Subject and Course Guides: Transatlantic History: Africa

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A Complete Map of Africa
Historic and contemporary maps of Africa, including political and physical maps, pre-colonial and colonial maps, climate maps, relief maps, population density and distribution maps, vegetation maps, and economic/resource maps.
African Maps
Over 1000 images of pre-colonial Africa

Kingdoms / Ancient Civilizations of Africa
Africa resources
Stanford University pages
African Statistical Yearbook
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Source: African Development Bank

The African Statistical Yearbook (ASYB) 2012 is the fourth edition jointly produced by the African Devel- opment Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). It is a result of the fruitful collaboration that exists among the three pan-African organizations within the field of statistics. This synergistic collaboration has two principal benefits: (1) it minimizes the risk of inconsistent information being produced by the three organizations, and (2) it reduces the reporting burden on member states, who might otherwise be obliged to submit data separately to each institution.

As in the previous three editions, this 2012 Yearbook presents a time series showing the performance of African countries for various economic and social indicators over the period 2003–2011.
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
In 2004, Mr Mandela inaugurated the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (NMCM), home to the Nelson Mandela Foundation, with the aim to create a public facility to deliver to the world an integrated and dynamic information resource on his life and times, and promote the finding of sustainable solutions to critical social issues, through memory based dialogue interventions.