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Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations? Founded in 2009, this site contains opinion, analysis and new writing.
This site offers reliable, independent, policy-focused research covering all countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is a pan-African platform for news, investigation and opinion, analysing issues facing the continent and providing a platform for a diversity of voices. Over two-thirds of articles published in 2019 were by African authors.
Online scholarly resource focusing on the socio-political history of South Africa, particularly the struggle for freedom during the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994
Founded in 1975, ECOWAS is a 15-member regional group with a mandate of promoting economic integration and self-sufficiency across West Africa.
The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was one of the major political developments of the 20th century, with far-reaching consequences for people throughout Africa and around the globe. Access a collection of documents which focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It brings together materials from various archives and libraries throughout the world documenting colonial rule, dispersion of exiles, international intervention, and the worldwide networks that supported successive generations of resistance within the region.
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