Conover-Porter Award Winners, 1980-2004
1980: Julian Witherell, The United States and Africa: Guide to U.S. Official Documents and Government-Sponsored Publications on Africa, 1785-1975. (Washington: Library of Congress, 1978)
1982: Roger Hilbert and Christiane Oehlmann, Foreign Direct Investments and Multinational Corporations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Bibliography. (Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 1980)
1984: Carol Burdy, Virginia Coulon and Hans Zell, A New Readers Guide to African Literature. (New York: Africana, 1983)
1986: Tore Linne Erikson, The Political Economy of Namibia: An Annotated Critical Bibliography. (Uppsala: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1985)
1988: Daniel P. Biebuyck, The Arts of Central Africa: an Annotated Bibliography. (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1987) and Jean E. Meeh Gosebrink, African Studies Information Resources Directory. (Oxford/New York: H. Zell, 1986)
1990: Yvette Scheven, Bibliographies for African Studies 1970-1986. (London/New York: H. Zell, 1988)
1992: Carol Sicherman, Ngugi wa Thiong'o: A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources, 1957-1987 (London/New York: H. Zell, 1989) and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the Making of a Rebel: a Source Book in Kenyan Literature and Resistance.(London/New York: H. Zell, 1990)
1994: Thomas George Barton, Sexuality and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: an Annotated Bibliography. (Nairobi: AMREF, 1991) and Hans Zell, ed. African Books in Print=Livres africaines disponibles. 4th ed. (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993) (Honorable mention: Bernice M. Kelly, Nigerian Artists: A Who's Who and Bibliography. (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993) and John McIlwaine, Africa: A Guide to Reference Material. (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993))
1996: Lindfors, Bernth, Black African Literature in English, 1987-1991. (London: Hans Zell, 1995) and Schmidt, Nancy J. Sub-Saharan African Films and Filmmakers, 1987-1992. (London: Hans Zell, 1995) (Honorable mention: Kenya Rural Enterprise Programme, Jua Kali Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. (Nairobi: Programme, 1993), Mbulawa Mugabe and K. Moahi, Health in Botswana: An Annotated Bibliography. (Gaborone: NIR, University of Botswana, 1994) and Ruth A. Thomas, editor, The Weekly Review Index 1975-1989. (Nairobi: Stellagraphics Ltd., 1993)
1998: McIlwaine, John. Writing on African Archives. (London: Hans Zell, 1996) and Souto, Amélia Neves de Guia Bbliográfico para o Estudante de História de Moçambique. Maputo: Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Centre de Estudos Africanos, 1996. (Honorable mention: Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. John Middleton, editor in chief. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997. 4 v.), Haron, Muhammed. Muslims in South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography. (Cape Town: South African Library in association with Centre for Contemporary Islam, UCT, 1997) and Walsh, Gretchen. The Media in Africa and Africa in the Media: An Annotated Bibliography (London: Hans Zell, 1996)
2000: John Middleton (editor in chief): Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997) (Honorable mention: Alfred Kagan and Yvette Scheven. Reference guide to Africa: a bibliography of sources. (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998)
2002: Bassett, Thomas J. and Yvette Scheven. Maps of Africa to 1900: A Checklist of Maps in Atlases and Geographical Journals in the Collections of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. [Urbana, IL]: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: distrib. by [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign], The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 2000. xiii, 317 pp. (Robert B. Downs Publication Fund: no. 9) and Bade, David W., compiler. Books in African Languages in the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University: A Catalog. Evanston, Ill: Program of African Studies, Northwestern University [distributed by Northwestern University Press], c2000. 2 v. (Honorable mention: Bell-Gam, Ruby A. and David Uru Iyam. Nigeria. Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.: Clio Press, 1999. xxvii, 342 pp. (World Bibliographical Series: v. 100) and Maundu, Patrick M., Grace W. Ngugi and Christine H.S. Kabuye. Traditional Food Plants of Kenya. Nairobi: Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, National Museums of Kenya, 1999. x, 270 pp. and Sundkler, Bengt and Christopher Steed. A History of the Church in Africa. Cambridge, England; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xix, 1232 pp. (Studia missionalia Upsaliencia: 74). Includes reference notes (pp. 1041-1098) and bibliography (pp. 1099-1147).
2004: A.J. Christopher, The Atlas of Changing South Africa. (London: Routledge; 2001) (Honorable mention: Paul Tigambe Zeleza and Dickson Eyoh. Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. (London and New York: Routledge, 2003)and Toyin Falola. Key Events in African History: A Reference Guide. (Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 2002).
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