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African timelines: History, Orature, Literature, & Film.

International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993. 3rd edition. New York, Stockton Press, 1998.

New Encyclopedia of Africa

John Middleton and Joseph C. Miller, editors. 2nd edition. Detroit, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008. 5 volumes.

"Addresses the entire history of African cultures from the pharaohs and the ancient civilizations of the south through the colonial era to the emergence of 53 independent countries, some of them newly emergent in world commerce and others deep in conflict. Covers issues facing the continent such as global development, the AIDS crisis, and international terrorism." Rutgers-restricted Access

The Cambridge History of Africa

J.D. Fage and Roland Oliver, eds. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1975-1986. 8 volumes

Each volume consists of articles by (primarily Western) scholars accompanied by extensive bibliographies.

• Volume 6: From 1870 to 1905
• Volume 7: From 1905 to 1940
• Volume 8: From c.1940 to c.1975

General History of Africa

UNESCO International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1981-1993. 8 volumes.

Each volume consists of articles by (primarily non-Western) scholars accompanied by extensive bibliographies.

• Vol. 6: Africa in the Nineteenth Century Until the 1880s
• Vol. 7: Africa Under Colonial Domination 1880-1935
• Vol. 8: Africa Since 1935

The Cambridge History of South Africa

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010-2011.

• Vol. 1: From Early Times to 1881
• Vol. 2: 1885-1994