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The Michael Lofchie Collection includes predominantly pre-independent newspapers from Zanzibar, an island of Tanzania off the coast of East Africa, from 1909-1965. The collection holds about 120 volumes covering 22…
Correspondence, dissertation and research notes, reports, flyers, pamphlets, and other printed matter relating to political, economic, cultural, and social affairs in the Horn of Africa, in general, and in Eritrea,…
The Donald R. Morris Papers contain material from his naval career as well as his writing career and includes manuscripts, research correspondence, newspaper columns, letters and papers from readers of…
Electronic bulletins, pamphlets, serial issues, flyers, reports, and other printed matter, relating to revolutionary movements in Namibia, especially the South West African Peoples Organisation, and to political, social and economic…
Sound recordings and written summaries of interviews with British, Portuguese and African diplomats, politicians, economic advisers, journalists, and businessmen, relating to the Portuguese revolution of 1974, revolutionary developments in Portuguese…
The collection consists largely of business-related documents, correspondence, and images relating to iron ore mining in Liberia. Additional material relates to political, social, and economic conditions in Liberia, and some…
Drafts of books, other writings, research notes, letters, newsletters, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs relating to political, social and economic conditions in various African countries, including the Congo (Brazzaville),…
The David D. Laitin papers include materials collected over decades, from the time Laitin was a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1960s through the 2000s. The materials primarily relate to…
Sound recording and transcript, relating to independence movements in Africa, and to Malawi politics and foreign policy. Interview conducted by Benjamin Nicholas Lawrance. Also includes sound recording of speech by…
Pamphlets, government issuances, transcripts of interviews, and ephemeral publications, relating to the political development of West Africa. Used as research material for C. E. Welch's book, Dream of Unity, Pan-Africanism…
