Access Africa The largest African news resource

Quick Facts More than 600 national and local titles, many of which are unavailable elsewhere Searchable articles in English, Afrikaans, French, Zulu and other local languages Coverage of events, issues and people related to business, government, economy, sports, culture and more

Overview The largest collection of African news sources, Access Africa provides in-depth coverage of local and regional issues and events via newspapers, websites and newswires from across the continent. These daily, monthly and weekly sources in different regional languages chronicle local issues and events at their source and provide revealing local perspectives on national and international issues. A comprehensive research tool Access Africa provides the full text of millions of current and archived news articles that researchers can use to pinpoint sources, compare perspectives and track subjects historically and geographically. This robust resource includes more than 600 titles from most countries in Africa, including titles such as Mail & Guardian, , The Citizen, City Press, , Son, , Stellenbosch Gazette, Vaal Weekblad and , Cape Argus, Mercury, The Star, Sowetan and Isolezwe ngeSonto as well as Ghana’s Business Day and The Herald, Kenya’s Daily Nation and Nigeria’s The Guardian and Daily Independent and hundreds of others. Access Africa offers detailed coverage of culture, sports, business, the arts, government, politics, finance, health, technology and much more. Daily updates keep users informed about the latest developments throughout the continent. Retrospective articles—some dating as far back as the late 1980s—are ideal for comparing today’s issues and events with those that took place in years past.

Access Africa includes a series of Special Reports—news articles, maps, images, videos and other useful content grouped for convenience under specific topics and themes. Easily accessible within NewsBank resources, Special Reports enable users to quickly locate information on a specific subject while helping them gain better insight into current issues and events on a global scale. Special Reports topics include People in the News, World Economics, Natural Disasters and Education Around the World. Intuitive, customisable interface All of the news articles within Access Africa are fully searchable online through a single intuitive interface. A map-based design makes it easy to pinpoint areas of coverage and enables researchers to quickly search a single title, a group of newspapers within a province, or all titles within the collection simultaneously. A full bibliographic citation accompanies each article so users can refine their searches by Author, Date, Section and more, and a handy sidebar feature enables researchers to filter the information they’ve located by geography, news media, date or source. Libraries can even customise their interface with quick links to popular titles so students and patrons can easily locate articles from a specific source or province.

Access Africa is part of the greater African News Archive, a suite of collections that comprise the world’s largest repository of current and historical African news sources from 1800 to the present day. Related collections include African Newspapers, Series I 1800-1922; African Newspapers Series II 1835-1925 and FBIS Daily Reports: Sub-Saharan Africa 1974-1996.

For more information on this and other NewsBank collections, call collect 1.802.875.2910 (Outside U.S. and Canada), email [email protected] or visit www.newsbank.com

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