English 245a - African Literature
Suggested subject headings
Reference sources: literature
Reference sources: subject-specific
Reference sources: biographical
Film sources
Reference sources: Africa Studies
Web sites
Map sites
Journal Indexes
Suggested subject headings in ELIZA
African literature (English)
African Literature - History And Criticism
African drama (English)
African fiction (English)
African prose literature (English)
Protest literature (African)
Africa - Poetry
Oral tradition - Africa
African literature - Bio-bibliography
Authors, African - 20th century -- Interviews
Women authors, African - 20th century -- Interviews
Authors, African - Biography
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa - civilization
Africa - civilization -- history
Africa - colonialization
Africa, East
Africa - social life and customs
Motion pictures - Africa
Motion pictures - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Suggested Reference Sources
Literature
Black African Literature in English, 1992-1996.
Ref. PR9340 .Z996 2000
The Companion to African Literatures.
Ref. PR9340 .C65 2000
Black African Literature in English; a Guide to Information Sources.
Ref. PR9340 .Z994 1979
Black African Literature in English since 1952: Works and Criticism.
Ref. PR9340 .Z992 1967
Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
Ref. PL8010 .P585 1998
The Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature.
Ref. PN841 .Z9 1996
A New Reader's Guide to African Literature.
Ref. PN849 .A35 Z44 1983b (second copy in stacks)
Black Literature Criticism.
Ref. PS153 .N5 B556 1992 vols. 1-3
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century.
Ref. PN771 .E5 1981 vols. 1-5
Motif-Index of Folk Literature.
Ref. GR67 .T53 vols. 1-5
Literature: Subject-specific
Third World Women's Literature.
Ref. PN849 .U43 F58 1995
Nadine Gordimer: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources 1937-1992.
Ref. PR9369.3 .G6 Z995 1994
Africa in Literature for Children and Young Adults.
Ref. DT3.29 .K46 1994
Index of Subjects, Proverbs, and Themes in the Writings of Wole Solyinka.
Ref. PR9387.9 .S6 Z54 1988
Biographical Sources
Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African writers.
Ref. PR9205. A52 T88 1992 First series
Ref. PR9205 .A52 T89 1993 Second series
Ref. PR9025 .A52 T893 1996. Third series
African Authors: A Companion to Black African Writing 1300-1973.
Ref. PL8010 .H38 v. 1
African Writers.
Ref. PL8010 .A453 1997, vols. 1 & 2
Who's Who in African Literature (1972).
Ref. PL8010 .J33
Literary Exile in the Twentieth Century: An Analysis and Biographical Dictionary. (entries on Emecheta, Head, Ngugi, and others)
Ref. PN 495 .L43 1990
Film Sources
Film Literature Index. Ref Indexes.
The Film Encyclopedia. Ref. PN 1993 45 .K34 1994.
Film Review Index. Ref. PN1995 .Z9 F54 1986 (2 vols.).
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. 3rd ed. Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 1997 (2 vols.).
The Macmillan Film Bibliography: A Critical Guide to the Literature of the Motion Picture. Ref. PN1995 .Z9 R44 1982 (2 vols.).
The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film. Ref. PN1993.45 .N4 1983 (12 vols. plus index vol.).
The Critical Index. Ref. PN1995 .Z9 G47 1974
Movie Review Query Engine http://www.mrqe.com
Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com
Africa Studies
Encyclopedia of Pre-Colonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments.
Ref. DT2 .E53 1997
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa.
Ref. DT3 .C35 1981
Africa: A Guide to Reference Material.
Ref. DT3 .Z9 M3 1993
Cultural Atlas of Africa.
Ref. DT14 .C83
Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara.
Ref. DT351 .E53 1997 vols. 1-4
A Current Bibliography on African Affairs.
Ref. DT3 .Z9 C8 (1968 to the present)
Various historical dictionaries and country studies of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ref. DT38 through Ref. DT 3337
Web Sites
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/search.html
Africa: South of the Sahara. Search engine limited to the Africa Internet directory and Stanford University Library's Africa pages.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/lit.html
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/art.html
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/music.html
From the Stanford Africa site, specific links in literature, art, and music.
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html
Country-specific pages for Africa, from Univ. of Pennsylvania.
http://65.107.211.206/post/misc/africov.html
African Post-colonial Literature in English. Includes broader topics as well as literature. From Brown Univ.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/
African Studies Internet Resources. Searchable.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=148
From Voice of the Shuttle, UCSB: general resources, author links (Achebe, Coetzee, Blyden, Fugard, Gordimer, Lessing, Soyinka), lit. criticism.
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=151
From Voice of the Shuttle, UCSB, Area Studies Section: map links, music, art, links to other African Internet sources.
http://www.afropop.ORG
Afropop Worldwide. International musical archive "celebrating the musical cultures of Africa ..." Searchable.
http://africanmusic.org
The African Music Encyclopedia. Search by artist or country. Includes list of related links.
http://www.nmafa.si.edu
The National Museum of African Art. From the Smithsonian Inst. "Enter" museum; select "exhibitions." Excellent selection of digitized art and artifacts.
http://www.zyama.com
African Art Museum: On-line Reference to the Artistic Styles of Africa. More than 1200 tribal artifacts from 100 ethnic groups. Includes substantial text. Highly recommended.
Map Sites
http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/atlas.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0214
The Living Atlas. A large collection of maps of Africa.
http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp?place=Africa
From Ethnologue, an information source on the world's living languages. Includes language data by country and linguistic map of Africa.
Searching Periodical Databases
Expanded Academic ASAP
Expanded Academic ASAP (EA) is a cross-disciplinary index to articles from more than 500 scholarly and general-interest publications. It includes some full-text (integrated links to entire texts of articles). Coverage varies by journal title; most reaches back to approximately 1980. EA is updated daily.
HERE IS THE PATHWAY TO SEARCHING EA:
Wheaton home page/ Library/ "Electronic Resources"/ under "Reference Databases" on the lower left, select "Infotrac"/ scroll to Expanded Academic ASAP.
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In Keyword Search:
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Use truncation symbol to include all endings: the asterisk (*)
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View MARK LIST (select from left margin).
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OVID Databases
OVID is a company through which we purchase subscriptions to many bibliographic databases, such as:
MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association, indexing critical scholarship on literature, languages and folklore.
Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts, covering anthropology, area studies, economics, geography, sociology, urban studies, and related subjects.
Wilson Humanities Abstracts,covering folklore, history, art, literature, music, religion, philosophy, etc.
PAIS International, produced by the Public Affairs Information Services, Inc., covering the full range of political, social, and public policy issues. Topics covered include economic, political, and social issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, government, political science, and any topics that are or might become the subject of legislation.
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Review results; select (MARK) citations of interest.
Go to the CITATION MANAGER at the end of the list; click DISPLAY at far right.
Use browser PRINT button (on top toolbar) to print working bibliography.
LION (Literature Online)
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Women's Resources International
Women's Resources International provides indexes to articles and books on subjects related to women's studies including feminist theory and history, mental and physical health, women in developing countries, reproductive rights and racial and ethnic studies; 1972 - present.
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Gender Watch
Gender Watch provides publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
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Finding Periodicals
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