This is a selection of useful reference books about Africa from the collection of the [African and Middle Eastern Reading Room] at the Library of Congress.

• Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates, eds. (2012). Dictionary of African biography. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195382075.

• Russell, Sharon A. (1998). Guide to African cinema. Reference guides to the world's cinema. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313296219.
• Pfaff, Françoise (2004). Focus on African films. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253216687.

• Mazikana, P. C. (1984). Zimbabwe epic (2nd ed.). Harare: National Archives. ISBN 0908302002.
• J. F. Ade Ajayi; Michael Crowder; Paul Richards; Elizabeth Dunstan; Alick Newman, eds. (1985). Historical atlas of Africa. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521253535.