Africana Studies: Maps & Images
Links to Digitized Maps and Images for Africana Studies
16th-19th Century Maps of Africa
Northwestern has digitized their collection of historic African maps from the Herskovits Library. The collection is both searchable and browseable. Excellent collection. (Northwestern University)
African & Asian Visual Artists Archive
A searchable collection of digitized images by contemporary artists of African and/or Asian descent living in the United Kingdom. (University of East London)
African Posters of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
A searchable collection of posters from and about Africa. (Northwestern University)
Afriterra Maps
A gorgeous collection of digitized historic maps of Africa. Maps date from 1480 to 1900. (Afriterra Foundation)
American Colonization Society: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870
Digitized maps of Liberia during the period of African-American colonization can be searched by keyword or browsed. (Library of Congress)
Art Africa
This website is dedicated to promoting African artists from Lusophone countries. It includes information about artists from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and the Diaspora. Includes digitized images of their work, selected articles about the artists, digital exhibitions, and information on upcoming events. Website interface is in English and Portuguese. (University of Lisbon)
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
A searchable database of images includes many maps of Africa. Recently added images of the British Caribbean, including a number from Jamaica. (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and University of Virginia)
California Cultures
Digitized images of the many ethnic groups that make up California’s rich history. Section on African Americans contains images of the Civil Rights era, Watts, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Black Panthers, among other topics. Includes innovative lesson plans. (University of California)
Images du passé en Afrique de l’Oeste
Digitized postcards and photographs of francophone West Africa. Does not provide much information about the images. Site in French.
(No institutional affiliation)
Images of African Americans from the 19th Century
A searchable database of digitized images dating from the 19th century. It is also possible to browse by subject. (Schomberg Center, NYPL)
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Includes digital images of the country maps produced by the CIA on Africa. Includes topographic, shaded relief, and political maps. (University of Texas, Austin)
Ron Wise’s World Paper Money
A collection of images of paper currency. Browseable by country. (No institutional affiliation)