Primary Sources

African cultural heritage materials from museums, archives, scholars, and communities around the world. Curated by Michigan State University in collaboration with the above entities. Mostly 19th & 20th century.

Digitized scans of newspapers from across the Middle East and North Africa. Mostly Arabic, some English & French.1870 - 2021.

Images of over 2000 African posters from the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. 20th century.

Images of historical maps of Africa. From the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University. 1500s - 1900s.

Photographs of Africa, Africans, and African life from the UK National Archives. 1860s - current.

Images of South African historical documents and photographs. 1600s - current.

Photographs of life in East Africa from the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University Note: Many images are taken from the perspective of European colonizers of Africa and may be offensive to modern researchers. 1860 - 1960