African Languages and Cultures

Languages covered: Afrikaans, Amharic, Bambara, Berber, Ewe, Fulani, Hausa, Igbo, Lingala, Malagasy, Mende, Oromo, Shona, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya, Twi, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu. For quantitative collection distribution of individual languages materials within UCLA Libraries, their classification and other parameters, click here.

See also eHRAF World Cultures (electronic resources restricted to UC campuses).

At UCLA, Afrikaans language courses are offered and taught under the Department of Germanic Languages. (Other African language programs at UCLA are under the auspices of the African Studies Center of the UCLA International Institute.)