NOTES 72/ the pilgrimage. This is based mainly on a reference in ClappertonV second journey which surely must be either wrong In saying that "al»Ha|j cUflwr from Futa Toro" whom he met in Sokoto in 1826, was returning from Mecca, or must be referring to a different person, which is perfectly possible. All the other evidence points to one of these conclusions. And so the search continues, still In its infancy, for material on the early life of the man who, with the possible exception of cUthman b. FuaT, probably had more political, religious and military influence in shopping nineteenth century West Africa than any other single figure, and whose own biographical works are still almost completely unknown to western scholars. J . J. Holden. NEWS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge Centre of African Studies and le Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche Documentaires pour I'Afrique Noire are publishing jointly BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS ON CURRENT LITERATURE ON BLACK AFRICA IN THE FIELD OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: books, theses government documents, conference proceedings, cyclostyled material/ and articles from about 800 periodicals, in English and all European languages and it is hoped soon to include material in Chinese and Japanese. Subscribers will receive about 7000 cards annually, a copy of the classification system used and o list of the 800 periodicals indexed. Cards are dispatched four times a year in the form of sheets, ready to cut up, each containing eight 5" x 3" cards. These sheets come in two thicknesses: ordinary paper, for those who do not wish to cut up the entries; Bristol papers, card weight, for those who intend to file. 73. NOTES Each card carries a CARDAN serial number and classification by subject and region. Subscribers may cut up and file the cards as they please, but those who keep author, subject and region files, will need several sets of cards. With the final mailing each year a cumulative subject index is sent out, also in the form of sheets for cutting into cards. This means that a subscriber needs only cut up the cumulative subject index to have subject references to all the year's entries. The cards themselves fall into three categories:- (1) Cards with abstracts (A.C.) These contain bibliographical references to periodical articles, symposia, cyclostyled material, conference proceedings etc. with abstracts. (2) Descriptive or simple index cards (D.C.) These contain bibliographical references to articles of interest to research workers, but which are too short, too specialised or too ephemeral to be worth abstracting. (3) Cards of books and other major works. (B.C.) These appear as a separate publication and will complete the bibliographical references provided by the A . C. and D.C. These cards do not contain abstracts but provide notes of exp lanation where titles are not sufficiently self explanatory, and subject and regional classification. The B.C. will be published once yearly (about May) and will contain references to all works published in the previous year. References to the B.C. will appear in the annual cumulative subject index sent with the A . C. and D.C. Terms of subscription A . C. and D.C. 4 numbers per year + cumulative index, list of key-words and list of periodicals. 300 NF Bristol paper Ordinary paper 150 NF Ordinary paper sent airmail 250 NF £22 £11 £18 £30 £50 NOTES 74. B.C. 1 number each year: Bristol paper Ordinary paper 80 NF 40 NF £6 £3 18 Subscriptions may be addressed either tot- Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche Documentaires pour I'Afrique Noire, 293 avenue Daumesnil, Paris (12eme). or Centre of African Studies, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Either Centre will provide further details on request or will answer queries. hao: -p;