HIST 221 - Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa: African Perspectives on Colonialism: Digitized Collections of Sources

A Collection of Sources curated by the History Department of Fordham University.

A Collection of Sources curated by the History Department of Fordham Unviersity.

From Harvard University:
These late-19th- and early-20th-century trade cards and illustrations offer insight into European perspectives on the colonial experience.

Collection of Imperialism related primary sources from a course at University of Massachusetts.

A Collection of sources curated by a faculty member at Buffalo State University.

A collection of sources from the National History Center.

A collection of sources curated by the National Archives of the United Kingdom.

Bernhard von Bülow (1849-1929), who served as Reich chancellor from 1900 to 1909, gave his
famous speech on Germany’s “place in the sun” when he was foreign minister. His vision of
Germany as a colonial power became the ideological foundation of German naval expansion,
which began shortly thereafter.

A Collection of Sources digitized and made available by the University of Frankfurt.

A collection of documents provided by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

BHO was founded by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust in 2003. Our collection currently contains over 1,270 volumes and is always growing.

To 30 September 2020 we're making all transcribed BHO content freely available for individual users. This adds 200 volumes of primary materials. As a result, BHO's full complement of 1280 volumes is now available for research.

The aim of this AHRC funded project is to produce a unique digital research resource on the oral history of the Commonwealth since 1965. When completed, it will include at least 60 major interviews with leading figures in the recent history of the organisation. The project will provide an essential research tool for anyone investigating the history of the Commonwealth and will serve to promote interest in and understanding of the organisation.

The digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Photographic collections originating from public sources have been built up by organisations devoted to highlighting the action of France in its colonies.

Between April 2017 and March 2019 more than 550 titles on German colonialism are digitized in the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen. Project partners are the Johann Christian Senckenberg University Library in Frankfurt/Main and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. All title and structure data as well as the full text are searchable. The individual titles are also available for free download as PDF documents.

During the second half of the 19th century numerous societies arose that concerned themselves with caring for German emigrants, and spreading of colonial ideas. The colonial library consists of the libraries of several colonial societies. The most important was the "German Colonial Society" (Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft, DKG) founded in 1887. For their propaganda activities its members collected not only books (ca. 15 000) and journals, but also more than 50 000 photographs, which were used to illustrate their publicity lectures in Germany.

Very nice bibliography and more

A collection of sources curated by the History Department of Fordham University.

A collection of sources from the American Museum of National History

Collection of materials from University of South Africa.

A collection of sources curated by the University of Cape Town.

An important medical journal that has been published since the 19th century in South Africa.

Livingstone Online is a digital museum and library that allows users to encounter the written, visual, and material legacies of the famous Victorian explorer, missionary, and abolitionist David Livingstone (1813-73). The site draws on recent scholarship and international collaboration to restore one of the British Empire's most iconic figures to the many historical and cultural contexts in which he worked, traveled, and is remembered, and to rethink and reevaluate his place in those contexts.

Site is not originally in English, but is a great resource for looking at Portuguese involvement in Africa.

Written in French, from the French National Library.

AODL is an open access digital library of African cultural heritage materials created by Michigan State University in collaboration with museums, archives, scholars, and communities around the world.

From the University of Northwestern, "Early European caricatures and depictions of Africa and Africans in French periodicals. Such materials should be viewed in the context of the time and place in which they were created. The images are presented as specific, original artifacts recording the attitudes, perspectives and beliefs of a different era. Related URL connects to the whole publication."

These posters represent a sampling (approximately 600) of our growing collection of over 4000 Africana posters housed at the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies. The subjects covered here include politics, health, religion, liberation struggles, art exhibitions, and social issues.

A Collection of Sources curated by the National History Center.

Culturally and historically important work on the Natal region of South Africa. Made available by the HathiTrust.

Going back to the 19th century, the Kenya Gazette is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. It contains notices of new legislation, notices required to be published by law or policy as well as other announcements that are published for general public information. It is published every week, usually on Friday, with occasional releases of special or supplementary editions within the week.

A Collection of Sources curated by the National History Center.

Africana Historic Postcard Collection
The “Africana Historic Postcard Collection” provides a visual record of Africa and Its people during the historically intensive years of European colonialism, from 1895 to 1960, and chronicles the transformation of the cultural, political and social landscape of the African continent.
Cover ArtAncient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu (Library of Congress Online Exhibition)
The manuscripts on view are from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, two of the most noteworthy institutions in the Timbuktu area. As part of its continuing effort to create a universal collection of recorded knowledge from all geographic areas and all historical eras, the Library of Congress is particularly proud to have the opportunity to exhibit these important cultural artifacts from Mali. The Library is also pleased that copies of these manuscripts will be deposited in its collections and will be available for use by researchers and scholars.
Cover ArtOmar Ibn Said Collection
The Omar Ibn Said Collection consists of 42 digitized documents in both English and Arabic, including an 1831 manuscript in Arabic on "The Life of Omar Ibn Said," a West African slave in America, which is the centerpiece of this unique collection of texts. Some of the manuscripts in this collection include texts in Arabic by another West African slave in Panama, and others from individuals located in West Africa.