Contributors

AODL is possible only because of the generous contributions of individuals [link to anchor beginning of individual list] and organizations [link to top of list] willing to partner with Michigan State University to provide free access to digital collections about and from Africa.

Institutional Contributors

Funders

British Library [London, England] (http://www.bl.uk)
International Development Research Center (IDRC) [Ottowa, Canada] (http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx)
Michigan State University [East Lansing, MI] (http://msu.edu/)
National Endowment for the Humanities [Washington, D.C, USA] (http://www.neh.gov/)
National Science Foundation (NSF) [Arlington, VA, USA] (http://www.nsf.gov)
US Department of Education [Washington, D.C, USA] (https://www.ed.gov/)
U.S. Department of State [Washington, D.C, USA] (https://www.state.gov/)

Michigan State University Units

African Studies Center (http://africa.isp.msu.edu)
Department of Art, Art History & Design (http://www.art.msu.edu/)
Department of History (http://history.msu.edu)
MSU Libraries, Gerald M Kline Digital Media Center (https://www.lib.msu.edu/dmc/)
MSU Libraries, Special Collections (https://www.lib.msu.edu/spc/index/)
MSU Museum (http://museum.msu.edu)
MSU Press (http://msupress.org/)
MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (http://rcah.msu.edu/)
Office of the Provost and Office of the Dean for International Studies and Programs (https://provost.msu.edu/)
College of Social Science (http://www.socialscience.msu.edu/)
College of Arts and Letters (http://www.cal.msu.edu/)

International Contributors

Addis Ababa University [Addis Ababa, Ethiopia] (http://www.aau.edu.et)
African Activist Archive Project [East Lansing, MI] (http://africanactivist.msu.edu)
African National Congress Historical Documents [Johannesburg, South Africa] (https://web.archive.org/web/20120504060337/http://www.anc.org.za/list.php?t=Articles)
African Studies Association [Piscataway, NJ, USA] (http://www.africanstudies.org)
Ahmed Kathrada Foundation [Lenasia, Gauteng, South Africa] (http://www.kathradafoundation.org)
American Association of Museums [Arlington, VA, USA] (http://www.aam-us.org)
Les Archives Nationales du Senegal (National Archives of Senegal) [Dakar, Senegal] (http://www.senarchives.org.sn/)
Association of African American Museums [Washington, D.C., USA] (http://www.blackmuseums.org)
Association of African Universities [Accra, Ghana] (http://www.aau.org/)
Boston University [Boston, MA, USA] (http://www.bu.edu)
Center for Non-Racialism and Democracy [Port Elizabeth, South Africa] (https://canrad.mandela.ac.za/)
Centre for Popular Memory at the University of Cape Town [Cape Town, South Africa] (https://www.digitalcollections.lib.uct.ac.za/humanitec/cpm)
Consortium for Inter-Institutional Collaboration in African and Latin American Studies (CICALS) [Defunct]
Community Video Education Trust (CVET) [Cape Town, South Africa] (http://www.cvet.org.za)
Cultural Archives of the Gambia (https://ncac.gm/oralarchieve/)
Detroit Public Television [Wixom, MI, USA] (http://www.dptv.org/home/)
Digital Innovations South Africa (DISA) [University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa ] (https://disa.ukzn.ac.za/)
Film and Video Unit and Archives of the African National Congress [East Lansing, MI, USA] (http://africanmedia.msu.edu/safvp/about.php)
Fowler Museum of Cultural History [Los Angeles, CA, USA] (http://www.fowler.ucla.edu)
Gambian National Records Service [Banjul, Gambia]
Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre of the University of KwaZulu-Natal [Durban, South Africa] (http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/)
Harvard University [Cambridge, MA, USA] (http://www.harvard.edu)
Ifa Lethu Foundation [Groenkloof, South Africa] (http://www.ifalethu.org.za)
Indiana University [Bloomington, IN, USA] (https://www.indiana.edu)
Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana [Accra, Ghana] (https://ias.ug.edu.gh/)
L'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN) [Dakar, Senegal] (http://ifan.ucad.sn/)
International Council on African Museums (AFRICOM) (https://icom.museum/en/committee/international-council-of-african-museums/)
Iziko Museums [Cape Town, South Africa] (http://www.iziko.org.za)
James Madison University [Harrisonburg,VA, USA] (http://www.jmu.edu)
Maison Africaine de la Photographie in Bamako, Mali [Bamako, Mali] (https://www.facebook.com/maisonafricainedelaphotographie/ )
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies [Northwestern University; Evanston, IL] (https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/herskovits-library/)
National Archives of South Africa [Pretoria, South Africa] (http://www.national.archives.gov.za)
National Film, Video and Sound Archives of the National Archives of South Africa [Pretoria, South Africa] (http://www.national.archives.gov.za)
National Museum of African American History and Culture [Washington, D.C., USA] (http://nmaahc.si.edu)
Nelson Mandela National Museum [Mthatha, South Africa] (http://www.nelsonmandelamuseum.org.za)
Oakland University, Department of History [Rochester, MI] (http://wwwp.oakland.edu/history/)
Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies [Washington D.C., USA] (http://www.folklife.si.edu)
South African History Archive (SAHA) [Johannesburg, South Africa] (http://www.saha.org.za)
South African History Online (SAHO) [Cape Town, South Africa] (http://www.sahistory.org.za)
South African Museums Association [Kimberley,South Africa] (http://sama.za.net)
South African National Library [Cape Town, South Africa] (http://www.nlsa.ac.za)
United Nations Photo Collection [New York, NY, USA] (http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/photo_library.jsp)
United Nations Multimedia Research Unit [New York, NY, USA] (http://www.unmultimedia.org)
Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), [Dakar, Senegal] (https://www.ucad.sn/)
University of KwaZulu-Natal Campbell Collections [Durban, South Africa] (http://campbell.ukzn.ac.za)
University of KwaZulu-Natal Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archive [Pietermaritzburg, South Africa] (http://paton.ukzn.ac.za/)
University of the Western Cape/Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives [Capetown, South Africa] (https://repository.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/handle/10566/29)
University of Witwatersrand’s Department of Historical Papers [Johannesburg, South Africa] (http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za)
University of Witwatersrand Museum of Ethnology [Johannesburg, South Africa] (https://www.wits.ac.za/wam/collections/)
West African Research Association (WARA) [Boston, MA, USA] (http://www.bu.edu/wara/)
West African Research Center/Centre de Rechereche Ouest Africain (WARC/CROA) [Dakar, Senegal] (http://warccroa.org/)
Western Washington University [Bellingham,Washington, USA] (http://www.wwu.edu)

