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S/N Title of Public Domain Material Author's Name Date of Publication Platform Uploaded to (Wikisource/Wikimedia Commons Link to the Wikisource Material Uploaded Link to the Wikimedia Commons Material Uploaded Remarks
1 Races of Africa Seligman C. G 1 January 1930 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Races_of_Africa_by_Seligman_C._G.pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Races_of_Africa_by_Seligman_C._G.pdf Remarks
2 The Grammar of Tiv Captain R.C. Abraham 6/7/1933 Wikimedia Commons Only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Grammar_of_Tiv_by_Captain_R.C._Abraham.pdf
3 Gardening In East Africa A. J. Jex-Blake 1934 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Gardening_In_East_Africa_by_A._J._Jex-Blake.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gardening_In_East_Africa_by_A._J._Jex-Blake.djvu
4 With the West African Frontier Force, in Southern Nigeria Esmé Gordon Lennox 1905 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:With_the_West_African_Frontier_Force,_in_Southern_Nigeria_by_Esm%C3%A9_Gordon_Lennox.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:With_the_West_African_Frontier_Force,_in_Southern_Nigeria_by_Esm%C3%A9_Gordon_Lennox.djvu
5 With the Nigerians in German East Africa Walter Douglas Downes 1919 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:With_the_Nigerians_in_German_East_Africa.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:With_the_Nigerians_in_German_East_Africa.djvu
6 Up against it in Nigeria Langa Langa 1922 Wikisource only https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Up_against_it_in_Nigeria_by_Langa_Langa.djvu
7 The romance of missions in Nigeria Samuel George Pinnock 1917 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_romance_of_missions_in_Nigeria_by_Samuel_George_Pinnock.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_romance_of_missions_in_Nigeria_by_Samuel_George_Pinnock.djvu
8 Letters from Nigeria, 1899-1900 David Carnegie (1871–1900) 1902 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Letters_from_Nigeria,_1899-1900_by_David_Wynford_Carnegie.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letters_from_Nigeria,_1899-1900_by_David_Wynford_Carnegie.djvu
9 Through unknown Nigeria Raphael, John R 1914 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Through_unknown_Nigeria_(IA_throughunknownni00raphrich).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Through_unknown_Nigeria_(IA_throughunknownni00raphrich).pdf
10 A resident's wife in Nigeria Larymore, Constance Belcher, Mrs 1908 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_resident%27s_wife_in_Nigeria_(IA_residentswifeinn00laryrich).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_resident%27s_wife_in_Nigeria_(IA_residentswifeinn00laryrich).pdf
11 Nigeria - determinants of projected level of demand, supply, and imports of farm products in 1965 and 1975 Stewart, Ian G. McM

Oagley, R. C Wright, W. D. C University of Edinburgh. Dept. of Political Economy

1962 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Nigeria_-_determinants_of_projected_level_of_demand,_supply,_and_imports_of_farm_products_in_1965_and_1975_(IA_nigeriadetermina32stew).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nigeria_-_determinants_of_projected_level_of_demand,_supply,_and_imports_of_farm_products_in_1965_and_1975_(IA_nigeriadetermina32stew).pdf
12 The making of Northern Nigeria Orr, Charles William James 1911 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_making_of_Northern_Nigeria_(IA_makingofnorthern00orrc).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_making_of_Northern_Nigeria_(IA_makingofnorthern00orrc).pdf
13 Folk stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa Dayrell, Elphinstone, 1869-1917

Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

1910 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Folk_stories_from_Southern_Nigeria,_West_Africa_(IA_folkstoriesfroms00dayrrich).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Folk_stories_from_Southern_Nigeria,_West_Africa_(IA_folkstoriesfroms00dayrrich).pdf
14 Notes on Nassarawa Province, Nigeria Sciortino, J. C 1920 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Notes_on_Nassarawa_Province,_Nigeria_(IA_notesonnassarawa00scioiala).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notes_on_Nassarawa_Province,_Nigeria_(IA_notesonnassarawa00scioiala).pdf
15 Round about Panyam by E. Hayward E Hayward 1921 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Round_about_Panyam_by_E._Hayward.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Round_about_Panyam_by_E._Hayward.djvu
16 A short discourse on art Aina Onabolu 1920 Wikimedia Commons only https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_short_discourse_on_art.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_short_discourse_on_art.djvu
17 ⁠Nigeria studies; or, the religious and political system of the Yoruba Richard Edward Dennett 1910 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E2%81%A0Nigeria_studies;_or,_the_religious_and_political_system_of_the_Yoruba.djvu
18 Blue Book Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria 1923 Government of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, Lagos 1924 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Book_Colony_and_Protectorate_of_Nigeria_1923.djvu
19 Black Folk Tales by Erick Berry. Erick Berry 1928 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Black_Folk_Tales_by_Erick_Berry.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Folk_Tales_by_Erick_Berry.djvu
20 Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria Elphinstone Dayrell 1913 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Ikom_folk_stories_from_Southern_Nigeria_by_Elphinstone_Dayrell.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikom_folk_stories_from_Southern_Nigeria_by_Elphinstone_Dayrell.djvu
21 Anthropological report on the Edo-speaking people of Nigeria. Northcote Whitridge Thomas 1910 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anthropological_report_on_the_Edo-speaking_people_of_Nigeria.djvu
22 Hausa Superstitions and Customs; an introduction to the folk-lore and the folk A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman) Tremearne 1913 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hausa_Superstitions_and_Customs;_an_introduction_to_the_folk-lore_and_the_folk.djvu
23 History Of Nigeria A. C. Burns 1929 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:History_Of_Nigeria.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:History_Of_Nigeria.djvu
24 Grammar and dictionary of the Yoruba language Bowen, T. J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1814-1875

