Primary Sources Available Online

Central intelligence agency declassified documents

Documents released by the CIA under Freedom of Information legislation - this is particularly useful for the Cold War so search by country name.

Empire Online

A large number of documents, particularly related to the civilising mission, can be found at Empire Online (on-campus access)- search under the country names.

Maji Maji Bibliography project

For those who read German, a collection of eye-witness accounts can be found at the Maji Maji Bibliography Project

Newspapers and other news media

• The Times Digital Archive can be found at http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/electronicresources/newspapers - scroll down the page to 'Individual Newspapers' and select 'Times Digital Archive 1785-1985'
• For more recent newspaper coverage see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/electronicresources/newspapers and select 'Factiva.'
• For TV news broadcasts see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/main/electronicresources/newspapers and scroll down to 'NewsFilm Online.' After clicking on that link, select 'Login via direct access' and begin to search by personality, event or country. The archive contains interviews with various figures, including Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere, Idi Amin and Tom Mboya.

Parliamentary papers

House of Commons' Parliamentary Papers (on-campus access) include a wide array of reports related to every conceivable colonial matter, from slavery in the 19th century to development in the mid-20th century. On-campus access is through and search by colony name and/or theme.

United States national archives

The US National Archives has digitised correspondence between the State Department in Washington DC and the embassies in Eastern Africa for the period 1973-5 can be found online. Search by country. When the results are displayed, select the link for 'Central Foreign Policy Files, created, 7/1/1973 - 12/31/1975, documenting the period 7/1/1973 ? - 12/31/1975'

The World Bank

Reports produced by the World Bank - select 'Documents and Reports' and search by country.