African Studies (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Columbia’s library collections about and from Africa and the African Diaspora, in European and African languages and in all formats, support research and teaching in all disciplines, and feature a wide variety of primary and secondary sources. African languages collected extensively include Arabic, Bambara, Ganda, Hausa, Igbo, Ndebele, Pular, Shona, Somali, Swahili, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu.
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We are dedicated to building and stewarding collections that have the greatest impact on research, teaching, and learning at Columbia. Our collection choices and long-term stewardship plans are made with regard to the advancement of the mission and goals of Columbia University. Our collections are dynamic, responsive, and purposefully developed to realize the value of collections overlooked. Collections are being shaped and continually enriched in ways that advance access to heritage materials representing varied contours of knowledge and diversity of content.
Subject Guides
- Africa: Basic Guide to Research
- Africa and Black Internationalism
- African Diaspora & African Literatures
- Contemporary African Politics
- East Africa, c.1000 CE to the present
- Economic Development in Africa
- Education in Africa
- Fula Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia
- Gender and Sexuality in Africa
- Hausa Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia
- Health and Medicine in Africa
- The Horn of Africa
- Maps and Power in Modern African History
- The Novel in Africa
- Sustainable Development Practice
- Swahili Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia
- Urban Africa
- War, Peace, Humanitarianism, & International Interventions in Africa
- West Africa, c.1000 CE to the present
- Wolof Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia
- Zulu Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia
