Web dossiers
Web dossiers are thematic overviews listing resources on selected topics in African Studies. A web dossier usually consists of an introduction to the subject, a selection of titles from the collection of the African Library, extended with other titles available at Leiden University or online, and annotated links to relevant web resources. Titles are linked directly to the corresponding records in the online catalogue, which provides full text links and abstracts, where available.
Inspired by the African Literary Metadata Project (ALMEDA), the African Library compiled a web dossier on East African literatures. It showcases literary works in English and Swahili, published in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in the last ten years.
All web dossiers by year
2024
Season of Rains: Africa in the World Today (November)
East African Literatures (November)
Asante Kingdom (September)
2023
African archives (December)
Women in Muslim Africa (September)
African women entrepreneurs (March)
2022
African photography (July)
African-authored travel writing (March)
The ASCL Rwanda collection (February)
2021
African feminism (November)
Early African press (October)
Indian Ocean slave trade (May)
Children’s rights in Africa (January)
2020
COVID-19 in Africa (December)
Africa Knows! (October)
Somali literature (March)
The Nile (February)
2019
African leaders of independence (November)
Proverbs in African languages (October)
Public art in Africa (July)
Southern African women writers (March)
Performing arts in West Africa (March)
2018
Prosperity in Africa (November)
Equatorial Guinea (June)
Heritage on the move (May)
Destination Africa (February)
2017
Afrikaans Literature (September)
Ton Dietz (August)
The Nigerian-Biafran War (May)
Education for life (May)
African comic strips and cartoons (January)
2016
African constitutions (October)
Sport in Africa (October)
Crime in Africa (May)
African Art II (February)
2015
Africa-Asia relations (December)
Alcohol in Africa (November)
Renewable energy in Africa (October)
Muslim scholars in Africa (April)
2014
Disability in Africa 2014 (December)
Katrien Polman (November)
Productive employment in Africa (October)
Football in Africa (June)
2013
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 1918 – 2013 (December)
Social Protection in Africa (September)
2012
Business and entrepreneurship in Africa (October)
The African National Congress at 100 (September)
Water in Africa (March)
2011
Food (in)security, famine and drought in Africa (September)
Southern Sudan at a crossroads (January)
2010
Football in Africa (May)
L’Afrique et la Francophonie (March)
Nelson Mandela (February)
2009
Elections in Africa between hope and reality (November)
African Cinema II (September)
South African Elections (April)
2008
Ghana Elections 2008 (December)
Children in Africa (September)
Disability in Africa (June)
China in Africa (April)
2007
Amadou Hampâté Bâ (September)
Darfur: continuing conflict in Sudan (January)
2005
Privatization in Africa (November)
2004
African art (December)
Conflict in the Sudan: the case of Darfur (September)
Rob Buijtenhuijs (1936-2004) (February)
African sport (February)
2003
HIV/AIDS in Africa (December)
African Cinema (September)
Youth in Africa (April)
African philosophy (March)
2002
Islam in Nigeria (November)
Zimbabwean elections (March)
2001
Léopold Sédar Senghor (December)
Mongo Beti (October)
Nuba and the Sudan (September)
Posted on 4 July 2019, last modified on 31 March 2025