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The Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD) is dismayed by the outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia and deeply concerned about the genuine danger of the conflict spreading from the Tigray region to other parts of Ethiopia and to neighbouring states.

The Newsbank-Readex database Apartheid: Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 with material from the archives of the Central Intelligence Agency is accessible as a national license for Germany thanks to funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

An overview of DH initiatives in and about Africa.

Here we present overviews and links about Africa’s rising animation scene.

Slave Voyages is a digital memorial to the largest slave trades in history.

This web documentary explores the exceptional history of the village Bouillagui in western Mali where the inhabitants liberated themselves from slavery at the beginning of the 20th century.

In their 2020 collection “Directions and Provocations in African Studies” the publisher Taylor & Francis offer free access to selected publications until 31 December 2020.

New electronic journals are available through the South African provider Sabinet!

New Books in African Studies is an author-interview podcast channel in the New Books Network on Apple Podcasts.

Silsila is a center at New York University dedicated to material histories of the Islamicate world with particular emphasis on the pre- and early modern periods. Check out the amazing line-up of Silsila webinars!