Thematic Primary Source Databases
- Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1980Includes British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices spanning the period 1948 to 1980.
- Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational ArchivePart I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition, part II: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World, part III: The Institution of Slavery, and part IV: The Age of Emancipation. Slavery and Anti-Slavery
- Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
Brings together documents and collections covering the time period 1490 to 2007 from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. Topics covered include the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective and the continued existence of slavery today.
- World Heritage Sites - AfricaPart of former Akula Collection, along with 'Struggle for Freedom - Southern Africa'
This collection features objects of visual, contextual, and spacial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites. Includes text, 3D models, video, panorama images, site plans, maps, manuscripts, books and national archives. - Struggle for Freedom - Southern AfricaPart of former Akula Collection, along with 'World Heritage Sites - Africa'. This collection focuses on colonial rule, the dispersion of exiles, and international intervention. It comes from archives and libraries around the world and includes : periodicals, pamphlets, and newspaper reports, government records, UN documents, books, Photographs, Speeches and interviews.
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- Medieval African CivilizationsThis search provides a list of books and ebooks on various medieval African empires/ kingdoms.