African Association of American Studies

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Bibliography Database

A curated starting point for finding scholarship on African and African American Studies.

Audience
Researchers and students
Format
Research database
Updated
July 2025

The AfAAS Bibliography Database gathers books, articles, dissertations, and creative works that help researchers trace African contributions to American Studies and related fields.

Search across traditions

Use the collection to move between disciplines, geographies, and methods. The database is designed to support both focused literature reviews and open-ended discovery.

A community-built tool

Entries are shaped by the reading practices of AfAAS members. We welcome suggestions that broaden the archive and make overlooked intellectual lineages easier to find.

Begin your inquiry

Start with a keyword, author, or subject area, then follow citations and related themes to build a research pathway of your own.