Individual Contributors

AODL would not have been possible without the contributions of the following individuals. Some people acknowledged here provided access to their own personal research collections, identified materials for inclusion in this digital library, digitized, scanned, or described resources in AODL. Others contributed to AODL as researchers and content experts. Students provided a range of specialized support from coding and designing websites to maintaining technical infrastructure and translating materials. Contributors are listed by the projects in which they participated.

Africa Past and Present Podcast

Abdilatif Abdalla
Nwando Achebe
Pius Adesanmi
Peter Alegi
Ned Alpers
Chuck Ambler
Adam Ashforth
Safoi Babana-Hampton
Franco Barchiesi
Stephanie Beswick
Ann Biersteker
Chris Bolsmann
Patrick Bond
Keith Breckenridge
Judith Byfield
Horace Campbell
Benedict Carton
Ibro Chekaraou
Hikabwa Decius Chipande
Renfrew Christie
Peter Cole
Eddie Daniels
Paul Darby
Bill Derman
Thabo Dladla
Jacob Dlamini
Robert Edgar
Kiki Edozie
Rita El-Khayat
David Eltis
Laura Fair
Toyin Falola
Solomon Addis Getahun
Barry Gilder
Denis Goldberg
David Gordon
Joshua Grace
Toby Green
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
Ken Harrow
Salah Hassan
Walter Hawthorne
Dag Henrichsen
Robert A. Hill
Robert Hitchcock
Dorothy Hodgson
Gerald Horne
Heather Hughes
Olabode Iribonke
Sean Jacobs
Diana Jeater
Ganiyu Akinloya Jimoh
Waithera Karim-Sesay
Candace Keller
Conti Khubeka
David Killingray
Susanne Klausen
Martin Klein
Dr. Chima Korieh
Paul Landau
Joseph Lauer
Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
Mara Leichtman
Alex Lichtenstein
Peter Limb
Lisa Lindsay
Paul Lovejoy
Mac Maharaj
Wendi Manuel-Scott
Penda Mbow
Sheryl McCurdy
Laura Mitchell
Hlonipha Mokoena
Gary Morgan
Tebogo Motswetla
Enocent Msindo
Zeph Mthembu
Wapu Mulwafu
Elizabeth Green Musselman
Rosemarie Mwaipopo
Sifiso Ndlovu
David Newbury
Deo Ngonyani
Radikobo Ntsimane
Brett O’Bannon
Folu Ogundimu
Derek Peterson
Menán Du Plessis
James Pritchett
Narissa Ramdhani
Terence Ranger
Ben Rawlence
David Robinson
Christine Root
Abdi Samatar
Laura Seay
Mamarame Seck
Ibra Sene
Marika Sherwood
Jabulani Sithole
Ibrahime Thioub
Aili Mari Tripp
Tom Turner
Chitja Twala
Robert Vinson
Richard Webner
Bruce Whitehouse
Luise White
David Wiley
Abebe Zegeye
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

