AFRICAN NEWSPAPERS CURRENTLY RECEIVED BY AMERICAN LIBRARIES

Compiled by Mette Shayne

Revised Summer 1997

The contents and organization of the list are described in the Introduction.

The list is arranged geographically. To search titles for a particular country, go to the Country List.

To see which institutions' holdings are included in the list under what code, go to Institutions and Codes.

INTRODUCTION

This union list updates African Newspapers Currently Received by American Libraries compiled by Daniel A. Britz, Working Paper no. 8 African Studies Center, Boston, 1979. The holdings of 19 collections and the Foreign Newspapers Microfilm Project were surveyed during the summer of 1997. Library of Congress was not able to update its holdings from the publication: Newspapers received currently in the Library of Congress, 1993, so entries from the Library are the same as in the previous edition. However, material collected currently by Library of Congress, Nairobi (marked DLC#) is entered. The decision was made to exclude North African papers. These are included in Middle Eastern lists and in many of the reporting libraries they are handled by an entirely separate division.

Criteria for inclusion of titles on this list were basically in accord with the UNESCO definition of general interest newspapers. However, a number of titles were included that do not clearly fit into this definition such as religious newspapers from Southern Africa, and labor union and political party papers. Daily and less frequently published newspapers have been included. Frequency is noted when known. Sunday editions are listed separately only if the name of the Sunday edition is completely different from the weekday edition or if libraries take only the Sunday or only the weekday edition. Microfilm titles are included if the film is generally received within a year of publication. Some titles may be included by one library which in other libraries are listed as serials and, therefore, not recorded.

In addition to enabling researchers to locate African newspapers, this list can be used to rationalize African newspaper subscriptions of American libraries. It is hoped that this list will both help in the identification of gaps and allow for some economy where there is substantial duplication. At least two subscriptions to each significant African newspaper are necessary to obtain a complete enough file for microfilming.

This edition attempts to add holdings when they have been reported. Starting dates for holdings at Northwestern, unfortunately, do not indicate complete runs. This document is not complete and probably includes a great deal of inaccurate data. It would be appreciated if libraries which receive African newspapers, but have not contributed to this union list, would notify the Herskovits Library at Northwestern so that their holdings might be included in future editions. In addition, notification of all errors is most welcome.

Northwestern titles removed from the previous edition are being added to a separate database that will thus list papers which have ceased or no longer have been received. In 1997 other libraries have been added to this list when they are no longer receiving a title previously reported. The previous two databases are being saved in the hope that a union list of all holdings of African newspapers, current and no longer received, is a step closer to realization.

Many lists of newspaper holdings are now available on the Web. It would be impossible to list all the sites, but one should mention the websites of Library of Congress as well as the Center for Research Libraries as important places to check for titles. The site for Foreign Newspapers at the Center for Research Libraries is:
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/Foreign_newspapers.html and for CAMP:
http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/paper/webcamp1.html

Finally, I wish to thank all those who have cooperated to make this list possible.

Mette Shayne
Francophonic African Bibliographer
Melville J. Herskovits
Library of African Studies
Northwestern University Library
Evanston, Illinois 60208

INSTITUTIONS AND CODES

CodeInstitution
CAMPCooperative Africana Microform Project (filming papers listed on an ongoing basis)
CU University of California at Berkeley)
CLU University of California at Los Angeles)
CStH Hoover Institution, Stanford)
CtY Yale University)
DLC Library of Congress)
DLC# Library of Congress, reported only from Nairobi, received in 1997 )
FNMP Foreign Newspaper Microform Project)
FU University of Florida)
KU University of Kansas)
IEN Northwestern University, Evanston)
IU University of Illinois, Urbana)
InU Indiana University, Bloomington)
MBU Boston University (retention period 2 years) )
MH Harvard University)
MiEM Michigan State University)
NhD Dartmouth College)
NN New York Public Library)
NNC Columbia University, New York (retains one year except for 2 years currently till end of 1996/97)
ViU University of Virginia)

* 	indicates the title is only collected in microfilm. DLC (films) indicates a title that is regularly filmed by 

the Library of Congress

#	received airmail

!      one year retention only

COUNTRY LIST

ANGOLA

BENIN

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

COMORO ISLANDS

CONGO

COTE d'IVOIRE

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

GABON

GAMBIA

GHANA

GUINEA

KENYA

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MALI

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MAYOTTE

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NIGER

NIGERIA

REUNION

SENEGAL

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SOMALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SUDAN

SWAZILAND

TANZANIA

TOGO

UGANDA

ZAIRE

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE


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