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Listing of African Newspapers on Microfilm
| Country | Title | Holdings | Lacking / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not published in Africa | African Mail | Sept 1904 – Jan 1917 | |
| Angola | Diário de Luanda | Jan 64 – Nov 1976 | Jan 1974-August 1974; Dec 1774 – Feb 1976 |
| Benin | Ehuzu | Oct 1975 – Dec 1981 | |
| Botswana | Daily News (aka Gaborone Daily News) |
May 1973 – Dec 1981 | |
| Cameroon | Cameroon Tribune | Dec 10, 1981 – Aug 1984 | |
| Chad | Journal Officiel |
1959 – 1965 |
|
| Côte d’Ivoire | Fraternité Matin | Lacking box | |
| Congo | Please see Zaire below | ||
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Herald | Jun 1956 – Dec 2018+ | Lacking : July 2000 – Sept 2000; July 2009 – Sept 2009 |
| New Times and Ethiopian News | May 1936 – May 1956 | ||
| Voice of Ethiopia |
1937-1939
|
reel currently missing | |
| Gambia | Gambia Echo | 1964 – 1966 | |
| The Gambia News Bulletin | Oct 1971 – Dec 1974 | ||
| Ghana | Ghanaian Times | Jan, 1962 – Dec 1996 | Lacking : Jan 1964 – April 1964 |
| Ashanti Pioneer | Nov 1939 – Oct 1962 | ||
| New Ashanti Times | Feb 5, 1966 – July 29, 1967 | Oct 1962 | |
| Pioneer | May 1968 – Dec 1994 | Jan 1975 – Sept 1975; Jun 1983 -Jan 1987; Mar 1987 – May 1988 | |
| Guinea | La Guinee Libre* | Nov. 29, 1973 -- June 27, 1974 | |
| Horoya** | 1969 - 1972, 1975 (No.1663, 1671-1673, 1713-1718, 1720-1721, 1723, 1727-1749, 1762-1765, 1863, 2190) | ||
| Kenya | East African Standard | Jan 1960 – Sept 2004 | Lacking : Jan 1998 – Aug 2001; Jan 2003 – May 2004 |
| Lesotho | Lesotho Weekly | May 1977 – Dec 1983 | |
| Basutoland Times | 1963 – 1964 | ||
| Daily Listener | 1965: Vol.16, no. 272, 275,335, 342 (Feb. 26, Mar. 2, Apr. 24, May 3) N.46, 65, 166 (spec ed.) July 8, 31, Nov. 27, 29) 1966: v.16 no. 183 (Feb. 17) | ||
| Liberia | Albert Porte Papers** | Various newspapers, 1930's - 1950's See index to the collection: Ref. DT635 .P65M Index in African Studies Library Reference |
|
| Liberian Age | Jan 1956 – Dec 1978 | ||
| Liberian Star | Jun 1964 – Jun 1970 | ||
| New Liberian | Jan – Dec 1982 | ||
| Malawi | Malawi News (Blantyre) | Jan 1965 – April 2004 | Lacking : Jan 1968 – Dec 1969; Jan 1971 – Dec 1972; Jan 1994 – Dec 2003 |
| Malawi News (Limbe) | May 1961 – Dec 1972 | Lacking : Jan 1965 – Dec 1967; Jan 1970 – Dec 1970 | |
| Mali | Afrique Nouvelle | Jan, 1959 – Dec, 1961 | |
| Barakela | Feb – Aug, 1964; Jan – Feb, April – July, Nov – Dec, 1965; Jan – Dec, 1966; May – Jun, Nov, Dec, 1967; Jan -Sept, 1968 | ||
| Morocco | L’Avant Garde | Vol. 2-3 Jan 28, 1961 – Dec 30,1962; Jan 6-27,1962 | |
| Tangier Gazette and Morocco Mail | 1946 No.4075 April 5; 1946 No.4121 Feb. 25, 1947 No.4121-65 Jan-Dec; 1948 No.4166-4209 Jan-Nov; 1949 No.4219-4269 Jan-Dec; 1950 No.4270-4286 Jan-April | ||
| Mozambique | Diário de Moçambique (Beira) | Jan 1964 – Jun 2002 | Lacking : April 1971 – Aug 1981; Jan 1989 – 1991; Jan 1995 – 2001 |
| Diário (Maputo) | Jan 1963 – Dec 1971 | ||
| Notícias | Jan, 1972 – Aug 1998 | Lacking : Jan – Feb, 1978; Jan – Dec 1993; July – Sept 1996 | |
| Nigeria | Daily Service | Jan 1960 – Sept 1960 | |
| Daily Express | Sept 1960 – Feb 1975 | Lacking : Dec, 1965 – Aug, 1972 | |
| Daily Sketch | Jan 1965 – Dec 1969 | ||
| Daily Times | Jan 1956 – Dec 1994 | ||
| Morning Post | Oct 1961 – Dec 1969 | ||
| New Nigerian | Jan 1966 – April 1983 | ||
| Nigerian Outlook | Jan 1965 – Dec 1966 | ||
| West African Pilot | Jan – May 1956; 1959 – Dec 1977 | ||
| Rwanda | Kinyamateka | Jan 1968 – Dec 1982 | |
| Senegal | Afrique Nouvelle | Jan 1962 – Dec 1977 | |
| Le Soleil | May 1970 – April 1977 | ||
