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HIST 499: African History: Primary Sources by Country / Region
Resources for African History
Algeria
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Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War byPublication Date: 2000Not held by WWU. Request through SUMMIT lending.
Congo
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The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration byCall Number: Google BooksPublication Date: 1885
East Africa
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The East African Coast: Select Documents from the First to the Earlier Nineteenth Century. byCall Number: DT365 .F7Publication Date: 1962
Ethiopia
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The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son MenyelekCall Number: online
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The Kebra NagastCall Number: online
Ghana
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Great Britain and Ghana: Documents of Ghana History, 1807-1957 byCall Number: DT511 .M58Publication Date: 1964
Guinea
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Revolution in Guinea: Selected TextsCall Number: DT613.62 .C32
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Unity and struggle : speeches and writings byCall Number: DT613.75 .C335
Kenya
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Western Kenya Historical Texts: Abaluyia, Teso, and Elgon Kalenjin byCall Number: DT434.E2 A49Publication Date: 1967
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Race and Politics in Kenya: A Correspondence between Elspeth Huxley and Margery Perham byCall Number: DT434.E2 H78 1956Publication Date: 1959
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Suffering without bitterness : the founding of the Kenya Nation byCall Number: DT434.E26 K49Publication Date: 1968
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'Mau Mau' detainee; the account by a Kenya African of his experiences in detention camps, 1953-1960 byCall Number: DT434.E27 K3 1963Publication Date: 1963
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Mau Mau from within : autobiography and analysis of Kenya's peasant revolt byCall Number: DT434.E27 B28Publication Date: 1966
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Mau Mau and the Kikuyu byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche GN301 .H8 FL10 3Publication Date: 1953
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The challenge of nationhood; a collection of speeches and writings byCall Number: DT434.E262 M35 1970bPublication Date: 1970
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Harambee! : the Prime Minister of Kenya's speeches, 1963-1964 : from the attainment of internal self-government to the threshold of the Kenya Republic byCall Number: DT434.E26 K4Publication Date: 1964
Liberia
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The future of Africa : being addresses, sermons, etc., etc., delivered in the Republic of Liberia byCall Number: DT632 .C7 1969Publication Date: 1862
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Scenes and incidents of every-day life in Africa byCall Number: DT625 .B87 1969Publication Date: 1860
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A history of colonization on the western coast of Africa byCall Number: E448 .A37 1971Publication Date: 1849
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History of the American colony in Liberia, from December 1821 to 1823 byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5 LAC 40099Publication Date: 1826
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Calumny refuted by facts from Liberia : with extracts from the inaugural address of the coloured President Roberts ; an eloquent speech of Hilary Teage, a coloured senator ; and extracts from a discourse by H.H. Garnett, a fugitive slave, on the past and byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5 LAC 40099Publication Date: 1848
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Republic of Liberia. Facts for thinking men: showing the present condition of slave labor and free labor, in tropical and semi-tropical countries; and the indispensable necessity of African colonization; being letters originally addressed to the citizens byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5 LAC 40099Publication Date: 1852
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History of the Negro race in America from 1619 to 1880 : negroes as slaves, as soldiers and as citizens ; together with a preliminary consideration of the unity of the human family, an historical sketch of Africa, and an account of the Negro governments o byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5Publication Date: 1883
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African colonization byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5 LAC 40099
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Some interesting papers of John McDonogh : chiefly concerning the Louisiana Purchase and the Liberian colonization byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5 LAC 16487Publication Date: 1898
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Ethiopia : her gloom and glory : as illustrated in the history of the slave trade and slavery, the rise of the Republic of Liberia, and the progress of African missions byCall Number: Wilson 180 - Microfiche E156 .L5 LAC 15843Publication Date: 1857
Mali
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The Timbuktu chronicles, 1493-1599 : English translation of the original works in Arabic by Al Hajj Mahmud KatiCall Number: DT551.65 .T5613 2011
Nigeria
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Crisis and Conflict in Nigeria: A Documentary Sourcebook. byCall Number: DT515.9.E3 K56Publication Date: 1971
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Lugard and the Amalgamation of Nigeria: A Documentary Record; Being a Reprint of the Report by Sir F.D. Lugard on the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria and Administration 1912-1919; together with Supplementary Unpublished Amalgamation Reports byCall Number: DT515.7 .L8Publication Date: 1968
