Oxford African American Studies Center A digital compendium of historical and cultural Africa, African American, and Africans in the Diaspora resources.
RESEARCH GUIDES
Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources Andersson, Marianne, ed. Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources, 3rd ed. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2014.
A Guide to Africa on the Internet is a free research-oriented online resources selected by the Nordic Africa Institute’s (NAI) Library staff. This guide is regularly updated and is a thorough resource to African Studies research. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
GENERAL SOURCES
The African Union The African Union (AU) replaced the Organization of African Unity (1963–2002) in 2002. AU promotes unity and solidarity of African states, encourages economic development, and endorses international cooperation.
Africa Bibliography is an authoritative guide to works in African studies published under the auspices of the International African Institute annually since 1984. This online consolidated version brings together every record collected since the bibliography's foundation, producing a rich and interactive resource for all scholars interested in the study of Africa.
CountryWatch database provides country specific background information, current events, global maps, governmental data, and political documents. This database contains daily news and statistics on cultural, economic, demographic, political, and social topics.
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, primary sources, and research reports. This database contains resources from the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and other academic fields. JSTOR’s primary source collections include “Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa” and “World Heritage Sites: Africa.”
Corruption / Split
Amidst the chaos a small force for stability: Somalia's business community Scopus®
The Political Economy of Military Rule in Somalia JSTOR Journals
War and famine, peace and light? The economic dynamics of conflict in Somalia 1993–2009. Complementary Index
Deforestation
Deforestation and Land Degredation in the Ethiopian Highlands: A Strategy for Physical Recovery Project MUSE
The national determinants of deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa JSTOR Journals
Predictable waves of sequential forest degradation and biodiversity loss spreading from an African city JSTOR Journals
Domestic Violence
Childrearing Discipline and Violence in Developing Countries JSTOR Journals
Climate Change and Insecurity: Mapping Vulnerability in Africa Project MUSE
Female genital cutting: crossing borders JSTOR Journals
Illiteracy
Education from the bottom up: UNICEF’s education programme in somalia Scopus®
Education of children of nomadic pastoralists in Somalia: Comparing attitudes and behaviour ScienceDirect
Orality, literacy, and Somali oral poetry. Humanities International Complete
Poverty
SOMALIA: Agriculture Key To Poverty Reduction. Business Source Complete
Somalia: State Failure, Poverty and Terrorism JSTOR Journals
Somalia’s “Pirate Cycle”: The Three Phases of Somali Piracy JSTOR Journals
Vaccinations
Measles outbreak response among adolescent and adult somali refugees displaced by famine in kenya and ethiopia, 2011. CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Progress Toward Polio Eradication—Somalia, 1998–2013. Environment Complete