The United States Joint Publications Research Service, an organization established to service the foreign language needs of the various federal government agencies, has translated a number of items on African affairs. The following list of JPRS translations on Africa south of the Sahara was compiled in the Government Publication Section, Serial Division, Library of Congress. It includes translations of material originally published in various foreign language journals, primarily those of the Soviet Union and Communist China. A large percentage of the articles is devoted to politics and propaganda, setting forth the current policies of the two major Communist nations toward Africa. But there is also a considerable body of material — much of it translated from French publications — on anthropology, ethnology, economic development, labor movements and mining activity.