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Informatinn on Black Libraries


Namibia Resource Centre Southern Africa Library

The Library

The library's collection of books focuses primarily on southern Africa and
publications originating from the region. Its holdings of publications printed
in Namibia since the early 1950s are probably the most extensive outside Africa.
The collection contains publications in European and African languages and
emphasises the social sciences and humanities. The rare-book collection of early
accounts of European explorations covers the whole of sub-Saharan Africa.
Special attention is being given to material documenting the history of the
Swiss in Africa.

The collection of periodicals includes both colonial and current titles, some of
which are not to be found in other institutions in Switzerland. Current
periodicals from southern Africa include newspapers, community newsletters,
business bulletins and scientific journals.

The collection of bibliographies is intended to cover all major......

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