Research Africa

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Contents 1 Regions of Africa 2 Eastern Africa 3 Middle Africa 4 Northern Africa 5 Southern Africa 6 Western Africa

Regions of Africa

The United Nations divides the large continent of Africa up into the following regions:

Eastern Africa	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Rwanda, Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles, Réunion, and Mayotte
Middle Africa	Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Republic of the Congo), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe
Northern Africa	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Southern Africa	Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Western Africa
Western Africa	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Eastern Africa

Research Child Labor Issues Worldwide

Middle Africa

Northern Africa

• Darfur and genocidal conflict. Darfur Bibliography.

Southern Africa

Western Africa

Literary History

"Decaying Manuscripts Reveal Africa's Literate History." The Chronicle of Higher Education. Sept. 6, 2002. vol.

49, pg. A26.

This article describes a set of manuscripts which document evidence of West African history and culture. According to the article, the significance of these manuscripts, which are still largely not translated, is that they challenge popular assumptions about the continent's intellectual traditions. If these manuscripts are not translated, how can you research this topic?? Here are some ideas: Research the history of libraries in Timbuktu. (Search ProQuest for some useful journal articles). Research how manuscripts are processed and documented. This is also done in the WSU Libraries, in the department of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. They also make use of storage boxes, conserve archival material, create indexes and guides to materials that are still largely unresearched. Research the names of people and places mentioned in the article to see if there are recently published articles about them (John O. Hunwick, Abdel Qader Heidara, Stephanie Diakite, etc.)