Film
The Media Resources Center (MRC) at Moffitt Library is the UC Berkeley Library's primary collection of materials in electronic non-print (audio and visual) formats. These formats include: videocassettes, DVDs; compact audio discs; audiocassettes; and online (streamed) audio and video. Materials in the MRC may be used on-site in the Center by current UC Berkeley students and staff. Links to selected African cinema and documentary films at the MRC below:
Newspapers
The Library's Newspaper & Microforms Room holds numerous African newspapers from the 19th century to currently-received titles. Papers on microfilm are shelved in title order by country. Currently received print titles are shelved by title. The Library currently receives the following African newspapers in print:
- Daily Nation (Kenya)
- Ghanaian Times (Ghana)
- Sunday News (Tanzania)
- Sunday Standard (Kenya)
- Sunday Vision (Sudan)
- Taifa Jumapili (Kenya)
The Stanford Library has one of the largest collections of African newspapers in print and microfilm in the United States. These titles are available for on-site viewing by UCB afilliated persons.
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) lends African newspapers on microfilm to UCB patrons. Many titles are list on the Melvyl Catalog where you can request film by sent to Berkeley for use. CRL also hosts AFRINUL a union list of African newspapers held by U.S. research libraries. This is not a complete list so double-check with each institution's catalog for complete holdings.
African historical and current newspapers are also available electronically through subscription databases and free sites.
- African Newspapers (World Newspaper Archive)
Over 60 Sub-Saharan African newspapers published prior to 1923 included in full-text. A UCB subscription resource. - AllAfrica.com
Provides current coverage of over 100 African newspapers and some NGO publications in English and French. Berkeley's subscription provides backfile access to 1996. - Breaking News
Reports of latest news. This site is maintained by Stanford University. - Electronic Newspapers of Africa
This site providing a list of online newspapers is maintained by Columbia University.