Smithsonian Institution. (1858) bkp CU-BANC Crowther, Samuel, 1806?-1891 Craighead, R

1858 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Grammar_and_dictionary_of_the_Yoruba_language_-_with_an_introductory_description_of_the_country_and_people_of_Yoruba._(IA_grammardictionar00bowerich).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grammar_and_dictionary_of_the_Yoruba_language_-_with_an_introductory_description_of_the_country_and_people_of_Yoruba._(IA_grammardictionar00bowerich).pdf
25 Hausa folk-tales Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915

Tremearne, A. J. N. (Arthur John Newman), 1877-1915

1914 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Hausa_folk-tales_-_the_Hausa_text_of_the_stories_in_Hausa_superstitions_and_customs,_in_Folk-lore,_and_in_other_publications_(IA_hausafolktalesha00tremrich).pdfer_publications_(IA_hausafolktalesha00tremrich).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hausa_folk-tales_-_the_Hausa_text_of_the_stories_in_Hausa_superstitions_and_customs,_in_Folk-lore,_and_in_other_publications_(IA_hausafolktalesha00tremrich).pdf
26 Through Central Africa, from east to west (IA throughcentralaf00kear) Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940

Barnes, James, 1866-1936

1915 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Through_Central_Africa,_from_east_to_west_(IA_throughcentralaf00kear).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Through_Central_Africa,_from_east_to_west_(IA_throughcentralaf00kear).pdf
27 A Colony In The Making Lord Cranworth 1912 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_Colony_In_The_Making.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Colony_In_The_Making.djvu
28 Over African Jungles Martin Johnson 1 January 1935 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Over_African_Jungles.pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Over_African_Jungles.pdf
29 Sultan to sultan Sheldon, Mary French, 1847-1936 1892 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Sultan_to_sultan._Adventures_among_the_Masai_and_other_tribes_of_East_Africa_(IA_cu31924028752784).pdf&page=5 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Sultan_to_sultan._Adventures_among_the_Masai_and_other_tribes_of_East_Africa_(IA_cu31924028752784).pdf
30 Lectures And Essays (IA lecturesandessay030127mbp) Seeley,Sir J.R. 1895 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Lectures_And_Essays_(IA_lecturesandessay030127mbp).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lectures_And_Essays_(IA_lecturesandessay030127mbp).pdf
31 The Wonderland of Big Game F.R.G.S. Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore 1925 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Wonderland_of_Big_Game.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Wonderland_of_Big_Game.djvu
32 Notes on the tribes, provinces, emirates and states of the northern provinces of Nigeria Olive Susan Miranda Macleod Temple 1922 Wikisource only https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Notes_on_the_tribes,_provinces,_emirates_and_states_of_the_northern_provinces_of_Nigeria_(IA_notesontribespro00temp).pdf Not yet
33 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle| 1892 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://archive.org/details/texts?tab=collection&query=The+Adventures+of+Sherlock+Holmes https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=The+Adventures+of+Sherlock+Holmes&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=other
34 The Souls of Black Folk W. E. B. Du Bois 1903 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Souls_of_Black_Folk_(2nd_ed).djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Souls_of_Black_Folk_(1st_ed).pdf
35 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Olaudah Equiano 1794 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Interesting_Narrative_of_the_Life_of_Olaudah_Equiano,_or_Gustavus_Vassa,_the_African.pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=The+Interesting+Narrative+of+the+Life+of+Olaudah+Equiano+or+Gustavus+Vassa%2Cthe+African&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=other
36 Round about Panyam E Hayward 1921 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Round_about_Panyam_by_E._Hayward.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Round_about_Panyam_by_E._Hayward.djvu
37 A short discourse on art Aina Onabolu 1920 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_short_discourse_on_art.djvu https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_short_discourse_on_art.djvu
38 A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, arranged in systematic order; forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation Kerr, Robert 1813 Wikimedia Commons & Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:A_General_History_and_Collection_of_Voyages_and_Travels,_arranged_in_systematic_order;_forming_a_Complete_History_of_the_Origin_and_Progress_of_Navigation_(IA_dli.granth.75363).pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=A+General+History+and+Collection+of+Voyages+and+Travels%3A+Arranged+in+Systematic+Order&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=other
39 NIGERIA A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF GENERAL INTEREST Number 20 - 1940 Education Department, Lagos, Nigeria 1 April 1940 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NIGERIA_A_QUARTERLY_MAGAZINE_OF_GENERAL_INTEREST_Number_20_-_1940.pdf
40 NIGERIA A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF GENERAL INTEREST Number 23 - 1946 Education Department, Lagos, Nigeria 1 October 1946 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NIGERIA_A_QUARTERLY_MAGAZINE_OF_GENERAL_INTEREST_Number_23_-_1946.pdf
41 Myth and Man Maya Deren 31 January 1953 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myth_and_Man.pdf
42 LA PHILOSOPHIE BANTOUE Traduit d u Néerlandais p a r A . R U B B E N S COLLECTION PRÉSENCE AFRICAINE R. P. PLACIDE TEMPELS 3 October 1949 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LA_PHILOSOPHIE_BANTOUE_Traduit_d_u_N%C3%A9erlandais_p_a_r_A_._R_U_B_B_E_N_S_COLLECTION_PR%C3%89SENCE_AFRICAINE.pdf
43 THE AFRICAN MUSIC SOCIETY NEWSLETTER. Hon. Sir Evelyn Baring, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.C. 2 June 1952 Wikimedia Commons only Not yet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_AFRICAN_MUSIC_SOCIETY_NEWSLETTER.pdf
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