African Activist Archive

Michelle Beavers
Marsha Bonner
J.D. Moore Crossey
Jennifer Davis
Richard Knight
George M. Houser
LaCarla Jones
Dumisani S. Kumalo
Joanne Martin
Prexy Nesbitt
Alice Rice
Chris Root
David Wiley

African e-Journals Project

Peter Limb
David Wiley

African Internet Collaborations Initiative

Beatrix Allah-Mensah
Fatou Aminata Lo
Josephine Anenih
Marian Atta-Boahene
Fatou Ba Diop
Oumou Ba Sangare
Rokia Ba Toure
Katy Cisse Wone
Sadia Chinery-Hesse
Dorcas Coker Appiah
Sena Dei-Tutu
Marietou Dia
Assa Diallo
Aminata Diaw
Kadidia Dienta
Aminata Dieye
Safietou Diop
Stella O. Dorgu
Dr. Mary Ebun Modupe Kolawole
Sheila Y. N. Gyimah
Hamida Harrison
Florence Iheme
Djingarey Ibrahim Maiga
Rita Korotomi Nader
Elsie Nwanwuri Thompson
Biodun Christine Olujimi
Hauwa Evelyn Shekarau
Nene Traore Diop
Uchenna Udeani
Awa Wade
Rebecca Zatan Sako
David Wiley
Lisa Fine
Anne Ferguson
Paula Rosinski
Brian Adams
Ellen Foley
Marietou Dia
Marit Dewhurst

African Media Program

Diane Pflugrad
Robert Cancel
Terry Elkiss
Aimee Campbell
Maureen Eke
Laura Arnston
Tama Hamiton-Wrey
Melba Lacey
Joanne Peterson
Charmagne Andrews
Noemi Creagan
Carmela Garritano
Chege Githiora
Getahun Haile
Heather Holtzclaw
Elizabeth MacGonagle
Tume Thiba
Tashisia McGhee
Kaleiha McGhee
Elizabeth Mugala
Michael Ngugi
Nicholas Ngugi
Ciara Royal
Kenya Tomaselli
Jay Artis
Jim Bingen
David Campbell
James Cunningham
William Derman
Anne Ferguson
Kenneth Harrow
John Hunter
James Johnson
John Johnson
Assefa Mehretu
Harry Reid
Lawrence Robbins
David Robinson
Jeffrey Wrey
Joel Samoff
Alan Jacobs
Cornelius Moore

African Oral Narratives

Getnet Bekele
Gracia Clark
Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu
Tessema Ta'a
Catherine Kennedy
Susanna C. Easton
De Wet Potgieter
Doug Lee
Debora Matthews
Dale McKinley
Ahmed Veriava
Debora Matthews
Getnet Bekele
Mary Appiah
A.K. Yeboah
E.K. Asiedu
Esi Sutherland-Addy
Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu

American Black Journal: African and African-Americans

Carlota Almanza-Lumpkin
Tony Mottley

Archive of Malian Photography

Candace Keller
Youssouf Sakaly
Amadou Baba Cissé
Oumar Cissé
Pape D. Bathily
Mahamane Traore
Masarran Diankoumba
Moussa Kalapo
Sory Ibrahim Kouyaté
Karim Sidibé
Moussa Konaté
Kassim Koné
Heida Shoemaker
William Bellis
Stephen Kochuba
Aboubar Cissé

Community Video Education Trust

Natalie McAskill

Diversity & Tolerance in the Islam of West Africa

Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Ahmed Bashir Baba
Cheikh Babou
Boubacar Barry
Charles Becker
Gracia Clark
Boubacar Diakate
Susanna C. Easton
Hannah Essien
Muhammed Gibrill
Maria Grosz-Ngate
Toba Diagne Haidara
Hilary Jones
Pape Mamdou Sall Kane
Gabrielle Lanier
Ghislaine Lydon
Edward Mensah
Paulina Mensah
Muhammed Mustapha
Gana Ndiaye
Kahala Ngalamulume
Fallou Ngom
Abdoulaye Niang
David Owusu-Ansah
Carmen Paz
Adrien Pouille
David Robinson
Mamadou Samake
Sharifa Samed
Fauziya Shaban
Maimounah Shaban
Abdourahmane Sene
Ousmane Sene
Mark Sey
Rebecca Tandoh
Moussa Thiao
Rukaya Usman
Jennifer J. Yanco

Goree Island Archaeological Repository

Nicole Bryner
Fatoumata Diatta
Hadidiatou Diatta
Deborah Mack
Abdoulaye Mbaye
Sidy Ndour
Khadidiatou Siware
Tidiane Sow
Ibrahima Thiaw

