Abstract
PurposeTo explore the relationship between the importance of African studies programs and the acquisition of African imprint titles in four selected American academic libraries.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines the characteristics of the African studies programs in four universities in comparison with library holdings including the percentage of holdings from four major English‐language African publishers.FindingThe four research libraries acquire substantial numbers of African monographs in keeping with the importance of their African studies programs.Originality/valueThe paper provides information on four major African studies programs and the library holdings that support them.
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