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Baba of Karo : a woman of the Muslim HausaCall Number: DT515 .B115 1954
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Collected works of Nana Asma'u, daughter of Usman dan Fodiyo (1793-1864)Call Number: eBook
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A preface to modern Nigeria : the "Sierra Leonians" in Yoruba, 1830-1890 byCall Number: DT515.7 .K6Publication Date: 1965
Senegal
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White war, black soldiers : two African accounts of World War ICall Number: eBook
South Africa
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Before Van Riebeeck; Callers at South Africa from 1488 to 1652 byCall Number: DT826 .R3Publication Date: 1967
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Diamond Fever: South African Diamond History, 1866-9 from Primary Sources byCall Number: TN991 .R6Publication Date: 1974
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Dr. Do-Little and the African Potato: Cartoons from Sowetan, Mail & Guardian and Sunday Times byCall Number: DT1975 .Z38 2003
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From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1990 byCall Number: DT763 .F73Publication Date: 1972
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Mandela, Tambo, and the African National Congress: The Struggle against Apartheid, 1948-1990: A Documentary Survey byCall Number: DT1757 .M36 1991Publication Date: 1991
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A Narrative of the Irruption of the Kaffir Hordes into the Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope, 1834-1835, including Parts I, II, and III of the Introductory Remarks. byCall Number: DT844.5 .G7 1836aOriginally published 1835-36
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The Natal Papers: A Reprint of All Notices and Public Documents Connected with that Territory including a Description of the Country and a History of Events from 1498-1843, in Two Parts byCall Number: DT866 .C48 1843aPublication Date: 1968Facsimile of 1843 ed.
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Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History, 1795-1910 byCall Number: JQ1911 .E8 1969Publication Date: 1969
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Select Documents Relating to the Unification of South Africa byCall Number: DT751 .N4 1968Publication Date: 1968
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Source Material on the South African Economy: 1860-1970 byCall Number: HC517.S7 H628Publication Date: 1972-1973
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South Africa in Two World Wars: A Newspaper History byCall Number: Oversize D547.A4 A43Publication Date: 1979
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The Struggle for South Africa a Reference Guide to Movements, Organizations, and Institutions byCall Number: JQ1931 .D38 1988)Publication Date: 1988
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What They Said, 1795-1910: A Selection of Documents from South African History byCall Number: DT766 .M27Publication Date: 1971
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The Boer War diary of Sol T. Plaatje; an African at MafekingCall Number: DT934.M2 P4
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Long walk to freedom : the autobiography of Nelson MandelaCall Number: DT1949.M35 A3 1994
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491 days : prisoner number 1323/69 byCall Number: eBook
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BikoCall Number: DT779.8.B48 W66
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Not either an experimental doll : the separate worlds of three South African womenCall Number: HQ1800 .M69 1988
Sudan
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An Islamic Alliance: ʻAlī Dīnār and the Sānūsiyya, 1906-1916 byCall Number: DT159.6.D27 I85 1994Publication Date: 1994Chiefly documents in Arabic with English translations and notes.
Tanzania
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Memoirs of an Arabian princess from ZanzibarNot held at WWU. Request through SUMMIT lending.
West Africa
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British Policy Towards West Africa: Select Documents byCall Number: DT494 .N4Publication Date: 1965-1. Select Documents, 1786-1874. -- 2. Select Documents, 1875-1914, with Statistical Appendices, 1800-1914.
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Corpus of Early Arabic Sources for West African History byCall Number: DT476 .C67Publication Date: 1981
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France and West Africa: An Anthology of Historical Documents. byCall Number: Books (DT534 .H3)Publication Date: 1969.
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Guides to Materials for West African History in European ArchivesCall Number: CD1000 .G8Publication Date: 1962
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Materials for West African History in the Archives of the United Kingdom.Call Number: CD1000 .G8 no. 5Publication Date: 1973
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Medieval West Africa: Views from Arab Scholars and Merchants byCall Number: DT476 .M43 2003Publication Date: 2003
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Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Saʻdi's Taʼrīkh al-Sūdān down to 1613, and Other Contemporary Documents byCall Number: DT532.2 .S214213 1999Publication Date: 1999
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Travels in West Africa: Congo Franca̧is, Corisco and Cameroons byCall Number: DT471 .K55 1965Publication Date: 1965
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Wit and Wisdom from West Africa: Or, A Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms byCall Number: Google BooksPublication Date: 1865
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe Independence Movements: Select Documents byCall Number: DT962.62 .Z565 1979Publication Date: 1979
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