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                    Announcement of H-AFRICA
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H-AFRICA is a moderated electronic discussion group and bulletin
board for scholars (including students), librarians, and teachers
interested in the African past, including a variety of disciplines
and approaches to the history and humanistic study of the entire
continent.  A part of the H-Net family of LISTSERV discussion lists,
H-AFRICA encourages informed discussions of teaching and research on
African history at all levels of interest and complexity.
 
The primary purpose of H-AFRICA is to provide a forum for those
interested in the serious study of African history and humanities to
communicate openly.  In this spirit, H-AFRICA welcomes research
reports and inquiries, syllabi and course materials, bibliographies,
listings of new sources, library and archive information,
non-commerical announcements of books, journals, conferences,
fellowships, jobs, and funding opportunities, as well as reports on
new software, datasets or CD-ROMs relevant to the African past.
 
H-AFRICA is currently edited by Professor Mel Page of East Tennessee
State University and Professor Harold Marcus of Michigan State
University, who may be reached at:
 
            Mel Page        africa@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu
            Harold Marcus   ethiopia@hs1.hst.msu.edu
 
The editors consult with an editorial board of international
scholars broadly representative of the state of the discipline.
 
Subscription to H-AFRICA is free and open to professional researchers
and teachers in African history or allied fields and to everyone
concerned with serious scholarship in the field.  When you send in a
subscription request, the computer will send you a brief
acknowledgement; please ignore it.  The editors will send you a
short questionnaire which must be completed and returned to confirm
your subscription.  The information requested in this questionnaire
tells us about your professional interests and activities in African
history and will serve as essential information for a directory of
H-AFRICA members.
 
To subscribe, send an e-mail message to:
            LISTSERV@MSU.EDU
with no subject and only this text:
            SUB H-AFRICA yourfirstname yourlastname, your institution
 
Capitalization does not matter, but spelling and commas do.  When you
include your own information, the message will look something like
this: "sub h-africa Harold Marcus, Michigan State U."
 
If you have any questions or experience any difficulties in
attempting to subscribe, please send a message to:
 
            africa@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu
 
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Peter Limb
 
University of Western Australia
Nedlands 6907, W.A. Australia
 
email: plimb@library.uwa.edu.au
fax: +61 9 380 1012     phone: +61 9 380 2348