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HIS 375 / 575: Pre-Colonial Africa
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HIS 375 / 575: Pre-Colonial Africa
A guide for students conducting research and looking for primary sources about pre-colonial Africa.
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Nubia / Kushitic Kingdom
Ancient Egyptian Kingdom
Aksum or Abbysinia / Ethopia
Asante / Ashante / Ashanti Empire
Benin Kingdom
Old Mali Empire / Old Ghana / Songhay
Zulu
Internet African History Sourcebook: Nubia
Fordham University
Medieval Nubia Sourcebook
Fairfield University
Metropolitan Museum: Nubia
Images in context
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt
Fordham University
American Research Center in Egypt: Virtual Tours
Knowledge and Power in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
LMU Munich
Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
Selection of inscriptions
Duke Papyrus Archive
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
An estimated 80,000 objects related to Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology
ETANA - Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives
"ETANA is a cooperative venture of a consortium of scholarly societies and universities to develop and maintain a comprehensive Internet site for the study of the ancient Near East (ANE)."
Kingdom of Axum
Some primary sources embedded within
Axum Image Gallery
UNESCO images
Muhammed Dawud's Collection of Islamic Manuscripts from Kemisse [c 11th century-21st century]
British Library - Endangered Archives Program
Ashanti Culture
Linked resources
Ashante Culture
List of resources (look for books in our library collection)
Golden Stool of the Ashanti Empire
Also includes information about ruler Osei Kofi Tutu
Benin: an African kingdom
The British Museum
Benin Court Art - Metropolitan Museum
A couple of primary sources embedded
Art of the Kingdom of Benin
Wikipedia entry - primary sources embedded throughout
Writings of Al Bakri (1057)
Boston University African Studies Center
Kingdom of Mali, Al-Umari (1324)
See page 3
Mali Empire Works of Art
Smithsonian
The Travels of Ibn Battuta [14th Century]
Includes a trip to Mali
The Gold Road Resource
Information about Shaka (Zulu military leader)
Air University Library
General Primary Resources
Africa Focus: Sights & Sounds of a Continent
University of Wisconsin Madison
African National Congress
Click the Documents link to find primary sources.
African Online Digital Library
Michigan State University
Art of African Exploration
Smithsonian Libraries
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