UCLA Library Information Resources on African Languages
SELECTED MATERIALS FOR RESEARCHERS AND LEARNERS OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURE
Selected Reference Guides Available in the UCLA-YRL Reference Reading Room
New encyclopedia of Africa (John Middleton, editor in chief ; Joseph C. Miller, editor; 2008).
Call Number: DT2 .N48 2008
Encyclopedia of Africa south of the Sahara (John Middleton, editor in chief; Vol. 1-4, 1997)
Call Number: DT351.E53 1997
Encyclopedia of African history (Kevin Shillington, editor; Vol. 1-3, 2005)
Call Number: DT20 .E53 2005
Encyclopedia of African history and culture (Willie F. Page, editor; v 1-5, 2003)
Call Number: DT3 .P27 2005
The humanities: a selective guide to information sources (Ron Blazek & Elizabeth Aversa; 6th ed, 2000)
Call Number: Z6265 .B53 2000
The African Studies companion: A guide to information sources
(Hans M. Zell, Ed.; 4th rev & expanded ed., 2006)
Call Number: DT19.8 .Z45 2006 (also available online)
Bibliography of African languages
(Wilma Meier, 1984)
Call Number: Z7106 .B53 1984
The Cambridge history of African and Caribbean literature (edited by F. Abiola Irele and Simon Gikandi, 2004)
Call Number: PN841 .C36 2004
Peoples of Africa: ethno-linguistic map
(Charles Meur, Au., Marc Leo Felix, Ed., 2001)
Call Number: G2446.E3 M48 2001 **
A survey of materials for the study of the uncommonly taught languages
(Dora E. Johnson et al., 1976).
Call Number: Z7001 .B613p 1976
Dictionary of languages : the definitive reference to more than 400 languages
(Andrew Dalby, 1998).
Call Number: P29 .D35 1998b
A guide to world language dictionaries
(Andrew Dalby, 1998).
Call Number: Z7004.D5 D35 1998
African folklore: An encyclopedia
(Philip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah, editors; 2004)
Call Number: GR350 .A33 2004
Encyclopedia of world cultures
(David Levinson, editor in chief; v1-10, 2002).
Call Number: GN307 .E53 1991
Encyclopedia of the world's nations and cultures
(George Thomas Kurian, editor; 2007).
Call Number: G63.K874 2007
Encyclopedia of precolonial Africa: Archaeology, history, languages, cultures, and environments
(Joseph O. Vogel, editor ; Jean Vogel, editorial manager; 1997).
Call Number: DT2 .E53 1997
Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kathleen Sheldon; 2005)
Call Number: HQ1787 .S44 2005
Selected Books from General Collection
African languages: An introduction
(edited by Bernd Heine and Derek Nurse, 2000).
Call Number: PL8005 .A24 2000
African voices: An introduction to the languages and linguistics of Africa
(edited by Vic Webb and Kembo-Sure; 2000)
Call Number: PL8005 .A24 2000
Heritage of the African languages manuscripts
(Ajami; edited and introduced by, Helmi Sharawy, 2005)
Call Number: PL8005 .H47 2005
Ashanti to Zulu: African traditions
(Margaret Musgrove, 1980)
Call Number: GN645 .M87 1980
Language in danger: How language loss threatens our future
(Andrew Dalby, 2002).
Call Number: P40.5.L33 D25 2002
Language history and linguistic description in Africa
(edited by Ian Maddieson and Thomas J. Hinnebusch; 1998)
Call Number: PL8005 .L34 1998
Language and history in Africa: A volume of collected papers presented to the London Seminar on Language and History in Africa (held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1967-69)
(edited by David Dalby, 1970).
Call Number: PL8003 .D15l
11 South African folk tales : 11 official languages : a celebration of democracy and cultural diversity
(Are´ van Schalkwyk ; original artwork, 2005).
Call Number: GR359 .E44 2005
Law, language, and science: The invention of the "native mind" in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1930
(Diana Jeater; 2007)
Call Number: P81.Z55 J43 2007
Advances in African languages, literatures and cultures : essays in memory of Nnabuenyi Ugonna
(edited by Charles Ogbulogo, P.A. Ezikeojiaku, Olugboyega Alaba; 2001).
