Studying Africa
A new edition of the book:
Studying Africa : a guide to the sources
THE SECOND EDITION
Edited by Marianne Andersson and Åsa Lund Moberg
with literature surveys by Tore Linné Eriksen.
2011
Studying Africa is a guide to African studies, primarily within the area of social sciences. The book provides practical guidance on handbooks, databases, statistics and other support for literature and fact searches, as well as an introduction to the topics "The history of Africa" and "Politics, economics and society".
The book is aimed at university students and researchers, but other groups, such as teachers and pupils at upper secondary schools and folk high schools, librarians, journalists and aid workers, may also find it useful. The ambition is to give a clear and practical guide to literature.
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Studying Africa (2011) is only available in electronic format through the publications database DiVA. Download for free a full text copy.
The new edition is thoroughly revised and includes both printed and Internet-based information sources, primarily from 2004 to 2011. For older references, see the previous edition of Studying Africa (edited by Kristina Rylander 2005).
Studying Africa (2011). Download a full text copy.
Download the full text of Studying Africa (2011) from the publications database DiVA. Choose the entire book or chaptres.
- Studying Africa (2011). The entire book.
- Literature searching (2011) by Marianne Andersson
- Searching for facts (2011) by Marianne Andersson
- Africa information on the Internet (2011) by Åsa Lund Moberg
- Periodicals (2011) by Birgitte Jansen
- Statistics (2011) by Katarina Hjortsäter
- Official publications (2011) by António Lourenço
- The history of Africa (2011) by Tore Linné Eriksen
- Politics, economics and society (2011) by Tore Linné Eriksen
Download the full text of previous editions of Studying Africa
In the previous edition of Studying Africa : a guide to the sources (2005) you can find older references. It can be downloaded as full text copy from the publications database DiVA:
- In English (2005)
Also the Swedish versions, Att studera Africa : en guide till källorna, are available as downloads from DiVA:
- In Swedish / Norwegian (2004)
- In Swedish / Norwegian (2010)