AFRICAN STUDIES

'African studies' (also known as 'Africana studies') is the study of Africa, and can encompass such fields as social and economic development, politics, history, culture, sociology, anthropology or linguistics. A specialist in African studies is referred to as an Africanist.
Related disciplines include Pan-African Studies, African American studies, and Egyptology.

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Renowned Africanists

Africanist Study Centers

See also

External links

Renowned Africanists

★ Robert Sutherland Rattray

★ Basil Davidson

★ François Bassolet

★ Ali Mazrui

★ Bill Freund

★ Jean Suret-Canale

★ David William Cohen

★ Roland Oliver

★ John Fage

★ Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

★ Albert Adu Boahen

★ Cheikh Anta Diop

★ Patrick Manning

★ Walter Rodney

★ Andrzej Zajączkowski

★ Konrad Tuchscherer

★ Nji Oumarou Nchare

★ Niara Sudarkasa

Africanist Study Centers

★ Bamum Scripts and Archives Project

★ Timbuktu Manuscripts Project

★ Nordic Africa Institute

★ Centre of West African Studies

See also

★ Pan-Africanism

External links

★ Journal of Pan-African Studies

★ Centre of African Studies, the University of Edinburgh

★ Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

★ Boston University African Studies Center.

★ H-net historians network list of African History Journals.

★ UNESCO maintains a large number of African cultural and historical study projects, including


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★ Africa South of the Sahara Database of literature and periodicals.

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★ The UNESCO General History of Africa, in eight volumes.

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★ 2004, International Year to commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition.

★ Princeton University African Studies Resources.