Call Number: PL8259.9.I426 Z52 2001
Encyclopedia of African peoples
(the Diagram Group, 2000)
Call Number: DT15 .E53 2000
The Garland handbook of African music
(edited by Ruth M. Stone; 2000)
Call Number: ML350 .G54 1999
Kingdoms of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa: An illustrated encyclopedia of ruling monarchs from ancient times to the present
(Gene Gurney; 1986)
Call Number: DS32 .G87 1986
Pounders of grain: A history of women, work, and politics in Mozambique (Kathleen E. Sheldon; 2002)
Call Number: HQ1799 .S44 2002
International education and foreign languages: Keys to securing America’s future. Committee to Review the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education Programs (Mary Ellen O’Connell and Janet L. Norwood, editors; 2007)
Call Number: P57.U7 I58 2007 (also available online)
Selected Language and Related Maps of Africa
Language map of Africa and the adjacent islands (David Dalby, 1977).
Call Number: G8200 .E3 1977 D25
For specific geographical location or maps, users can search Government Information, Maps & GIS under Reference Collection Online of UCLA-Library, CRIS Department
Selected Periodicals Related to African Languages and Studies
Africa (London: Oxford University Press)
Call Number: GN1 .A25 (also available online for UC campuses)
African Arts (Los Angeles: African Studies Center, UCLA)
Call Number:* AP2 .A258 (also available online for UC campuses)
African Historical Studies (Brookline, Mass., African Studies Center of Boston University)
Call Number: DT1 (also available online for UC campuses)
African Language Studies (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Call Number: PL8000 .A254
African Studies (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press)
Call Number: GN656.A1 A2 (also available online for UC campuses)
African Studies Bulletin (African Studies Association)
Call Number: DT19.8 .A27 (also available online for UC campuses)
African Languages and Cultures (London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Call Number: PL8000 .A2556 (also available online for UC campuses)
Current Approaches to African Linguistics
Call Number: PL8000 .C87
African Studies Abstracts Online (electronic resource)
Call Number: Z3501
African Studies Quarterly (Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Center for African Studies)
Call Number:DT19.8 (also available online)
African Studies Review (African Studies Association)
Call Number:DT1 (also available online for UC campuses)
The Australasian Review of African Studies (African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific)
Call Number: DT31 .A663a
Canadian Journal of African Studies (Canadian Association of African Studies)
Call Number: DT1 .C16 (also available online for UC campuses)
Epasa Moto: A Bilingual Journal of Language, Letters, and Culture (the Buea University Centre., Cameroon)
Call Number: PL8000 .E66
Ilorin Journal of Language and Literature: IJLL (University of Ilorin, Nigeria)
Call Number: PL8009.5 .I45
GEFAME: Journal of African Studies (open-access)
Ntama Journal of African Music
Online Information Resources (see also eResources at UCLA Library -- use relevant keywords)
African Language Materials Archive -- Digital Library for International Research
Africa Updates -- African Studies Program, CCSU
African Journals Online – from INASP
Encyclopedia Britannica online (search any language for some basic information about it; also, print version available: Encyclopedia Britannica 2007)
eHRAF Collection of Ethnography -- a database of socio-cultural information (search any language or country)
Library of Congress' Online Exhibition of Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert of Timbuktu
Deutsche Welle Online -- Audio/video news broadcasts in various languages
AfricaBib (compiled by Davis Bullwinkle)
The African Music Encyclopedia (by Janet Planet)
International Library of African Music -- Rhodes University, South Africa
Center for Electronic Resources in African Studies, University of Iowa Libraries
General History of Africa (by UNESCO)
Online African Studies Thesaurus, University of Leiden Library
African Online Digital Library (AODL) -- African Studies Center at MSU
African Collections: Printed Books and Serials-- The British Museum
African Lives -- Washington Post
Voice of the Shuttle -- Africa
Web Resources for African Languages -- Jouni Filip Maho
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[Compiled by Janet Kaaya, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA-Young Research Library. Please send her your comments/suggestions/additions]