Newspapers of Africa on Microfilm at Columbia University Libraries
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).
Countries
NOTE: * An asterisk indicates there are missing issues in the time range.
Algeria
Echo D'Alger (Algiers)
OFFSITE FN 4642
1956-1961
Cameroon
Presse du Cameroun (Douala)
OFFSITE FN 466
Jan 1962-June 1962; 1963-1964
Côte d'Ivoire
Fraternité (Abidjan)
OFFSITE FN 262
Apr 1959-Dec 1966
Egypt
Al-Ahram (Cairo)
OFFSITE FN 233
1940-1994
Egyptian Gazette (Cairo)
OFFSITE FN 434
1952-1966; 1993
Ghana
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
Kenya
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
Lesotho News (Roma)
OFFSITE FN 2060
1967-1970
Basutoland news (Maseru)
OFFSITE FN 473
1956:Feb.21-1966
Malawi
Malawi News (Blantyre)
OFFSITE FN 490
May 1961-1979
Mali
L'Essor (Bamako)
Butler FN 4003
1961-1979
Morocco
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
Namibia (South West Africa)
Windhoek Advertiser (Windhoek)
OFFSITE FN 1957
July 1919-Dec 1979
Nigeria
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*
Senegal
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
Sierra Leone
Daily Mail (Freetown)
OFFSITE FN 470
Sept 1962-Apr 1964; 1965
South Africa
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
Tanzania (Tanganyika)
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
The Samachar (Zanzibar)
OFFSITE FN 418
1961-1966
The Standard (Dar es Salaam)
OFFSITE FN 430
Jan 1965-April 1972
Tanganyika Standard (Dar es Salaam)
OFFSITE FN 430
Jan 1962-Nov 1964
TOGO
Togo presse (Lomé)
OFFSITE FN 472
Apr 1962-Dec 1966
UGANDA
Uganda argus (Kampala)
OFFSITE FN 467
1962-1972
Zaïre/D.R.C.
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
Zambia
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.
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia/Southern Rhodesia)
Bulawayo Chronicle (The Chronicle) (Bulawayo)
OFFSITE FN 436
June 1950-Dec 1980
Moto (Salisbury)
OFFSITE FN 2148
Jan 1970-Dec 1974