The British Columbia Digital Library

International Collections by Institution: Africa

• The African Digital Library (AfricaEducation, South Africa). Free access to various Internet/Web publications to anyone living in Africa. The AfricaEducation site also contains links to African post-secondary institutions and other resources.
• African Digital Library: West African Digital Resources (Matrix, Michigan State University). Multimedia electronic resources for the study of West African cultures.
• African Studies Center (Edited by Ali B. Ali-Dinar, School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania). A non-African academic research center with links to full-text resources by Africans or about Africa. A feature of this site is a set of country-specific Web pages that function as a guide to Internet/Web resources.
• Africana Digitization Project. Digital Content Group, University of Wisconsin Libraries. Searchable/browsable collection of English language travel and ethnographic monographs dating back to the 16th century. Date accessed: 2003-05-16. Date added: 2003-05-16.
• The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, May 1909-November 1915. New York, NY: Digital Library Project, American Museum of Natural History Library. The museum's first online collection is based on multimedia records, including 160 scientific publications (full-text searchable or browsable), from this expedition. Date added: 2002-03-05.
• Center for Electronic Resources in African Studies (University of Iowa Libraries). Although not based in Africa, this academic center provides links to full-text resources by Africans or about Africa.
• DISA (Digital Imaging Project of South Africa; hosted by the University of Natal, South Africa). Digital facsimiles of various serials documenting the history of South Africa.

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