Journals
- African Arts
For journal articles start with African Arts, the premier journal in the field. The art library owns the entire run from 1967 to the current issue; it is also available as an ejournal from multiple vendors.
- African Journals Online This link opens in a new windowUse African Journals OnLine (AJOL) to find articles written by scholars on the continent of Africa. Although there are not many articles on the art of Africa it is still an important place to check.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowScholarly journal archive for the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences; current issues (usually the last 2-5 years) are not digitized by JSTOR and may be obtained elsewhere.
- Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art
Search Nka for scholarly articles on work by contemporary African and African Diaspora artists. Nka also includes exhibition and book reviews, interviews, and roundtable discussions.
Bibliographies
- African Art (Small Small Catch Monkey - Bibliographies)
Maintained by Prof. of African Art Mark DeLancey, DePaul University, these bibliographies build upon Janet L. Stanley's 3 volume Arts of Africa: an annotated bibliography.
The Arts of Africa: an annotated bibliographyCall Number: Art Reference Z5961.A35A7 vol. 1-3Publication Date: 1986-1989Compiled by Janet L. Stanley, Head of the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
- Modern African Art: A Basic Reading List
Annotated list of the best books in the field, covering African and the African diaspora. Compiled by Janet Stanley, Librarian, at the National Museum of African Art.
Full text resources
- The Africa Center publications
The Africa Center, an important publisher in the field, has digitized all of its books and exhibition catalogs. Use this site to search the full-text of these influential titles.
- Ross Archive of African Images
Use to locate the earliest available documentation of African art collected in the west. This archive contains full-text and images published before 1923 that describe objects brought out of Africa into Europe and North America. Works depicted include (when know), current location, people or country, etc.
- Digital Library of the Caribbean
A collaborative international digitization project of 18 partner institutions from the Caribbean region to document their diverse historical & cultural legacies. Collections from academic libraries, private collections, & archives. "Collection groups" include map collections, newspaper collections, teaching guides, “Partner collections,” “Haitian Law,” “Panama & the Canal,” & “News.” Browsing: sorted categorically, including by format (maps, newspapers, books, photographs etc.) & thematic groups (culture, science & medicine, law, slavery & resistance, etc.). There are also several dozen featured special collections & exhibits. Searching is easy and intuitive; options are listed on home page. Searches can be limited by language, publisher, topic, geographic area, and genre.