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 African Traditional & Derived Religion

 A Research Guide

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  I.     Reference Sources

   Guides and Bibliographies:

Africa Bibliography.  Dover, N.H.: Manchester University Press, 1984-. [DT3.A22 ]

Barzun, Jacques. The Modern Researcher. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. [REF. D13.B29.1992]

Cone, James H. Black Theology: a Documentary History. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1993. [BT82.7 .B56 1993]

Evans, James H. Black Theology: a Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography.New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. [REF. BT82.7 .E92]

Glazier, Kenneth M. Africa South of the Sahara. Stanford, Calif., Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1964. [BT1 .G55 ]

Gorman, G.E. Theological and Religious Reference Materials: Practical Theology. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986. [REF. BV3 .G67]

Hans M. A New Reader's Guide to African Literature. 2nd ed. New York: Africana Pub. Co., 1983. [REF.849.A35 Z44 1983 ]

Moser, Gerald M. A New Bibliography of the Lusophone Literatures of Africa. 2nd ed. Bibliographical research in African literatures; no. 2. New Jersey: H. Zell Publishers, 1993. [REF. PQ9900 .M6 1993]

Musiker, Reuben. South African Bibliography; a Survey of Bibliographies and Bibliographical Work. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books,1970. [REF. DT733 .M98]

Newsletter of the Afro-American Religious History Group of the American Academy of Religion. Worcester, Mass.: Randall K. Burkett, 1976-1996. [BR563.N4 +A57]

Scheven, Yvette. Bibliographies for African Studies, 1987-1993. New Jersey: Hans Zell Publishers, 1994. [REF. DT19.8 .S34 1994]

Turner, Harold W. Bibliography of New Religious Movements in Primal Societies. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977. [BL80 .T87]

Williams, Ethel L. Afro-American Religious Studies: a comprehensive bibliography with locations in American libraries. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972. [REF. E185 .W72]

Williams, Ethel L. The Howard University Bibliography of African and Afro-American Religious Studies: with locations in American libraries. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1977. [REF. BR563 N4 + W72]

Cultural Atlas of Africa. New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, 1981. [REF.DT14 .C83]

Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. The New Atlas of African History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. [G2446 S1 + F73 1991]

Historical Atlas of Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. [REF.G2446.S1 H5 1985]

Institut Geographique National (France). The Atlas of Africa. Paris: Editions Jeune Afrique, 1973. [REF. G2445 .F81 1973]



    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias:

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. [REF. DS44 .C37 1988]

Dictionary of African Biography. New York: Reference Publications, 1977. [REF. DT18 .D55]

Dictionary of Black African Civilization. New York: L. Amiel, 1974. [REF.DT 352.4 + D5213]

Encyclopedia of African American Religions. New York: Garland Pub., 1993. [REF.BR563.N4 E53 1993]

Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions. Wilmington, N.C.: McGrath Pub. Co., 1978. [BL2525 + M449 1978]

The Encyclopedia of Religion. New York, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1986. [REF. BL31 .E46 1986]

Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1991. [REF. GN550 .E53 1991]

Knappert, Jan. African Mythology: an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend. London: Diamond, 1995. [REF.BL2400 .K6 1995]

The New Dictionary of Theology. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1987. [REF.BR95 .N3]

African American women: a biographical dictionary, Dorothy C. Salem, ed. New York : Garland, 1993. [REF. E185.96 .A45 1993]

Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia, Darlene Clark Hine, ed. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Pub., 1993. [REF. E185.86 .B542 1993]

Black women in American history, Darlene Clark Hine, ed. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Pub., 1990. [REF. E185.86 .B62 1990]

Contemporary Black biography. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., c1992- [REF. E185.96 .C66]

Dictionary of American Negro biography, Rayford W. Logan and Michael R. Winston, eds. New York: Norton, c1982. [REF. E185.96 .D53 1982]

Foner, Eric. Freedom's lawmakers: a directory of Black officeholders during Reconstruction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. [REF. E185.96 .F64 1993]

Matthews, Geraldine O. Black American writers, 1773-1949: a bibliography and Union list. Boston, G. K. Hall, 1975. [REF. E185.82 .M32]

Notable Black American women, Jessie Carney Smith, ed. Gale Research, c1992.
[REF. E185.96 .N68 1992]

Ragsdale, Bruce A. Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1990. [REF. E185.96 +R25 1990]

Rush, Theressa Gunnels. Black American writers past and present: a biographical and bibliographical dictionary. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1975. [REF. PS153.N5 R9]

Documents of American History. 10th ed. Henry Steele Commager and Milton Cantor, eds. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988. [REF E173.D59.1988]

The winding road to freedom: a documentary survey of Negro experiences in America, Alfred E. Cain, ed. Yonkers [N.Y.]: Educational Heritage, [1965] [REF. E185 .C13]

Afro-American history: primary sources, Thomas R. Frazier, ed. Chicago, Ill.: Dorsey Press, c1988. 2nd ed. [REF. E184.6 .A35 1988]



