West African Magazines is a unique collection of over 50,000 pages of historically significant popular magazines and literary journals from West Africa. Spanning the decades from the 1930s to today, the collection promises unparalleled insights into Africa’s literary, artistic, and cultural identity during both the colonial and postcolonial periods. Most of the magazines are available exclusively in this resource. Featured titles include Black Orpheus, Bingo, Farfina, Nigeria, and Okyeame. About 80 percent of the materials are in English, with 20 percent in French.
Rare and important Canadian primary source collections from McLaren Micropublications, includes collections of Canadian newspapers, serials, and other publications covering topics including art, architecture, Canadian history, LGBTQ history and culture, and women’s history.
LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture is a collection indexing and preserving the voices and achievements of the LGBTQ+ movement from the 1980s to today. It focuses on contemporary publications and new-media output, including art, music, blogs, podcasts, videos, social media feeds, and reports.