African History  Tags: africa african_history sub-saharan_africa  

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This guide is an introduction to some of the resources useful for the study of African history and includes resources owned by the Montgomery College Libraries.  Each of the tabs above will lead you to specific types of resources under that tab.

Montgomery College has two courses on African history; HS229, African History to 1800 and HS230, African History from 1800.  For more information, view the catalog entries for course descriptions.

Africa, the second largest continent after Asia, has 53 to 58 nations depending on if disputed nations and/or island territories are counted along with thousands of linguistic and cultural groups.  Many scholars tend to divide the continent between North and Sub-Saharan Africa and the study of African history, for many, has come to be a study of Sub-Saharan Africa.

"African history as a modern academic discipline came of age in the 1950s, the decade of African nationalism that saw the parallel emergence of African institutions of higher education on the continent." 

From the "Introduction." Encyclopedia of African History. London: Routledge, 2004. Credo Reference. 24 February 2009. <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6779324>.

This song, first composed as a hymn in 1897, came to be associated with the ANC, African National Congress, and anti-apartheid and freedom groups in the southern regions of Africa.  On April 20, 1994, this became one of two national anthems of South Africa.

This resource was suggested by MC's own professor, Dr. Christiana Okechukwu, and provides information on a library and resource centre that she began herself in Enugu, Nigeria.

• Research for Scholars of African History by Inwelle Study and Resource Centre
  Inwelle Centre empowers women and youths to be educated in the global village.

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