An Online Reference Guide to African American History
Quintard Taylor
Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History
University of Washington, Seattle
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Listed below are links to major African, Latin American and West Indian newspapers, magazines and journals. In some instances these links also include the archives of these media sources.
Newspapers | Magazines | Scholarly Journals
Africa
Angola:
- Luanda
Journal de AngolaBotswana:
- Gaborone
Botswana GazetteBurkina Faso:
- Ouagadougou
Hebdo.Hebdomadiare du Burkina
- Ouagadougou
SidwayaBurundi:
- Bujumbura
Burundi TribuneCape Verde:
- Praia
A Semana Online
Central African Republic:
- Bangui
Le ConfidentCote d'Ivoire:
- Abidjan
Intelligent D'AbidjanDjibouti:
- Djibouti
NationEritrea:
- Asmara
Eritrea DailyEthiopia:
- Addis Abba
Ethiopian ReporterGambia:
- Banjul
The Daily ObserverGhana:
- Accra
The Ghanaian Chronicle
- Accra
The Daily Graphic
- Accra
The StatesmanKenya:
- Mombasa
Coast Week
- Nairobi
Daily Nation
- Nairobi
The East African
- Nairobi
The East African Standard
- Nairobi
The Kenyan Times
Madagascar:
- Antananarivo
Express de Madagascar
- Antananarivo
Madagascar Tribune
- Antananarivo
Midi Madagasikara
Malawi:
- Blantyre
The Daily Times
Mauritania:
- Nouakchott
Tahalil HebdoMauritius
- Port Louis
Le MatinalMozambique:
- Maputo
Canal de MocambiqueNamibia:
- Windhoek
The NamibianNigeria:
- Abuja
Leadership Nigeria
- Ibadan
The Nigerian Tribune
- Kano
Daily Triumph
- Lagos
The Punch
- Lagos
VanguardRwanda:
- Kigali
The New Times
- Kigali
La Nouvelle Releve
Sao Tome:
- Sao Tome
Journal de Sao TomeSenegal:
- Dakar
Nettali
- Dakar
L'Office
- Dakar
Le SoleilSeychelles:
- Victoria
Seychelles NationSierra Leone:
- Freetown
Standard Times
Somalia:
- Hargeysa
Haatuf News
South Africa:
- Durban
Daily News
- East London
Dispatch Online
- Johannesburg
City Press
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg
- Pietermaritzburg
- Port Elizabeth
The Herald
Sudan:
- Khartoum
Sudan Vision
Swaziland:
- Mbabane
Times of Swaziland
Tanzania:
- Arusha
Arusha Times
- Dar es Salaam
Daily News
- Dar es Salaam
The Express Online
- Dar es Salaam
- Dar es Salaam
Mwananchi
Togo:
- Lome
LeTogolais
Uganda:
- Kampala
Bukedde
- Kampala
Red Pepper
- Kampala
The Daily Monitor
- Kampala
The Independent
- Kampala
The New Vision
The Congo:
- Kinshasa
La Conscience
- Kinshasa
The Observateur
Zambia:
- Lusaka
Daily Mail
- Lusaka
- Lusaka
The Times of Zambia
Zimbabwe:
- Harare
The Herald
- Harare
Manica Post
- Harare
Zimbabwe Post
Africa
Continent-Wide Periodicals:
Africa-Asia Confidential
Africa Confidential
Africa e Mediterraneo (Italian and English)
African Economic Analysis
Africa Focus
Africa Intelligence
Africa Journal
Africa Lusofona (Portuguese)
Africa Positive (German)
Africa Renewal
Africa Week
African Business
African Vibe Magazine
Amina, le magazine de la femme (French)
New African
New African Woman
Specific Country Publications:
Benin:
Côte d'Ivoire:
L'Intelligent D'Abidjan
Botswana:
Ghana:
Ghana Review International
Kenya:
News from Africa
Old Africa: Stories from East Africa's Past
Mali:
Bamako Culture
Mozambique:
Mozambique Inview
Latin America
The West Indies
Africa
Continent-Wide African Journals
African Affairs
Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History
Specific Country Publications:
Botswana:
Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies
Ghana:
Ghana Studies
Nigeria:
Lagos Historical Review
Latin America
Brazil:
Sankofa: Revista de Historia da Africa e de Estudios da Diaspora Africana
The West Indies
Callaloo: A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters
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