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Selected Library of Congress Publications on Africa

Unless otherwise noted, publications listed below were published by the Library of Congress and prepared in the African Section.

Abuja: The New Federal Capital of Nigeria: A Selected List of References. 1983. 13 pp. (Africana Directions Series; AD 83-1)

Africa South of the Sahara: A Selected, Annotated List of Writings. 1963. 354 pp.

Africa South of the Sahara: Index to Periodical Literature, 1900-1970. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1971. 4 vols.

Sambatra festival in Manajary
In 1980, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Musée d'art et d'archéologie, Université de Madagascar, an exhibition of material gathered at the 1979 celebration of the Sambatra festival in Manajary was mounted. Held once every seven years inthe southeastern region of Madagascarnear Manakara and Manajary among theAntanbahoaka people, although today an occasion for general social, cultural, and political interaction, the traditional and continuing purpose of the weeklong Sambatra is for the mothers or the paternal aunts of male children born since the last Sambatra to bring them forward to be circumcised and presented to the community. Using the same image as the poster on its cover -- an adult woman leading a small boy by the hand -- the exhibition guide (found in the Library's General Collections) explains day by day each ceremony and event in both Malagasy and French.
(Prints and Photographs Division)

Africa South of the Sahara: Index to Periodical Literature. First Supplement. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1973. 521 pp.

Africa South of the Sahara: Index to Periodical Literature. Second Supplement. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982. 3 vols.

Africa South of the Sahara: Index to Periodical Literature. Third Supplement. 1985. 306 pp.

African Libraries, Book Production, and Archives: A List of References. 1962. 64 pp.

African Music: A Briefly Annotated Bibliography. 1964. 55 pp. Compiled in the Library's Music Division.

African Names and Naming Practices: A Selected List of References in English. 1977. Reprinted from the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 36 (March 2, 1977): 206-7.

African Newspapers in Selected American Libraries. 3rd ed. 1965. 135 pp. Compiled in the Library's Serial Division.

African Newspapers in the Library of Congress. 2nd ed. 1984. 144 pp. Compiled in the Library's Serial and Government Publications Division.

African Section in the Library of Congress. 1988. folder ([5] pp.)

Africana in the Library of Congress. [1977] folder ([5] pp.)

Agricultural Development Schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Bibliography. 1963. 189 pp. Compiled in the Library's General Reference and Bibliography Division, Bibliography and Reference Correspondence Section.

American Doctoral Dissertations on the Arab World, 1883-1968. 1970. 103 pp. Compiled in the Library's Near East Section.

American Doctoral Dissertations on the Arab World, 1883-1974. 2nd ed. 1976. 173 pp. Compiled in the Library's Near East Section.

American Doctoral Dissertations on the Arab World: Supplement, 1975-1981. 1983. 200 pp. Compiled in the Library's Near East Section.

Arab-African Relations, 1973-75: A Guide. 1976. 26 pp. (Maktaba Africana Series)

Arab-World Newspapers in the Library of Congress: A List. 1980. 85 pp. (Near East Series) Compiled in the Library's Near East Section.

National Sports Festival sponsored by the Workers' Party of Ethiopia
As part of the celebration of the first decade (1974-84) of the "revolutionary transformation" of Ethiopia from empire to communist state, a number of events and related materials were produced. This colorful poster announcing the National Sports Festival sponsored by the Workers' Party of Ethiopia is one of several publications in the Library's collection produced by the Party's Propaganda and Culture Committee for the tenth anniversary. The image of runners is appropriate from a country whose long-distance runners enjoy worldwide reputations, often participating successfully in marathons such as those in Boston and New York as well as in Olympic events. The date of 1976 appearing on the poster refers to the Ethiopian calendar.
(Prints and Photographs Division)

Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland: A Guide to Official Publications, 1868-1968. 1971. 84 pp.

Contemporary Amharic Creative Literature: A Guide. 1981. 43 pp. (Maktaba Afrikana Series)

East African Community: Subject Guide to Official Publications. 1976. 272 pp.

Folklore from Africa to the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. 1976. 161 pp. Compiled in the Library's Children's Literature Center.

French-Speaking Central Africa: A Guide to Official Publications in American Libraries. 1973. 314 pp.

French-Speaking West Africa: A Guide to Official Publications. 1967. 201 pp.

Ghana: A Guide to Official Publications, 1872-1968. 1969. 110 pp.

Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Partially Annotated Guide. 1978. 318 pp.

Japanese-African Relations: A Selected List of References. 1988. 24 pp. (Africana Directions

Series; AD 88-1)

Japanese-African Relations: A Selected List of References, no. 2. 1992. 13 pp. (Africana Directions Series; AD 92-1)

Kenya: Subject Guide to Official Publications. 1978. 423 pp.

Liberia During the Tolbert Era: A Guide. 1983. 79 pp. (Maktaba Afrikana Series).

A List of American Doctoral Dissertations on Africa. 1962. 69 pp.

Madagascar and Adjacent Islands: A Guide to Official Publications. 1965. 58 pp.

Nelson Mandela: A Selective Reading List. Reprinted from the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 54 (January 9, 1995): 15-17.

Nigeria: A Guide to Official Publications. 1966. 166 pp.

Nigerian Petroleum Industry: A Guide. 1978. 66 pp. (Maktaba Africana Series)

Official Publications of British East Africa Part 1. The East Africa High Commission and Other Regional Documents. 1960. 67 pp. Part 2. Tanganyika. 1962. 134 pp. Part 3. Kenya and Zanzibar. 1962. 162 pp. Part 4. Uganda. 1963. 100 pp.

Official Publications of French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons, and Togo, 1946-1958: A Guide. 1964. 78 pp.

Official Publications of Sierra Leone and Gambia. 1963. 92 pp.

Official Publications of Somaliland, 1941-1959. 1960. 41 pp.

Portuguese Africa: A Guide to Official Publications. 1967. 217 pp.

Recent Afro-Libyan Relations: A Selected List of References. 1981. 15 pp. (Africana Directions Series; AD 81-1)

The Rhodesias and Nyasaland: A Guide to Official Publications. 1965. 285 pp.

La Section Africaine de la Bibliothèque du Congrès. 1987. folder ([5] pp.)

Serials for African Studies. 1961. 163 pp.

Spanish-Speaking Africa: A Guide to Official Publications. 1973. 66 pp.

Sub-Saharan Africa: A Guide to Serials. 1970. 409 pp.

Tanganyika African National Union: A Guide to Publications by and about tanu. 1976. 52 pp. (Maktaba Afrikana Series)

U.S. Imprints on Sub-Saharan Africa: A Guide to Publications Cataloged at the Library of Congress. vols. 1-8 (1985-92)

Uganda: Subject Guide to Official Publications. 1977. 271 pp.

United States and Africa: Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785-1975. 1978. 949 pp.

United States and Sub-Saharan Africa: Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1976-1980. 1984. 721 pp. Compiled in the Library's African and Middle Eastern Division.

United States and Canadian Publications on Africa in 1960. 1962. 98 pp.

University of Malawi Publications: A Guide. 1980. 41 pp. (Maktaba Afrikana Series)

Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi Party, 1957-1977: A Bibliography. 1978. 20 pp. (Maktaba Afrikana Series)


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