Research: African Newspapers: African Newspapers in Print

Newspapers in Print

Please refer to the information below to see both our print African newspaper holdings in the African Studies Library and those stored off-site.

Print Newspapers in the African Studies Library

Country / Topic	Title	Date Ranges	Notes
African Diaspora	African Abroad US Bi-weekly	1 issue: v.11, no.252, June 30, 2010
	Coolio (formerly The CVN) [Cape Verde]	July 2005 - Nov. 9, 2009 (CVN) April 2011 - May 2012 (Coolio)
Cameroon	L'Unite (French)	Sept. 23, 1970 - May 1981	Box (Missing issues: 210,218, 537, 559, 562, 563, 584, 586, 587, 592, 595, 599, 602, 603, 608, 609, 616-622, 624, 630, 636-644, 648)
Cote d'Ivoire	Le Quotidien: L’info juste, la critique constructive.	Jeudi 30 April 2009 (no. 360)
	Fraternite Matin: Premier Quotidien Ivoirien d'Informations	Jeudi 30 Avril – Vendredi 1e Mai, 2009 (no. 13341)
Egypt	Al Ahram (Arabic)	May 27 - june 30, 2005	**Additional print issues stored off-site
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Herald (Amharic)	May 1-31, 2013; June 1-7, 2013	** Available on microfilm up through 2014
Gabon	Courants (French)	Feb. 2, 1986 - June 28, 1988
Ghana	Ghanaian Times	April 2013	**Additional print issues stored off-site
Kenya	Daily Nation	Misc. inserts - Dec. 2010 Misc. inserts - 2011 Misc. inserts - 2012 Sept. 1-30, 2012; June 1-13, 2013	**Additional print issues stored off-site
	Standard	Misc. inserts - 2010 Misc. inserts - 2011	**Additional print issues stored off-site
	Miscellaneous newspapers	1963-1965	Includes Kenya's independence See bibliography
Miscellaneous	Obama Files		Newspaper clippings about Obama from various African newspapers
Namibia	Namibian Economist		**Additional print issues stored off-site
Nigeria	40 Minutes	Feb. 7-20, 2013 (v.1, n.1) Feb. 21-Mar. 6, 2013 (v.1,n.2) July 11-24, 2013 (v.1, n.12)	Free, independent newspaper; now out of print.
	A Daily Times Supplement	n.d.	"Nigeria's War (July 6, 1967 - January 12, 1970): A Diary of Events" Note: paper is in poor condition.
N'ko Language	Journal du n’ko Sindjiya	Mai 2008 (no.89); Septembre 2008 (no.91) (2 copies) ; Decembre 2008 (no.85)
	Yelen	2 issues; dates unknown	Yelen, meaning "the Light", is principally published by Mamadi Baba Diane, who resides in Egypt https://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/ 02/prweb339989.htm
Rwanda	Kinyamateka (Kinyarwanda)	nos. 1146-1169, 1983	Bound volume.
	La Relève	Oct. 1981, 1982; Dec. 1983, 1984	2 bound volumes.
	Umunyamuryanga [le cooperateur] (Kinyarwanda)	nos. 170-172, 174,193 May-July, Sept. 1982; Aug-Oct. 1984	4 loose volumes
Somalia	Corriere della Somalia (Italian)	nos. 196-199, 216 Aug. 9-12, Sept. 1, 1965
	Somali News - National Weekly (English)	iss. 235 Aug. 13, 1965	incl. clipping from iss. 240, Sept. 17, 1965. "Students Challenge Emperor" [Ethiopia]
	Sotel Somal / Somali News (Arabic)	nos. 412-414, 416 Aug. 8 - 10, 12, 1965
South Africa	Drum (2 issues)	No. 11 Oct. 22, 1972	April 52 - 1965 on microfilm (South Africa ed.) See also print issues of Drum (East Africa edition)
	Mail & Guardian	1995	2 boxes, some issues missing
	Pink Tongue	2009-2016 (incomplete) nos. 24, 32-39, 71, 80, 81, 100-103
	Miscellaneous newspapers	1992 and 1995	Mandela's release from prison See bibliography
Tanzania	Daily News	Feb. 2013	**Additional print issues stored off-site
	Mzalendo (Swahili)	July 2011 - April 27, 2013
Uganda	New Vision	Misc. inserts - 2011 April 2013	**Additional print issues stored off-site
	Monitor	Sunday, Monitors - Oct. 2010; Misc. inserts - 2011, Dec. 2012	**Additional print issues stored off-site
Zimbabwe	Herald	April 2013	**Additional print issues stored off-site

African Newspapers Back Issues 2010-13 (Off-Site Storage)

Back issues (2010-2013) for the following titles are available.
Please note that they are housed off-site; if you wish to consult them, please allow time for retrieval.

Country	Title (Language)	Coverage available in print	Alternative Access
Egypt	Al-Ahram		English website Arabic website
Ethiopia	The Ethiopian Herald (English)	Microfilm available through Sept. 2014	Website Older issues: microfilm
Ghana	Ghanaian Times (English)		Website
Kenya	Daily Nation (English)		Website
	Standard (English)		Website Older issues: microfilm
Tanzania	Daily News (English)		Website Older issues: microfilm
	Mzalendo (Swahili)
Uganda	Monitor (English)		Website
	New Vision (English)		Website
Zimbabwe	The Herald (English)		Website Older issues: microfilm