Sources Layer
The Atlas aggregates and enriches publicly available knowledge, and clearly separates it by source quality. Every community profile cites both open archives and premium scholarly resources.
Open sources
Museums, government archives, public libraries, UNESCO resources, academic repositories and open heritage projects.
- UNESCO World Heritage & Intangible Cultural Heritage
Heritage sites and living traditions across all 54 countries
- African Digital Heritage
Kenya-based nonprofit digitizing African cultural heritage
- The African Archives
Popular archive of African history and photography
- African Digital Research Repositories
Directory of open-access African university repositories
- Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Open-access collections and research
- British Museum — Africa collections
Searchable object database including Benin, Asante and Kongo works
- Musée du quai Branly
Major collections of Dogon, Fang, Kota and other African arts
- Internet Archive — African studies
Public-domain classics (Samuel Johnson's History of the Yorubas, etc.)
- National Museums of Kenya
East African collections and heritage sites
- Aluka / JSTOR open community collections
Struggles for freedom, heritage sites and landscapes
Premium & scholarly sources
Links to journals, university presses and booksellers for deeper research.
- JSTOR — African Studies
Peer-reviewed journals and monographs
- Cambridge University Press
Journal of African History; landmark monographs
- Oxford University Press
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History
- Springer
African archaeology and linguistics series
- Brill
Journal of Religion in Africa; Encyclopédie berbère links
- Google Books
Previews and purchases of scholarly titles
- Amazon — African studies books
General availability for cited titles
Editorial note: profiles are compiled from the open sources above and standard academic references. Oral traditions vary between tellers and regions; where scholarship is contested (e.g., aspects of Dogon star lore), the Atlas notes the debate rather than presenting a single account as settled.