Africa

=Resources for Africa= toc

__General Information__

 * Suggested subject headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Africa -- History] ([|OhioLINK])
 * [|Africa -- Social life and customs] ([|OhioLINK])
 * Try a Keyword Search (What's **Keyword Searching**?)
 * Search: [|Ralph M. Besse Library Catalog]
 * Search: [|OhioLINK] (What is OhioLINK?)

For general information, try searching for your topic in:
 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources]Databases available through Ursuline College Library


 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Sub-Saharan Africa: An Environmental History]
 * [|Africa and the Middle East: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues]
 * [|An Archaeology of Colonial Identity: Power and Material Culture in the Dwars Valley, South Africa]
 * [|Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards and Geosites of Each Country]
 * Search OhioLINK's [|Electronic Book Center]
 * Search [|ACLS Humanities e-Book]
 * Search [|Oxford Reference Online]
 * Search [|NetLibrary]


 * Weblinks**
 * [|Ursuline Studies]


 * Selected media items at Ursuline College Library** (May need instructor permission to check out media items)
 * Africa - MEDIA/DT 14 .A33
 * Portrait of Africa - MEDIA/DT 12.2 .P67


 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Encyclopedia of Pre-Colonial Africa// || REF/DT 2 .E53 1997 ||
 * //Encyclopedia of African History and Culture (5 volumes)// || REF/ DT 3 P27 2005 ||
 * //Africana// || REF/DT 14 A37435 1999 ||
 * //Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civilizations// || REF/ DT 14 .E43 2002 ||
 * //West African Kingdoms// || REF/ DT 476 W48 2004 ||
 * //The New Atlas of African History// || REF/G 2446 S1F73 1991 ||
 * //Encyclopedia of World Cultures// || REF/ GN 307 .E53 ||

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__**Art and Architecture**__
Selected books at Ursuline College Library:
 * Atlas of World Art || REF/ G 1046 .E1 O9 2004 ||
 * Africa Adorned (jewelry) || GT 1580 .F57 1984 ||
 * African Hairstyles (braids) || GT 2295 .A35 S24 1983 ||
 * The Art and Architecture of Islam || N 6260 .B56 1994 ||
 * The Dictionary of Art || REF/N 31 .D5 1996 ||
 * A History of Art in Africa || N 7380 .H54 2001 ||
 * The Tribal Arts of Africa || N 7380 .B32 1998 ||
 * The Royal Arts of Africa: the Majesty of Form || N 7391.65 .B58 1998 ||
 * African Royal Court art || N 7391.65 .C6613 1998 ||
 * African Fabric Design || NK 8987 .F7497 1999 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries]
 * [|Theology in Stone: Church Architecture From Byzantium to Berkeley]


 * Selected media items at Ursuline College Library** (May need instructor permission to check out media items)
 * African art: legacy of oppression - MEDIA/N 7391.65 .A35
 * African art, women, history: the Luba people of central Africa - MEDIA/N 7399 .C6 A47
 * African art and women artists - MEDIA/N 7380 .A378


 * Suggested subject headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Art, African] ([|OhioLINK])
 * [|Architecture -- Africa] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Suggested Databases** (What is a **Database**?
 * ARTstor - A digital library of more than one million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences.
 * Humanities International Complete - Comprehensive database of humanities content.

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__**Dress**__
[|Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture]
 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * Encyclopedia of world dress and fashion || REF/ GT 507 .E54 2010 ||
 * Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion || REF/ GT 507 .E53 2005 ||
 * Ethnic Dress || GT 511 .K46 1995 ||
 * Fashioning Africa : power and the politics of dress || GT 1580 .F37 2004 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Africa -- Clothing and dress] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * Berg Fashion Library - Provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history.

