This section links to unique digitized primary and secondary collection materials from the Library of Congress African collections. In addition, online exhibitions provide curated presentations of collection materials from the Library of Congress and other institutions.
African Studies
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CollectionAfricana Historic Postcard Collection The African Section of the Library of Congress’ African and Middle Eastern Division has amassed a unique collection of more than 7000 historical photographic postcards documenting an important visual record of Africa and its people during the historically intensive years of European colonialism, from 1895 to 1960.Collection Items: View 1,300 Items
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CollectionOmar Ibn Said Collection The Omar Ibn Said Collection consists of 42 digitized documents in both English and Arabic, including an 1831 manuscript in Arabic on "The Life of Omar Ibn Said," a West African slave in America, which is the centerpiece of this unique collection of texts. Some of the manuscripts in this collection include texts in Arabic by another West African slave in Panama, and others…- Contributor: Said, Omar Ibn - American Bible Society - See, Sheikh Sana - Dwight, Theodore - Thomson, William Hanna - Rothman, Adam - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Cotheal, Alexander Isaac - American Ethnological Society ... Said, Omar Ibn - American Bible Society - See, Sheikh Sana - Dwight, Theodore - Thomson, William Hanna - Rothman, Adam - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Cotheal, Alexander Isaac - American Ethnological Society - Bird, Isaac - Omar Ibn Said Collection (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division - Beard, Derrick Joshua - Dukur, Muḥammad - Kebe, Lamine
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Collection Items: View 46 Items
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CollectionSelections of Prayer Materials from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia The African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) holds a sizable collection of prayer materials from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Prayers commonly serve as a supplication, confession, or praise, among other functions. Prayer traditions are passed down through generations in various formats – such as oral, written, etc. – capturing the rich culture of belief systems. The Selections of Prayer Materials in…Collection Items: View 118 Items