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For each country below, we list the title of the newspaper, city of publication, library location, call number, and the holdings in terms of years and months.  An asterisk (*) indicates that there are missing issues in the time range.

Many of the films must be requested from off-site (1 day waiting period); a few are accessible from the Periodicals and Microforms Reading Room in the Nicholas Murray Butler Library for History and the Humanities.

Some African newspapers on film NOT at Columbia University may be found in New York City at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. Other titles may be available within the United States through interlibrary loan from The Center for Research Libraries or elsewhere (AFRINUL).

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NOTE: * An asterisk indicates there are missing issues in the time range.

Echo D'Alger (Algiers)
OFFSITE FN 4642
1956-1961

Presse du Cameroun (Douala)
OFFSITE FN 466
Jan 1962-June 1962; 1963-1964

Fraternité (Abidjan)
OFFSITE FN 262
Apr 1959-Dec 1966

Al-Ahram (Cairo)
OFFSITE FN 233
1940-1994

Egyptian Gazette (Cairo)
OFFSITE FN 434
1952-1966; 1993

Ghana Daily Graphic (Accra)
OFFSITE FN 502
1956-1967; 1968*

Ghana Evening News (Accra)
OFFSITE FN 235
1960-1968

Ghanaian Times (Accra)
OFFSITE FN 431
1962-1981; 1984-1996*

The Ashanti Pioneer (Kumasi)
OFFSITE FN 237
1929-1962

The Pioneer (Kumasi)
OFFSITE FN 757
May 1968-Dec 1981

East African Standard or The Standard (Nairobi)

OFFSITE FN 433
1954-1957; 1960-1968; Jan 1970-June 1974
OFFSITE FN 1147
1974-1991:Apr., 1992:Feb--1997, 2001:Sept. 1-2002, 2004:June-2005:Sep. 15

Lesotho News (Roma)
OFFSITE FN 2060
1967-1970

Basutoland news (Maseru)
OFFSITE FN 473
1956:Feb.21-1966

Malawi News (Blantyre)
OFFSITE FN 490
May 1961-1979

L'Essor (Bamako)
Butler FN 4003
1961-1979

Maroc presse (Casablanca)
OFFSITE FN 4641
Jan 1956-Apr 1956

Maroc soir (Casablanca)
OFFSITE FN 3003
1982-1992

L'Opinion (Rabat)
OFFSITE FN 3007
July 1966-Dec 1966; Jan 1969-Apr 1969; Sept 1970-March 1991

La vigie marocaine (Casablanca)
OFFSITE FN 437
1957-1970; Jan 1971-Aug 1971

Windhoek Advertiser (Windhoek)
OFFSITE FN 1957
July 1919-Dec 1979

Daily Express (Lagos)
OFFSITE FN 236
1960-1965; 1972-1975*

Daily Times (Lagos)
OFFSITE FN 494
1956-1975; 1976-1994

Eastern States Express (Aba)
OFFSITE FN 2035
1963-1965

Nigerian Morning Post (Lagos)
OFFSITE FN 422
1961-1964
Morning Post
OFFSITE FN 422
1964-1967

Nigerian Observer (Benin City)
OFFSITE FN 2169
1971-1981*

Nigerian Outlook (Enugu)
OFFSITE FN 1907
1962-1967:Mar

West African Pilot (Yaba)
OFFSITE FN 238
1937-1977*

Dakar-Matin. (Dakar)
Butler FN 4005 and OFFSITE FN 421
[1959]-1970 (includes Paris-Dakar, 1959-1961)

Sofaa. (Dakar)
In Wolof and Pulaar
Butler FN 3707
Sept 1988-March 1997

Xal wi : journal du mouvement ouvrier et populaire. (Dakar)
Butler FN 3708
1992-1997

Daily Mail (Freetown)
OFFSITE FN 470
Sept 1962-Apr 1964; 1965

Bantu World (The World) (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN 312
Apr 1932-Apr 1986

Die Burger (Cape Town)
OFFSITE FN 363
1954-1962

Cape Times (Cape Town)
OFFSITE FN 493
1938: July--1968: July

Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN 2259
May 1995-Jan 2002; Jan 2003-Jan. 2005

Natal Witness (Pietermaritzburg)
OFFSITE FN 427
May 1962-Dec 1963; May 1965-Dec 1965; 1966-1968

The Post (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN 423
1965-1967

Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN 1848
Feb 1912-Apr 1985
*NOTE: CU faculty, students, & visiting scholars can also search a digital version of Rand Daily Mail (1911-1985)

The Star (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN397
Dec 1929-1950; Dec 1959-Sept 1983; Nov 1983

Weekly Mail (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN 2259
1985-1993

Weekly Mail and Guardian (Johannesburg)
OFFSITE FN 2259
1993-1995

The Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
OFFSITE FN 1744
Apr 1972-Dec 1980

The Nationalist (Dar es Salaam)
OFFSITE FN 428
Apr 1964-June 1968

Togo presse (Lomé)
OFFSITE FN 472
Apr 1962-Dec 1966

Uganda argus (Kampala)
OFFSITE FN 467
1962-1972

Jua (Bukavu)
OFFSITE FN 2007
1972-1976

Le Progrès (Kinshasa)
OFFSITE FN 2008
1962-1969

Salongo (Kinshasa)
OFFSITE FN 2013
March 6, 1972-Aug 1976; Nov 1977-Jan 1, 1979; July 1979-Oct 1979;
May 1980-June 1980; Sept 1980-Jan 1981

The Northern News (Ndola)
Butler FN 3077
Nov 1952-Jan 1954
OFFSITE FN 392
1956-1965

The Times of Zambia (Ndola; Lusaka)
OFFSITE FN 769
July 1965-March 1974; Jan 1975-March 1975; July-Sept 1975; Jan 1976-June 1977;
Jan 1978-Dec 1982; July 1984-June 1985; Oct 1985-Dec 1985; Apr 1986-June 1988;
Apr 1989-June 1990; Oct 1990-June 1991; Oct 1991-March 1992;
Apr 1993-June 1993; Apr 1994-Sept 1994.

Bulawayo Chronicle (The Chronicle) (Bulawayo)
OFFSITE FN 436
June 1950-Dec 1980

Moto (Salisbury)
OFFSITE FN 2148
Jan 1970-Dec 1974