Africa Bibliography
| Discipline | Africa |
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| Language | English |
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| History | 1984-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | None |
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| ISSN | 0020-5877 (print) 1757-1642 (web) |
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Africa Bibliography is the annual guide to works in African studies, published by Edinburgh University Press on behalf of the International African Institute since 1984.
Items included are taken from: monographs, chapters in edited volumes, journal articles, and pamphlets.
Regions covered: all regions of Africa, including North Africa.
Languages included: English, as well as Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Swahili, Spanish and Afrikaans.
Subject areas covered: publications are principally in the social and environmental sciences, humanities and arts, alongside some items from the medical, biological and natural sciences.
The bibliography categorises by region, country and subject and includes an author index and a detailed thematic index. As an annual publication, it records the previous year's published work in its field, with provision for retrospective inclusion of earlier items.
General information on online edition
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Keywords: Subsaharan Africa/African studies/social sciences/anthropology/African languages/history
Fulltext online: Edinburgh University Press: 2004-; Muse: 2005-
List of introductory essays
Each volume contains an introductory essay relating to the state of bibliography and bibliographical matters in African studies.
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Facilitating scholarly communication in African Studies | Titia van der Werf-Davelaar, Head of the Library, Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 2005 | African studies bibliography: a state-of-the-art review | Peter Limb, Africana Bibliographer, Michigan State University |
| 2006 | The three ages of African studies reference works | John McIlwaine, Emeritus Professor of the Bibliography of Asia and Africa, University College London |
| 2007 | Serving the bibliographic needs of scholars in Tanzania: a case study of the Tanzania Library Services Board | Alli A.S. Mcharazo, Director General of Tanzania Library Services Board |