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Special Collections has rich and extensive Africana holdings that attract researchers from throughout the world. The resources include seventeenth and eighteenth century travel and exploration books, manuscript collections spanning the last several centuries, British colonial fiction, political ephemera, cookbooks, and comic art.

Special Collections is home to the African Activist Archive project that exists to preserve the record of activities of organizations and individuals who supported African struggles for freedom between 1960-1994.

Online Resources

• List of Africana Resources - Catalogs some of the holdings in our Africana collection.

Did You Know ...

• Among the many rare Africana titles is A Voyage to Congo by Father Jerom Merolla da Sorrento (London, 1682?).
• The Onuma Ezera Collection features materials and documents on the Biafran War. Part of the Africana Materials
• The Onuma Ezera Collection features materials and documents on the Biafran War. Part of the Africana Materials