African Studies  Tags: africa horn_of_africa sub-saharan gobalization colonialism international_studies area_studies human_rights  

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Use databases to find citations (and sometimes full text) to articles and other materials. There are specialized databases for various subjects. Listed in the box below, and to the right, are some selected databases for finding articles on topics in Africa.

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