▁in ▁Africa . ▁Most ▁books ▁also ▁appear ▁in ▁an ▁electronic ▁( online ) ▁version . ▁The ▁A frika - St ud ie cent rum ▁ann ually ▁awards ▁a ▁prize ▁for ▁the ▁best ▁Master ' s ▁th esis ▁in ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁Library ▁ ▁The ▁Centre ’ s ▁library ▁consists ▁of ▁some ▁ 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁books ▁and ▁about ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁journ als ▁( including ▁electronic ▁journ als ), ▁government ▁reports , ▁bro ch ures , ▁African ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁about ▁ 1 , 7 0 0 ▁document aries ▁and ▁feature ▁films ▁on ▁video ▁and ▁DVD . ▁The ▁Centre ▁has ▁also ▁developed ▁a ▁web ▁service , ▁Connect ing - A frica , ▁with ▁links ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 8 , 0 0 0 ▁online ▁articles ▁about ▁Africa . ▁The ▁library ▁also ▁has ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁arch ival ▁material ▁including ▁arch ives ▁of ▁African ▁government ▁publications ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁personal ▁arch ives . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁Centre ▁was ▁founded ▁on ▁ 1 2 ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁as ▁the ▁academic ▁division ▁of ▁an ▁A frika ▁Inst itu ut , ▁which ▁initially ▁also ▁had ▁an ▁economic ▁section , ▁later ▁sp un ▁off ▁as ▁the ▁Netherlands - A fr ican ▁Business ▁Council . ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁many ▁well - known ▁Dutch ▁African ists ▁have ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁African ▁Studies ▁Centre , ▁including ▁the ▁poet ▁Vern ie ▁February , ▁the ▁activ ist ▁K la as ▁de ▁Jon ge , ▁ ▁the ▁soci ologist ▁Robert ▁Bu