1. Africana Section/Special Collection The whole of Africana/Special Collection is Closed Access and houses the following materials: Books, periodicals related to East Africa and on Uganda in particular. General books on Africa and other documents on Uganda, deposited mainly as a result of the Legal Deposit Act, which requires every publisher and author of a book in and about Uganda to deposit a copy to Makerere University Library.

2. Africana: Special Collection Special Collection includes publications from: > International Organisations (e.g. UNESCO, FAO, UNICEF > Government documents > University Collections (e.g Council Min.) > Theses and dissertations

3. Africana: Special Collection  Pamphlets > Microfilms (periodicals, manuscripts & theses > Archives & Manuscripts – range from institutional to individual archives (e.g.Uganda protectorate, Church missionaries, Buganda govt., Memoirs;Individual manuscripts i.e. Ham Mukasa, Apollo Kivebulaya, Kaddu Mukasa.)  Newspapers (Ugandan dating as far back as 1901 e.g. Munno)

4. Africana: Special Collection > Photographs – range from various aspects of traditional rulers, Ugandan presidents, Governors, Makerere Principles, Students, Sceneries of Uganda, Hospitals and patients, Queen’s visits,

5. First 14 MU Students 1922

6. Women Students 1945-49