African History: Primary Source Databases

Digitized edition of The Times (London), the "world's newspaper of record." Full-text of the newspaper is searchable; may also browse issues page by page.

Contemporary and historical images from the Associated Press.

Resources devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies.

Although the focus of this collection is on African Americans, It includes many documents on Africa and the global black experience as well.

Full-text of FBIS reports translated into English. 1974-1996 available online; 1996-2004 available on CD-ROM in the Hoskins Library Storage Reading Room. FBIS was a monitoring agency for the CIA. This collection of documents from foreign media services is a resource for news as it was presented around the world. Use the Countries and Political Entities tab the select Africa then pick the country you are interested in from the list. The search box will search your terms within the documents related to the country you selected.

A multidisciplinary streaming video collection containing documentaries, films, interviews, music, news programs, and performances.

This streaming audio database produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.

Primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years.

Collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system, and the dynamics of emancipation in the U.S. as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other regions.

Primary source documents from 1490 to 2007 related to the complex subjects of slavery, abolition and social justice from archives and libraries across the Atlantic world.