  II.     Indexes and Abstracts:

To obtain citations to periodical articles, use one or more of the specialized indexes listed below:

Abstracts in Anthropology v.1, 1970 [PER.GN4.A16]

Anthropological Index Online [Online] http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/rai/AnthIndex.html

Arts & Humanities Citation Index-- 1988- [AI3.+A63]

ATLA Database 1949-[Online] - http://webspirs.silverplatter.com/cgi-bin/customers/c131636/c131636.cgi

ArticleFirst [Online - FS]-- 1990- [FirstSearch]

Black Index: Afro-Americana in Selected Periodicals -- 1907-1949 Per.E185.N398

Biography Index
-- 1946-1995 Ref.CT100.B61

BiographyInd (Online - FS) -- 1984- FirstSearch

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (Catholic Periodical Index) 1930- [PER.AI3.C3]

Expanded Academic ASAP [Online] - http://www.searchbank.com/searchbank/mlin_c_collhc

Guide to Social Science and Religion in Periodical Literature 1966- [PER.BR1.G94]


Historical Abstracts
--
[CD-ROM, 1975-, Main Reading Room; STACKS D1 +H67, 1955-1995]

Humanities Index -- v.1, 1974-5-   Per.AI3.H91

Index to Black Periodicals --  Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall,  -- 1950-    Per.HT1581.A2.I38 This index has changed titles several times.  Date ranges titles and call numbers are as follows:

  • Index to Selected Periodicals Received in the Hallie Q. Brown Memorial Library -- (1950-1959) [Z1361.N39 G8 E185]
  • Index to Selected Periodicals  -- (1960-1965)   [Per.HT1581.A2.I38]
  • Index to Periodical Articles by and about Negroes  -- (1966-1972)  [Per.HT1581.A2.I38] 
  • Index to Periodical Articles by and about Blacks   -- (1973-1983)   [Per.HT1581.A2.I38] 
  • Index to Black Periodicals   -- (1984- )   [Per HT1581.A2 I38]

Index Islamicus v.1, 1977- [PER.DS44.Q34]

International Index
--1907-1964/5 [PER. AI3.I6]

New York Times Index -- 1851+ [Microform Room]

Religion Index One: Periodicals -- v.1-4 rev. ed. [PER. BL1.R299]; v.13- [PER. BL1.R3]

Religion Index Two: Multi-author Works -- 1976- [PER. BL1.R38]

Religion and Theological Abstracts -- v.1, 1958- [PER. BR1.+R38]

Social Sciences and Humanities Index -- 1965/66-1973/4 [PER. AI3.I6]


  III.    Internet Resources:

21st Century Yoruba
http://www.nubacom.com/21CenturyYoruba/

African Religion Syncretism - a comparison of Voodoo and Santeria
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/freenet/rootdir/
menus/sigs/religion/pagan/faqs/voodoo

African Traditional Religion
http://users.iol.it/cdi/

African Traditional Religion and the Gospel
http://www.africamissions.org/africa/atrgos.htm

The Ancestor Page
http://www.sheps.com/ancestors/

Bibliography on African Traditional Religions
http://users.iol.it/cdi/atr_bibliography.htm

Demise of Traditional Religion in African Culture
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bill/316/paper1/horsey/paptex1.html

Dictionary of Afro-Caribbean Deities
http://www4.nando.net/prof/caribe/Dictionary.html

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/proj/ejab/index.html

Face of the Gods
http://www4.nando.net/prof/caribe/Gods.html

H-AFRICA - Journals and Tables of Contents
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/toc/index.html

IFA   Hosted by IFA Foundation of North America.
http://ifa.starters.net/

IFA Link
http://www.cultural-expressions.com/ifa/ifadef.htm

Library of Congress - Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

People of the Sun Healing Zone
http://www.eyeofatum.com/afrikanspirituality.htm

Religious Traditions of the African Diaspora
http://www.tcnj.edu/~afamstud/diaspora/

Selected Research Bibliography for Africa

Yoruba and Akan Art in Wood and Metal
http://www.fa.indiana.edu/~conner/africart/home.html

Yoruba House
http://www.primenet.com/~yoruba

Yoruba Religion and Myth
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hypertext/landow/post/nigeria/yorubarel.html

Yoruba Twin Figure Carvings - from the Milwaukee Public Museum.
http://www.mpm.edu/collect/yoruba.html




  IV.    Research Assistance:

Reference Librarians are eager to assist with your research. Our Research hours at Dinand Library are:

Sunday: 2:00-10:00 p.m.
Monday - Thursday:  9:30 a.m. -10:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:30 -4:30 p.m.

You may schedule a time with a Reference Librarian if you would like extended reference assistance.

John Coelho          jcoelho@holycross.edu          (508) 793-3886
Eileen Cravedi       ecravedi@holycross.edu        (508) 793-2672
Gudrun Krueger    gkrueger@holycross.edu        (508) 793-2640
Patty Porcaro        pporcaro@holycross.edu       (508) 793-3533



   
   
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
 
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