West Africa
French colonial Africa: a guide to official sources, by G. D. Westfall. London; NY: Hans Zell Publishers, 1992, 226 p.
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Reference Works
Historical dictionary of Benin, by Samuel Decalo. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987, 2nd ed., 349 p. (Dahomey)
Historical dictionary of Burkina Faso, by Daniel Miles McFarland and Lawrence A. Rupley. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1998. 2nd ed., 279 p.
Historical dictionary of Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), by Robert J. Mundt. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1995. 2nd ed., 367 p.
Historical dictionary of Guinea (Republic of Guinea/Conakry), by Thomas E. O'Toole. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987. 2nd ed., 204 p.
Historical dictionary of Mali, by Pascal James Imperato. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1977, 204 p. French Sudan
Historical dictionary of Mauritania, by Anthony G. Pazzanita. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1996. 2nd ed., 315 p.
Historical dictionary of Niger, by Samuel Decalo. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1989. 2nd ed., 408 pp.
Historical dictionary of Senegal, by Lucie Gallistel Colvin. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1981, 339 p.
Historical dictionary of Togo, by Samuel Decalo. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1987. 2nd ed., 331 p.
Bibliography
French Memoirs and Travel Literature of Africa
French colonies in Africa: a list of references, by Helen F. Conover. Washington: Library og Congress, 1942, 89 pp.
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Document Collections
Thème de la Grande Collecte-L'Afrique et la France aux XIXe et XXe siècles
Réseau francophone numérique: de l’ouest
European colonialism in the early 20th century. French colonialism in Africa : from Algeria to Madagascar, 1910-1930
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Archive of the Republic of Niger (AREN) at Boston University
Corpus de la première littérature francophone d'Afrique noire, écrite et orale, des origines aux Indépendances (fin 18e siècle - 1960)
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Select Collections (top right, then Littérature française et francophone)
African Online Digital Library includes several French West Africa collections.
Endangered Archives Programme (British Library). French manuscripts. West African countries under Related Places on the left
Corpus de la littérature francophone d’Afrique noire (18th Century-1960s) includes both oral and written literature. Published works include both widely and locally (e.g., parish bulletins, school report books) distributed material.
The Middle East and North Africa in world politics : a documentary record, ed. by J. C. Hurewitz. 2d ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. 2 v.
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Gallica: Voyages en Afrique. Site in French only. Includes over 900 volumes and images on French colonialism in Africa.
Guides to Government Publications
These books list titles of colonial government publications which can be searched in HOLLIS.
French colonial Africa: a guide to official sources, by G. D. Westfall. London; NY: Hans Zell Publishers, 1992, 226 p.
Documents (Lamont) | Afr Doc 5002.4
Law School | ILS | DT 532 .W47 1992
French-speaking West Africa; a guide to official publications, by Julian W. Witherell, 1967, 201 pp.
Official publications of French West Africa, 1946-1958; a guide, by Helen F. Conover. Washington: Library of Congress, 1960, 88 p.
Widener | Harvard Depository | Ref 688.20
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Finding Periodical Articles and Book Reviews on Africa
Official Gazettes (HLS) distribute official government information.
Images
Au Sénégal - Cartes postales anciennes. Postcards (1900-1960) of Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso) from the Archives Nationales du Senegal.
Depictions of Africa in French humour magazines (Northwestern Univ.) offers caricatures and depictions.
Vernon McKay Photographs of 20th Century Africa (mid-20th century) (Northwestern Univ.) Includes Dahomey, French Guinea, French Togoland, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger (French), Senegal.
Ross Archive of African Images (pre-1920) Images figurative African objects in books, periodicals, catalogues, newspapers, and other publications.