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African Studies Subject Guide — Overview

Guide to articles, books, films, websites, and other resources for African Studies.

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African Studies

Overview 

This guide highlights websites, books, journals, and other scholarly sources useful to African Studies students and scholars. 

African Studies is interdisciplinary -- think broadly and outside the box! You can research a wide variety of topics and countries in Africa from a political science, human rights, gender studies and/or historical perspective. Included in this guide are many types of information sources that will help you write your research papers.

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Not sure where to begin? Do you need help finding sources or talking through your project idea? Send me an email and we'll set up a time to meet virtually. Contact Samuel Boss, at samuel.boss@uconn.edu.

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Can't find what you're looking for? Submit a request for have book or film added to the collection! Who can submit a request? Anyone -- students, faculty, staff, and community members. Requests for purchases are reviewed by subject specialists using the Library's Collection Development Policy. Please note that items may take up to 8 weeks to arrive, with certain requests taking longer.

 

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Interlibrary Loan services through the UConn Libraries allows you get request circulating materials from any UConn library, borrow books from non-UConn libraries, and request PDFs for book chapters and articles through our "Scan on Demand" service. 

 

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