UCT Libraries

Our published collections include African studies books, films, maps, newspapers, government publications, rare and Antiquarian books, and pamphlets.

Journals approved by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).

Our holdings include current academic journals related to African studies in both print and digital formats. Collections of popular magazines with historic significance, and academic and community periodicals which are no longer published.

Browse Journals via Primo, Databases A-Z including open-access journals. Find journals approved by the DHET.

Probably the busiest section of the Main Library. Access all sections of the library from here.

The Helen Brown Reading room is a quiet study space.