Guides: HIST/AFST 485: Africa in the World Wars: Getting Started

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Pan-African Chronology by Everett Jenkins
Call Number: Ref DT17 .J46 1996
ISBN: 0786401397
Publication Date: 1996
The second volume chronicles the most significant events in the African diaspora from the end of the Civil War through the pre World War I years. The third volume covers 1914 through 1929, a time when people of African descent experienced two seminal events: World War I and the Black Awakening. In World War I, people of African descent fought for both sides, earning distinction on the battlefields of France as well as in the jungles and deserts of Africa.

Historical Dictionaries of Africa
Historical Dictionaries cover the history of individual African countries through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. They each include numerous 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. Luther has 20 titles between print and online collections.

The Cambridge History of Africa
Publication Date: 2008
Eight volumes covers from pre-history to 1975.
The Cambridge History of the First World War
Publication Date: 2013
The Cambridge History of the First World War is a comprehensive, three-volume work, which provides an authoritative account of the military, political, social, economic and cultural history of the Great War
The Cambridge History of the Second World War
Publication Date: 2015
Three volume work covering Fighting the War, Politics and Ideology, and Economy, Society and Culture.

International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Online encyclopedia with over 1500 articles. Search or browse by topic or region.
BBC's The Story of Africa
Includes timeline and narrative on African involvement in the World Wars.