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African Languages: Electronic Resources

Databases

African Writers Series
Full text access to the complete collection of  key modern African literary texts published by Heinemann. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing.
EbscoHost
Jstor
Nexus
Proquest
Scopus

 A multi-disciplinary database providing full-text access to over 1000 journals published by Taylor and Francis from 1997 – present.

Web of Science

An academic citation index of scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Includes proceedingsof international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions.

 

Newspapers


Access World News - Africa 
Full text access to current African news sources, 1997- present. Consists predominantly of African newspapers, but also includes newswires, magazines and other sources

Rand Daily Mail Archive: 1902-1985

Full text access to this iconic South Africa daily newspaper which was published from 1902 to 1985, and was known for its anti-Apartheid stance. Digitization of the archive was completed in March 2018.

SA Media
A full-text collection of South African publications - chiefly newspapers and periodicals - from 1978 onwards