Collection 079 - Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies, University of Oxford (Rhodes House Library)

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ZA COM MR-AAO-079

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Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies, University of Oxford (Rhodes House Library)

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  • 1929 - present (Accumulation)

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The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House (commonly known as Rhodes House Library), was opened in 1929. It specialises in the history and current affairs - political, economic and social - of the Commonwealth and sub-Saharan Africa, including the offshore islands.

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+44(0)1865 (2)70908
rhodes.house.library@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House
Rhodes House
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3RG
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House
Rhodes House
South Parks Road
Oxford
United Kingdom

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