Exploring Africa

John Hudzik
Carol Egbo
Morgan Kinstner
Kari Bergstrom
Carmela Garritano
Manelisi Genge
Solomon Getahun
April Greenwood
Leslie Hadfield
Amy Jamison
Cheryl Krohn
Kimberly Ludwig
Lillian Muofhe
Marita Eibl
Lexi Hanson
Marie Kujenga
Luvuyo Lalendle
Prita Meier
Mary Mwiandi
Emily Riley
John Metzler

Islam and Modernity: Alternatives in Contemporary Senegambia and Ghana

Gracia Clark
Maria Grosz-Ngate
John Hanson
David Robinson
Walter Hawthorne
Bala Saho
Carmen Paz
Sharifa Agnes Diawuo-Mensah
Nana Bentsi-Enchill
Maimouna Shaban
Maria Grosz-Ngate

Pluralism and Adaptation in the Islamic Practice of Senegal and Ghana

Gracia Clark
Maria Grosz-Ngate
John Hanson
David Robinson
Catherine Foley
Madougou Kante
Toba Diagne Haidara
Carmen Paz
Muhammad al-Munir Gibril
Muhammad Sani Umar

Slave Biographies

Suzanne Ashton
Marco Aurélio
Miguel Barnet
Boubacar Barry
Laird Bergad
O. Vernon Burton
Judith Carney
Lisa Earl Castillo
Doug Chambers
Matt Childs
Ivor Conolley
John Cummings
David Eltis
Edda Fields-Black
Manolo Florentino
Lindsey Gish
Virginia Gould
Max Grivno
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
Kathe Hambrick
Jonn Hankins
Walter Hawthorne
Michael N. Henderson
Isabel Hernandes
Linda Heywood
Caitlin Holman
Raquel Kennon
Martin Klein
Mark Kornbluh
Jane Landers
Barbara Danzie Leon
Paul Lovejoy
Kristin Mann
Orlando Garcia Martinez
Joseph Miller
Steven Mintz
Valencia King Nelson
David Paterson
Manuel Barcia Paz
Marjory Allen Perez
Andres Pletch
Marcus Rediker
Cristina Romanelli
Christine Root
Michael Sartisky
Ibrahima Seck
Dominique Taffin
John Thornton
Maria-Elisa Velazquez
Kathleen Weessies
John Weiss
Patty Whitney
Michael Zeuske

South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy

Peter Alegi
David Bailey
Kelly Brisbois
Renfrew Christie
Sean Field
Julie Frederikse
Trevor Getz
Ruen Govinder
Leslie Hadfield
Mona Jackson
Neil Leighton
Peter Limb
Phyllis Naidoo
Joshua Ogada
Nicky Rousseau
Jim Sleight
Robert Vassen
David Wiley

South African Film and Video Project

David Wiley
Mark Kornbluh
Chris Root

South African National Cultural Heritage Training Program

C. Kurt Dewhurst
John W. Eadie
Mandy Gilder
Anthea Josias
Peter Knupfer
Mark Kornbluh
Russell Lewis
Khwezi ka Mpumlwana
Diana Baird N'Diaye
Rooksana Omar
Michele Pickover
Narissa Ramdhani
Yonah Seleti
Melanie Shell-Weiss
Robert Vassen
David Wiley

West African Online Digital Library

James S. Coleman
Philip Curtin
Boubacar Barry
Charles Becker
Bokar Biro
Muusaa Gey
Allen F. Roberts
Mary Nooter Roberts
Ray Silverman

MATRIX

Mohammed Alqizwini
Megan Anderson
Anna Backman
Tor Bjornrud
Ryan Bliton
Dennis Boone
Brian Beck
Sam Carne
Chelsea Carr
Brendan Coates
Stephanie Colwell
Patrick Conway
Jay Cunningham
Joe Deming
Pete Diaz
Marisol Dorantes
Catherine Foley
Matt Geimer
Annette Gianino
Seila Gonzalez-Estrecha
Amanuel Goshu
Mike Green
Jackie Hawthorne
Cori Heacock
Mona Jackson
Dan Jaquint
Chris Johnson
Jill Kelly
Mark Kornbluh
Ramata Koumare
Sarah Lapidus
Justin Leggs
Eric Limbach
Purdom Lindblad
Allan McDaniel
Cassi Miller
Joy Palmer
Maria Palmo
Madalyn Parker
Scott Pennington
Benjamin Perfect
Cody Perkins
Jess Polus
Kassie Powell
Dean Rehberger
Justine Richardson
Emily Riley
Christine Root
Mart Root-Wiley
Caitlin Russ
Zak Schlemmer
Matt Schleusener
James Semivan
Alicia Sheill
Anna Sherry
Dan Shin
Jim Sleight
Hayden Stinebaugh
Sarah Teppen
Austin Truchan
Ethan Watrall
Daphney Weatherup
Kai Wu