African Newspapers Title List
(including April 2010 release)
Newspaper Title City State Start Date End Date Issues

Ghana
Gold Coast independent Accra Ghana "1918-06-08" "1922-12-30"
36  
Gold Coast leader. Cape Coast Ghana "1902-06-28" "1922-12-30"
508  
Gold Coast times Cape Coast Ghana "1874" "1885"
Forthcoming  

Guinea-Bissau
A voz da Guiné Bolama Guinea-Bissau "1922-04-06" "1922-09-02"
10  

Kenya
East African standard, Mombasa times and Uganda argus Mombasa Kenya "1903-01-15" "1915-10-30"
652  

Lesotho
Leselinyana la Lesutho Moria Lesotho "1863-11-03" "1922-12-29"
991  

Liberia
Liberia recorder Monrovia Liberia "1902-05-03" "1906-06-02"
66  
Observer Monrovia Liberia "1878-09-26" "1883-04-12"
60  

Madagascar
Madagascar times Antananarivo Madagascar "1882" "1885"
Forthcoming  
Cloche Tamatave Madagascar "1882-03-19" "1892-12-15"
227  
Opinion publique Tamatave Madagascar "1891-01-18" "1892-07-10"
78  

Malawi
Nyasaland times Blantyre Malawi "1904-01-02" "1922-12-29"
949  

Mozambique
Beira news and East Coast chronicle Beira Mozambique "1917-09-04" "1921-12-30"
442  
Beira post Beira Mozambique "1898-03-23" "1917-08-25"
1,076  
Africano Maputo Mozambique "1908-12-25" "1920-01-03"
616  
O brado africano Maputo Mozambique "1918-12-24" "1922-12-30"
179  

Namibia
Lüderitzbuchter Zeitung Lüderitzbucht Namibia "1909-02-13" "1922-12-30"
1,256  
Swakopmunder Zeitung Swakopmund Namibia "1898-10-12" "1920-11-27"
1,360  

Nigeria
Lagos standard Lagos Nigeria "1907-01-02" "1920-01-28"
644  
Lagos weekly record Lagos Nigeria "1891-08-15" "1921-12-31"
1,218  
The Nigerian pioneer Lagos Nigeria "1914' "1922"
Forthcoming  

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone guardian and foreign mails Freetown Sierra Leone "1908-04-10" "1918-12-20"
255  
Sierra Leone Times Freetown Sierra Leone "1892" "1904"
Forthcoming  
Sierra Leone weekly news Freetown Sierra Leone "1884" "1922"
Forthcoming  

South Africa
Friend of the Free State and Bloemfontein gazette Bloemfontein South Africa "1850-06-10" "1890-12-30"
2,089  
Cape Town gazette and African advertiser Cape Town South Africa "1800-08-16" "1828-07-18"
1,538  
Indaba Cape Town South Africa "1862" "1865"
Forthcoming  
Ilanga Lase Natal Durban South Africa "1903-04-10" "1922-12-29"
1,020  
Indian opinion Durban South Africa "1907-07-06" "1918-12-27"
756  
Izwi labantu East London South Africa "1901-06-04" "1909-04-16"
121  
Journal Graham's Town South Africa "1831-12-30" "1913-12-31"
10,115  
International Johannesburg South Africa "1915-09-10" "1924-09-05"
290  
Umteteli wa Bantu Johannesburg South Africa "1920" "1922"
Forthcoming  
Tsala ea batho Kimberley South Africa "1910" "1915"
Forthcoming  
Imvo zabantsundu King William's Town South Africa "1884-11-03" "1922-12-26"
1,587  
South African Outlook Lovedale South Africa "1870-10-01" "1922-12-01"
613  
Mafeking mail and protectorate guardian Mafeking South Africa "1899-05-20" "1922-12-31"
6,509  
Koranta ea Becoana Mafikeng South Africa "1901-04-27" "1903-12-30"
82  
Natal Witness Pietermaritzburg South Africa "1846-02-27" "1875-11-30"
1,742  
Izindaba zabantu Pinetown South Africa "1910-10-17" "1922-12-15"
230  

Uganda
Uganda herald Kampala Uganda "1912" "1922"
Forthcoming  

Zimbabwe
Buluwayo chronicle Bulawayo Zimbabwe "1894-10-12" "1922-12-30"
2,333  
Rhodesia herald Harare Zimbabwe "1903-01-03" "1922-12-29"
993