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__**Food**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * The Cambridge World History of Food || REF/ TX 353 .C255 2000 ||
 * Encyclopedia of Food and Culture || REF/ GT 2850 E53 2003 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Sub-Saharan Africa: An Environmental History]
 * [|Hunger and Public Action]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Africa - food] ([|OhioLINK])
 * Cooking, African -- History (OhioLINK)


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Culture]
 * [|Indexes/Databases] available through the Ursuline College Library.
 * OhioLINK's [|Electronic Journal Center]

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__**Literature**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //African Literature and its Times// || REF/PL 8010.M65 2000 ||
 * //African Writers// || REF/PL 8010.A453 1996 ||
 * //The Companion to African Literatures// || REF/ PR 9340 .C65 2000 ||
 * //Yoruba Trickster Tales// || GR 351.32 Y56 O86 1997 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|FOLKLORE: An Encyclopedia of BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, TALES, MUSIC, and ART]
 * [|GIANTS, MONSTERS, AND DRAGONS: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOLKLORE, LEGEND, AND MYTH]


 * Suggested subject headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|African literature] ([|OhioLINK])

[|Literary Reference Center]
 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)

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__**Music**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music// || REF/ML 100 .G16 1998 ||
 * Selected media items at Ursuline College Library** (May need instructor permission to check out media items)
 * Africa come back: the popular music of West Africa - MEDIA/ML 3760 .A37
 * The seven ages of music: the magic of African music - MEDIA/ML 350 .S48


 * Suggested subject headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Music -- Africa] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|List of music resources] - Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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__**Religion**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //A Companion to African Philosophy// || REF/ B5305 C66 2004 ||
 * //Ifa Divination// || BF 1779 .I4 B3 1991 ||
 * //The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend// || REF/ BL 303 .M45 2004 ||
 * //Introduction to African Religion// || BL 2400 .M383 1991 ||
 * //Encyclopedia of African and African-American Religions// || REF/BL 2462.5 .E53 2001 ||
 * //Death and the invisible powers: the world of Kongo belief// || BL 2480 .B24 B63 1993 ||
 * //Yoruba Beliefs and Sacrificial Rites// || BL2480.Y6 A96 1979 ||
 * //The History of Islam in Africa// || BP 64 .A1 H62 2000 ||
 * //Atlas of the World's Religions// || REF/G 1046 E4 A85 1999 ||
 * //African Ceremonies// || GN 645 .B4 19 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|The Church in Africa, 1450-1950]
 * [|The Changing Face of Christianity: Africa, the West, and the World]
 * [|International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education]
 * [|The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity]
 * [|Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices]
 * [|Pride, Faith and Fear: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa]
 * [|Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Africa -- Religious life and customs] ([|OhioLINK])
 * [|Africa -- Religion] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|List of religion resources]Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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__**Science**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures// || REF/Q 124.8 .E53 1997 ||
 * //Reader’s Guide to the History of Science// || REF/ Q 125 R43 2000 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|The Agulhas Current]
 * [|African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Science -- Africa] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Science]
 * [|Indexes/Databases] available through the Ursuline College Library.
 * OhioLINK's [|Electronic Journal Center]

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__**Women**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Marriage Customs of the World// || REF/ GT 690 M65 2004 ||
 * //Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations// || REF/HQ 1127 W654 1999 ||
 * //Sexuality and the World's Religions// || BL 65 .S4 S5 2003 ||
 * //Women in Ancient Egypt// || HQ 1137 E3 R__63 1993__ ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Women in the Third World: A Reference Handbook]
 * [|Gender Justice, Development, and Rights]
 * [|Bodily Integrity and the Politics of Circumcision: Culture, Controversy, and Change]


 * Suggested subject headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Women -- Africa] ([|OhioLINK])

[|Women's Studies International]
 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)

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__Arusha, Tanzania__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //North of South: an African Journey// || DT433.52 .N34 1979 ||
 * //The Plains Brood Alone: Tribesmen of the Serengeti// || DT440 .D5 1973 ||
 * //Sand Rivers// || QL337.T3 M37 1981 ||


 * Suggested subject headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Tanzania] ([|OhioLINK])
 * [|Arusha] ([|OhioLINK])

