International Studies

Economic data on many African countries.

An internet based platform for compilation and dissemination of data on various socio-economic indicators on African countries.

DataFirst is a research data service dedicated to making South African and other African survey and administrative microdata available to researchers and policy analysts.

An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa

APHRC is a leading pan-African research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, that conducts high quality policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization and related development issues across Africa.

Includes four databases which contain records of nearly 35,000 separate slaving voyages between 1514 and 1866. Voyages database: search for information on specific voyages or sets of voyages; Estimates database: use the interactive estimates page to analyze the full volume and multiple routes of the slave trade; Images database: a collection of scanned documents, maps, and illustrations; African Names database: identifies over 67,000 Africans aboard slave ships, using name, age, gender, origin, and place of embarkation.

Documents regarding slaving through Timbuktu.

Digitized collections of images relating to the African slave trade and slave life in America.

The African Online Digital Library (AODL) is a portal to multimedia collections about Africa. MATRIX, working in cooperation with the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, is partnering with universities and cultural heritage organizations in Africa to build this resource.

Collections of primary sources housed within JSTOR.

This online collection is maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. It contains digitized images and sounds of Africa contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

U.S. archives of history of U.S. activism and support for African independence from colonialism: 1950-1990s.

Cultural, political, economic online resources.

A digital library of over 3000 books, journals, and documents related to African policy issues; a directory of experts; plus, current news analysis and opinion articles.
(Centre for International Governance Innovation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; South African Institute of International Affairs, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Connecting-Africa is a gateway to African research information and materials produced worldwide. It provides access to 61471 publications from 93 repositories as well as information on 1354 Africa experts (researchers, policymakers, development practioners) and on 890 organisations (research or development-related institutes with expertise on Africa).

Compilation of secondary and primary sources about Sub-Saharan Africa, curated by Karen Fung at Stanford

The internet library sub-Saharan Africa (ilissAfrica) is a portal that offers an integrated access to relevant scientific conventional and digital information resources on the sub-Saharan Africa region. Information scattered on private or institutional websites, databases or library catalogs are brought together in order to facilitate research.

Think tank that analyzes current events in Africa.

Originally founded in 1987 at the University of the Witwatersrand, the CPS became an independent research institution in 1996. Research reports, policy briefs, policy--issues & actors, and the newsletter "Synopsis" are available in downloadable PDF format from this African policy think tank's web site.