East African Newspapers Collection
Key newspapers from the region from the 1940s to the early 2000s
East Africa in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was a time of great change. Decolonization spread as independence movements swelled, and local, autonomous self-governance took hold throughout the region. This period was also punctuated by famine, drought, political uprisings, border disputes, and war as countries worked to navigate the post-colonial landscape.

The East African Newspapers collection provides insight into this region during this critical time, featuring key newspapers from the region from the 1940s to the early 2000s:

  • Daily Nation (1962-2017), an independent Kenyan newspaper, in English
  • Ethiopian Herald (1943-2014), a government-owned, English-language newspaper
  • The Monitor (1993-2003), an independent Ugandan newspaper, in English
Kenya Independence Day, December 12, 1963
The day after the Derg overthrew the government and deposed Emperor Haile Selassie, September 13, 1974
Ugandan diaspora work to dislodge Museveni, May 11, 2003
The collection currently includes:

  • Over 843,000 pages of in-copyright content
  • Full page-level digitization, complete original graphics and searchable text
  • Crowd-sourced OCR text correction functionality
  • All on a cross-searchable platform

More pages/issues to be added to expand research into this dynamic region.

The East African Newspapers collection is part of the East View Global Press Archive Center for Research Libraries Alliance and was made possible thanks to the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

Please note: This is a CRL-Wide Collection. CRL member institutions automatically receive access to this collection. Non-CRL institutions that wish to purchase this collection should contact us for more information.