For general information, try searching for your topic in:
 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources]Databases available through Ursuline College Library

[|Ursuline Studies]
 * Weblinks:**

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__**Egypt**__

 * Selected books at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //The Oxford Encyclopedia of ancient Egypt// || REF/ DT 58 .O94 2001 ||
 * //Ancient Egypt, 2615-332 B.C.E.// || REF/ DT 61 .A55 2000 ||
 * //Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians// || DT 61 .B685 1999 ||
 * //Handbook to Life in Ancient Egypt// || REF/ DT 83 .D23 1998 ||
 * //Cairo// || DT 148 .R3913 2000 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Muslim Rebels: Kharijites and the Politics of Extremism in Egypt]
 * [|Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt]
 * [|Handbook of Egyptian Mythology]
 * [|POP CULTURE ARAB WORLD!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle]
 * [|DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE: A CULTURAL ENCYCLOPEDIA]
 * [|Women Rulers throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Egypt] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|Culture]
 * [|Indexes/Databases] available through the Ursuline College Library.
 * OhioLINK's [|Electronic Journal Center]

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__**Ghana**__

 * //See//Ghana

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__**Liberia**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Culture and Customs of Liberia// || REF/ DT 629 O45 2006 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Extreme Conflict and Tropical Forests]
 * [|CIVIL WARS OF THE WORLD: MAJOR CONFLICTS SINCE WORLD WAR II]
 * [|Colonialism]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Liberia] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources]Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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__**Morocco**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Culture and Customs of Morocco// || REF/ DT 312 N57 2006 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Colonialism]
 * [|The Mediterranean]
 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Morocco] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources]Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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__**Nigeria**__

 * //See// Lagos, Nigeria

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__Sierra Leone__

 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Sierra Leone]
 * [|Truth Commissions And Courts: The Tension Between Criminal Justice and the Search for Truth]
 * [|The Church in Africa, 1450-1950]
 * [|Extreme Conflict and Tropical Forests]
 * [|Geological Atlas of Africa: With Notes on Stratigraphy, Tectonics, Economic Geology, Geohazards and Geosites of Each Country]
 * [|Health Reform In Africa]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Sierra Leone] ([|OhioLINK] )


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources] Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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__**South Africa**__

 * Selected books at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Culture and Customs of South Africa// || REF/ GN 656 A36 2004 ||
 * //History of Southern Africa// || DT 1787 .O44 1994 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|South Africa’s Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook]
 * [|Honest Patriots: Loving a Country Enough to Remember Its Misdeeds]
 * [|Electoral Systems and Democratization in Southern Africa]
 * [|Pride, Faith and Fear: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa]
 * [|An Archaeology of Colonial Identity: Power and Material Culture in the Dwars Valley, South Africa]
 * [|South Africa -- Culture]


 * Selected media items at Ursuline College Library** (May need instructor permission to check out media items)
 * [|South Africa, "freedom in our lifetime"] (digital video)


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|South Africa] ([|OhioLINK] )


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources] Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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__**Uganda**__

 * Selected b****ooks at Ursuline College Library:**
 * //Culture and Customs of Uganda// || REF/ DT 433.24 O85 2006 ||
 * E-Books** (What is an **E-Book**?)
 * [|Foundations for Local Governance: Decentralization in Comparative Perspective]
 * [|CIVIL WARS OF THE WORLD: MAJOR CONFLICTS SINCE WORLD WAR II]
 * [|Community Schools in Africa:: Reaching the Unreached]
 * [|Gender Justice, Development, and Rights]
 * [|Global AIDS Crisis: A Reference Handbook]


 * Suggested Subject Headings** (What are **Subject Headings**?)
 * [|Uganda] ([|OhioLINK])


 * Databases** (What is a **Database**?)
 * [|Humanities International Complete]
 * [|Academic Search Complete]
 * [|Encyclopaedia Britannica Online] (This is an encyclopedia - not a journal.)
 * [|List of culture resources]Databases available through Ursuline College Library

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