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*[[Society of Genealogists]], London for details of some records from Africa, including inscriptions from Basutoland, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Nyasaland, Sierra Leone and Uganda.
*[[East Africa (First World War)]]
*[[POW Camps in India]]. During WW1, some German civilians were transferred from East Africa to camps at [[Ahmadnagar| Ahmednagar]] and [[Belgaum]] in India.*[[Second World War]]
*[[South Africa]]
*[[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#African publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories : African publications]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk, now archived at Archive.org. Originally required Flash turned on, this requirement still applies - you can only access the digitised print copy if you still have Flash installed. [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version], [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/page7.html Contents page]
:[https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8-LtY0s36phLNTLGg ''The Great War in West Africa''] by Edmund Howard Gorges, Commandant West African Regt, originally published c 1916, is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books (locate from the Search)/West Africa. This is an online version of a Naval & Military Press reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/great-war-in-west-africa/ ''Great War in West Africa''] by Edmund Howard Gorges, originally published c 1916. Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref>
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' published by League of Nations. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=145 "East Africa" followed by "West Africa"] page 145 ''1924 First Year, 2nd Edition'' HathiTrust; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA181 "East Africa", "West Africa"] page 181, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA204 "Mandated Territories"] page 204 includes Africa. ''1937 edition''. Google Books. See [[Indian Army#Historical books online|Indian Army - Historical books online]] for volumes 1-15, the complete series of this publication.
*[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] by W. D. Draffan & T. C. Lewin is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books (locate from the Search)/Kenya. This is an online version of a Naval & Military Press reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> Begins with the campaign against the Italians in Abyssinia and ends fighting the Japanese in Burma.
*[https://archive.org/details/brit-mil-admin-africa ''British Military Administration of Occupied Territories in Africa During the Years 1941-1947''] by Lord Rennell of Rodd 1948 HMSO. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=0O3OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 Google Books]. Although not part of the official series ''History of the Second World War'', classified in a Wikipedia article as one of the "Supplementary HMSO works".
*[https://archive.org/details/imageofafricabri0000curt_n2z8/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Image of Africa : British Ideas and Action, 1780-1850''] by Philip D Curtin 1964. [https://archive.org/details/imageofafricabri0000curt_n2z8/page/n13/mode/2up Contents] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/questfortimbucto00gard/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Quest for Timbuctoo''] by Brian Gardner 1968. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Exploration in the 19th Century.
