward's introduction

• Administration, 1909-1964
• Finance, 1929-1962
• Judicial and police, 1912-1960
• Natural resources, 1903-1961
• Social services, 1908-1961
• Transport and public work, 1912-1961
• Trade and commerce, 1910-1961
• Development corporation and boards, 1948-1961
• Miscellaneous reports, 1923-1961

"The colony of Uganda was managed by the government departments who wrote these progress reports. Some reports start in the 1900s, but most reports cover from the 1920s until independence. The statistics for Uganda are included in Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953. These reports explain why those statistics are at the levels recorded. The contents pages at the front of each report list the departments which existed at that time. Comparing the contents pages reveals how the structure of the colonial government changed over time"--Publisher's description (British Online Archives / Microform Academic Publishers), 5 August 2021

The occupation of Southern Rhodesia was first triggered by the discovery of gold in South Africa. When the British South Africa Company's hopes of uncovering gold in Mashonaland were not realised, they attacked and defeated the Ndebele in 1893, then occupied Matabeleland too. The Company's treatment of the native population inspired the Shona and Ndebele Risings of 1896-1897, this rebellion was defeated with great difficulty. After its defeat some more experienced colonial managers were appointed to administrate Rhodesia and those managers initiated the publication of the reports reproduced here. Southern Rhodesia was first formally annexed as a British colony from 1923, Northern Rhodesia became a British Colony in 1924. From 1953 to 1963 Southern Rhodesia was re-united with Northern Rhodesia to form the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The Federal period witnessed considerable white immigration, the white population of Southern Rhodesia trebled between 1945 and 1960;" this increase was actively encouraged by the white population who administered the running of the country. This exponential population growth increased political tensions between the native and the white populations, these tensions came to a head in the mid 1960?s. In 1964 Northern Rhodesia became independent as Zambia, Southern Rhodesia would begin calling itself Rhodesia. Then in 1965, after its attempts to negotiate independence failed, the government which only represented the white settlers made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. This declaration of 'independence' was not recognised by the outside world and gave rise to guerrilla warfare internally. The war ended with a 'power-sharing' agreement including some black politicians in June 1979;" this was followed by the constitutional agreement between the warring factions of Zimbabwe and the UK Government, which was reached at Lancaster House in December 1979, this in-turn led to the first election under universal suffrage. These annual reports illustrate the dramatic historical development of Southern Rhodesia from corporate colonisation, through imperial colonisation, to independence

Contains British government files and maps related to South Africa under the first thirty years of the apartheid regime. Of interest to students, researchers and teachers of African history, the British Empire, race relations and the Cold War.