| L’Unite Africaine | Aug 1960 – Aug 1968 | ||
| Paris-Dakar | 1933 – 1936 | ||
| Sierra Leone | Daily Mail | Jan 1973 – Dec 1973 | |
| The People | Jun, 1972 – April, 1973 | ||
| We Yone | Jan – Dec, 1973 | ||
| Somalia | Dalka | 1965 – 1967 | |
| Somali News | Mar 1961 – Oct 1969 | ||
| Somaliland News | Dec 8, 1958 -- Dec 12, 1960 | ||
| October Star | Oct 1969 – Feb 1970 | Nos. 1-6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20-21. In Italian: Vol. i, No. 19; Vol.ii No. 191 | |
| Dawn | 1970 – 1973 | ||
| II Corriere della Somalia | Jan 1964 – Dec 1968 | ||
| War Somali Sidihi | Nov 1956 – Nov 1958 | ||
| South Africa | Cape Times | July 1938 – May 1986 | Lacking : Feb, 1986 |
| Daily News & Sunday Tribune | Feb 1974 – May 1983 | ||
| New Nation | Jan. 3, 1986 - May 23, 1997 (Hard copy, storage: 1973 - 1974, Feb. - March; 1980) |
(Hardcopy lacking Sept. 1973, Jan - Feb, Apr - June, 1974) | |
| Post (Late Reef Edition) | May 1965 – Dec 1969 | ||
| The Standard & Diggers News | Oct 1899 – May 1900 | ||
| Mail and Guardian | Oct 1989 – Dec 1999 | Lacking 1-5 | |
| The New Age | Vol 4 – April 3 – Oct 16, 1958; Vol 5 – Oct 23, 1958 – Oct 15, 1959; Vol 6 – Oct 22, 1959 – Nov 3, 1960; Vol 7 – Oct 20, 1960 – Oct 12, 1961; Vol 8 – Oct 19, 1961 – Oct 11, 1962; Vol 9 – Oct 18, 1962 – Nov 29, 1962 |
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| The World | Jan 1971 – Dec 1972 | ||
| Tanzania | Daily News | April 1972 – Dec 1998 | |
| Nationalist | April 1964 – April 1972 | No. 1 – 260 | |
| Maarifa | 1963 – 1964 | ||
| The Standard & Sunday News (formally Tanganyika Standard) | Jan 1962 – April 1972 | ||
| Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung | Aug, 1914 – Jun, 1916 | ||
| Togo | Togo-Presse | Dec. 1- 30, 1967; vol. 6, nos. 1620 - 1644 | Note: located on reel 2 of Le Courrier d'Afrique (Zaire) |
| Uganda | Uganda Argus | Jan 1964 – Dec 1972 | |
| Voice of Uganda | Dec 1972 – Mar 1979 | ||
| Zaire | Le Courrier d’Afrique |
|
Note: Reel 1 includes Togo Presse Reel 2 lacking: nos. 1498, 1506 |
| Elima* | Dec 1973 – Dec 1977 | Lacking : Jan – Feb, 1976; July – Aug 1976 | |
| L’Essor du Katanga |
Nov. 26, 1965 (no. 1416 - single issue) |
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| L’Essor du Zaire | Jan. 5 - March 2, 1972 (no. 3085 - 3132) | ||
| Le Martyr | Aug 23 – Nov 22, 1964 | ||
| Le Progres | Jan - Dec 1965 ; Jan - Dec 1967 | ||
| Mwana Shaba | 1965 – 1969 (1968 no.159, 160, & 1969 no.161, Jan and Mar 1969) | ||
| Salongo | Mar 1972 – Dec 1996 | Lacking : Nov, 1989 – July, 1990; Mar – Jun 1991 | |
| Taifa* | March 6, 1972 -- Sept. 30, 1974 (nos. 1 - 335) | ||
| Newspaper Clippings; Collection of the CEP at the IRES* | Articles on microfiche; cover the 1960's up to and including 1966. | ||
| Zambia | Central African Post | Jan 1959 – Feb 1964 | |
| Northern News | Jan 1963 – April 1965 | ||
| Times of Zambia | Jan 1967 – Sept 1994 | Lacking : April – Dec, 1974; April – Jun 1974; July 1988 – Mar 1989; July – Sept 1990; July – Sept 1991; April 1992 – Mar 1993 | |
| Zambia mail | Aug 1965 – Dec 1971 | ||
| Zambia News | Mar 1965 – Dec 1967 | ||
| Zimbabwe | The Citizen* (Rhodesia) |
May 14 - Dec. 31, 1971 (no. 937-70; includes: 937,942,947, 949, 952, 957, 960, 962-5, 967-70) 1972 (no.971-90; includes: 971, 974, 976-81, 984, 987-990) |
missing some numbers |
| Herald | Jan 1956 – Jun 1997 | Lacking : April, 1996; May 1996; Jun 1996 | |
| Moto | 1971 – Vol 13; 1972 – Vol 14; 1973 – Vol 15. 1974 – Vol 16. |
* Microfilm reels in processing
** Microfilm held in the Mugar Microforms Library, basement (unmarked titles are housed in the African Studies Library)
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