Africana Studies

Oxford African American Studies Center

Choose from over 8,000 online entries in Oxford University Press' authoritative reference works, as well as primary source documents, images, maps, timelines, and chart and tables.

See our General Reference Resources in electronic format.

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African American Almanac

African American Eras : Contemporary Times

African American Eras : Segregation to Civil Rights Times

American Years: Chronologies of American History and Experience

Encyclopedia of African American Society

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Encyclopedia of African American Education

Encyclopedia of Black Studies  

Gale Library of Daily Life : Slavery in America

Harlem Renaissance

Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America

Notable African American Writers

Who's Who Among African Americans

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Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students

Countries and Their Cultures

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa  

New Encyclopedia of Africa 

Use the CIA World Factbook to retrieve current demographics for African nations