John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, Cornell Univ. Located in the Africana Studies and Research Center, where it supports research and teaching activities. Collection focuses on history and cultures of peoples of African ancestry in the Americas, Africa and the Caribbean. The collection development policy supports the AAAS program. Collection emphasis has historically been on West Africa, but has recently been expanded to include material from and about East and Southern Africa.
Languages collected are mainly English and French.
African Studies Library, Indiana Univ. Geographical emphases include West and West Central Africa, and Southern Africa. There is a separate African Studies library. Michigan State Univ. In addition, the Sahel Documentation Center represents an important collection of Sahel and West African material.