About Africana Periodical Literature: Indexes over 48,000 articles from over 280 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent. Each title is indexed from its first day of publication to the present or, either its date of ceasing or a date where the journal or periodical no longer covered Africa on a regular basis. In only in a few cases were titles dropped due to the difficulty in obtaining copies or irregularities in the journal's publishing schedule. Of the over 280 journals and periodicals indexed, more than half have ceased being published. Until the mid-1960's few Africana journals were indexed in major indexing tools. This work hopes to fill the gap by indexing Africana materials from the mid-nineteenth century to today in one index. The titles indexed in this database represent Africana materials published in from over 22 nations within North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Years of Coverage: Mid-nineteenth century-present.
Online Access: World Wide Web
Access Restrictions: None.
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