Research Guides: African Studies: Social Sciences

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Anthropology, Archaeology

eHRAF World Cultures
Formerly eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. Full text, fully-indexed collections of articles, books and manuscripts on over 360 cultures worldwide, from Human Relations Area Files, Inc.
Yoruba Ritual Archive (by UCLA Professor Andrew Apter)
A multimedia appendix to Apter's book, Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society (University of Chicago Press, 1992).

Geography, Maps

16th-Early 20th Century Maps of Africa
From Northwestern University

Columbia Gazetteer of the World
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Includes major place names in Africa

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
From the Getty Research Institute; includes African place names and related art information
AfricaMap (Harvard University)
Open access multidisciplinary project, layering information over maps
United Nations Population Information Network (Popin)

Sociology

Family & Society Studies Worldwide
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Indexes articles, books, conference papers, and reports in the fields of family science, human ecology, human development, and social welfare. Covers research, policy, and practice literature from 1970 to the present.

Political Science, Policy Studies

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international literature in political science, international relations, law, and public policy.
Developing nations; disarmament; economic policy; electoral systems; environmental policy; government systems; labor relations; military policy; CSA; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts; wpsa; world

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