Lusophone Africa

Suggested resources on Portuguese-speaking African countries: Angola, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé e Príncipe.

Reference

Reference works can be good for background information and contextualization. They can also help you find research topics.

African Lusophone Writers
Biographical and bibliographical entries on Lusophone writers.
A current bibliography on African Affairs
Coverage of published and forthcoming materials on African Affairs compiled as a quarterly guide for study and research in the field of African Studies and related subjects.
Dicionário de autores de literaturas africanas de língua portuguesa
by Aldónio Gomes and Fernanda Cavacas. In print. Call number PQ 9900 .A52 G66 1997
Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles portugais d'Afrique
Dictionary of Creole dialects and Portuguese.
Electronic journal of Africana bibliography
Online journal of bibliographies covering all aspects of African studies.
International African Bibliography
A tentative Portuguese-African bibliography: Portuguese Literature in Africa and African Literature in the Portuguese language
Bibliography of African literature written in Portuguese. Covers up to 1970.
Voices from an Empire
Includes a selected bibliography (pre-1975). Electronic source.
Voices from an Empire
Includes a selected bibliography (pre-1975). Print.

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