The General History of Africa: Resources

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• Volume I - Methodology and African Prehistory
• Volume II - Ancient civilizations of Africa
• Volume III - Africa from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century
• Volume IV - Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century
• Volume V - Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
• Volume VI - Africa in the Nineteenth Century until the 1880s
• Volume VII - Africa under Colonial Domination 1880-1935
• Volume VIII - Africa since 1935

• General History of Africa webpage, UNESCO.
• Records of the General Conference, 13th Session, Paris, 1964, v. 1: Resolutions (13 C/Resolutions)
• Records of the General Conference, 14th Session, Paris, 1966, v. 1: Resolutions (14 C/Resolutions)
• Records of the General Conference, 16th Session, Paris, 1970, v. 1: Resolutions (16 C/Resolutions)
• Statutes of the International Scientific Advisory Committee for the Drafting and Publication of a General History of Africa, 1970 (85 EX/10, 85 EX/10 Rev)
• Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Executive Board at its 85th session, Paris, 1970 (85 EX/Decisions)
• Guide for the preparation of the General History of Africa, 1971 (SHC/WS/198)
• Second plenary session of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa: working paper, 1973 (SHC.73/CONF.602/3(a))
• Final report, third plenary session of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, 1976 (SHC.75/CONF.612/3, SCH75.CONF/612/COL.2)
• Final report, eighth meeting of the Bureau and fourth plenary session of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, 1978 (CC.78/CONF.607/3, CC.78/CONF.607/COL.1)
• Extension of the mandate of the International Scientific Committee for the Preparation of the General History of Africa, 1979 (107 EX/13)
• Final report, eleventh meeting of the Bureau and fifth plenary session of the International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, 1981 (CC/CS/81/507/3, CC.81/WS/25)
• Preparation of a General History of Africa, 1983
• Follow-up to the General History of Africa Project, 1999 (156 EX/10 Rev)
• Strategy regarding the completion and follow-up of the General and Regional History Projects, 2000 (159 EX/12)
• Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa: expert meeting: general recommendations, 2009 (CLT/CPD/DIA/2009/RP/133)
• Decisions of the Executive Council, Fifteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union, 2009
• Records of the General Conference, 37th Session, Paris, 2013, v. 1: Resolutions (37 C/Resolutions + CORR)
• Statutes of the International Scientific Committee for the Preparation and Publication of Volume IX of the General History of Africa, 2014 (195 EX/17)
• Implementation of phase II of the General History of Africa project, 2015 (38 C/INF.10)
• General History of Africa, 2020 (MOST/IGC/Bureau/2020/6)
• Archival series: CC/CSP, CLT/CS, CLT/CID - approx. 140 files, 1971 to 2009; CLT/CID/MAN/3.71 to 96 - drafts of chapters with some annotations, approx. 16 boxes