Wikipedia:Reference books about Africa

This is a selection of useful reference books about Africa from the collection of the [African and Middle Eastern Reading Room] at the Library of Congress.

Biography edit

  • Dictionary of African biography. Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 9780195382075.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Film edit

  • Russell, Sharon A. (1998). Guide to African cinema. Reference guides to the world's cinema. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313296219.
  • Pfaff, Françoise (2004). Focus on African films. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253216687.

Other edit

  • Mazikana, P. C. (1984). Zimbabwe epic (2nd ed.). Harare: National Archives. ISBN 0908302002.
  • Historical atlas of Africa. J. F. Ade Ajayi, Michael Crowder, Paul Richards, Elizabeth Dunstan, Alick Newman (eds.). Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. 1985. ISBN 0521253535.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)