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Africa and the African Diaspora Subject Guide
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Videos
- Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new windowIncludes award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.
- World Cinema Collection (Films on Demand) This link opens in a new windowThis collection includes the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, masterpieces from the mid-20th century, and contemporary films from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America
- World History in Video This link opens in a new windowStreaming video of documentaries covering world history, including Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania.
- World Newsreels Online: 1929-1966 This link opens in a new windowProvides full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the early twentieth century.
Art and Images
- JSTOR Images This link opens in a new windowDiverse digital image library covering architecture, decorative arts, design, painting, photography, and sculpture from many cultures.
- The Africa Center ArchiveFounded in 1984, the Museum for African Art organized nearly 70 exhibitions of historical and contemporary art from Africa and its Diaspora in 140 venues spread across 80 cities, 17 countries and 4 continents. Browse catalogs from the museum's past exhibitions here.
- MoCADA Digital (Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art)Discover art and social justice news about and from the African diaspora. Explore virtual galleries, exclusive museum notes, films, podcasts, playlists, workshop recordings and more.
- Slavery Images: A Visual Record of the African Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Early African DiasporaA digital archive for hundreds of historical images, paintings, lithographs, and photographs illustrating enslaved Africans and their descendants before c. 1900.