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These resources are mostly archaeological but also cover anthropology, paleontology, of South Africa

Resources for an Anthropology course which cover the Mande, the Yorub of West Africa as well as the Nso of Cameroon.

Arts

Images of masks, makers of masks, masquerade troupes, and relevant resources from around the world are indexed in this server.

Country Specific

General resources on culture and busiiness opportunites in Ghana.

One of the primary missions of Knightline Enterprises is to promote the private and commerical use of the internet by the Kenyan Community worldwide. Resources include: News, E-mail directory, Business Directory, and relevant on-line resources on Kenya.

Nigeria.Com is run by Tridas International Ltd. It provides news, editorial, chat rooms, weblinks, etc. and other resources that pertain Nigerians.

Resources on recreations, facilities, publications, discussion lists, and infrastrcute of Sports in South Africa.

Includes 36 color pictures with images of the National Parks of Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara, the Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar.

Resources on Ugandan dance and music, as well as on the Ndere Troupe.

Dandemutande is devoted to the music and culture of Zimbabwe, giving special attention to traditional and contemporary music as performed on mbira and marimba. Dandemutande consists of a calendar of musical events worldwide; a magazine containing articles on the music, the musicians, and their instruments; a resource guide listing performers, teachers, instrument makers, etc.; and a mail order catalog offering books, recordings, films, and art.

Travel

The South Africa Field Program is an annual three-week long travel study abroad program, offered by the Departments of Geography at Mary Washington College and the University of Vermont. Our annual itineraries include visits to Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Soweto, and one of South Africa's major wildlife parks. It is open to full or part-time students from any part of the world, and is available for credit through either of the sponsoring institutions.

Includes 36 color pictures with images of the National Parks of Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara, the Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar.

Languages

Luganda, the native language of the people of Buganda (Uganda), developed over the centuries as a spoken language. The following discussion is neither meant to be a grammar nor a dictionary of the language. The focus is solely on how the language is written (i.e. transcribing sound into alphabetic characters). T

This site contains information on intensive African language offerings around the United States during the Summer of 1997.

News

AfreeNet provides a forum for African Business, Trade, Technology, Travel, Leisure, History, and News.

Results and dates of parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Africa.

African Studies

The Harvard University Committee on African Studies is an interdisciplinary group of scholars appointed by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to coordinate teaching and research and advance knowledge and understanding of Africa within Harvard.

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (NAI) is an Independent institution, responsible to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Institute encourages and conducts scientific research and studies on Africa in the Nordic countries and promotes cooperation between African and Nordic researchers.

African Studies & the Diaspora

The undergraduate Curricula in African and Afro-American Studies are interdisciplinary programs leading to the B.A. degree. They are administered through the College of Arts and Sciences. The aim of the Department is to enable students to examine the experiences of Afro-Americans and the cultures of Africa.

Religions

Resources on African traditional religion: Bibliography, Web links, and Maps.

Resources on Ifa, and Yoruba Cosmology.

Human Rights

The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) was formed in January 1994 from a merger of two organisations involved in campaigning for freedom of expression during the apartheid years, namely the Campaign for Open Media (COM) and the Anti-Censorship Action Group (ACAG). Recently, the FXI also established the Media Defence Fund to sponsor freedom of expression court cases on behalf of media who are not able to afford the legal costs. This work is a continuation of work conducted by the now-defunct Media Defence Trust (MDT).

Resources bout UNHCR and refugees - ordinary people who have left their homes to escape war, persecution and human rights abuse, news, issues, publications, teaching materials and repatriation reports.

Organizations

The Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) provides a body of knowledge that continuously contributes to the rescue reconstruction and restoration of African history and culture. Its purpose is to promote the study of African civilizations for the development of an African world view. Its aim is to build African centered study groups and strengthen existing institutions.

K-12 Education

The W.E.B. Du Bois Virtual University is a series of pages detailing various aspects of Du Bois studies. It is hoped that the University will serve as a clearinghouse for information on Du Bois and spur intelligent scholarship and discussion of his life, legacy, and works.

Telematics

The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) is an international non-governmental policy training and research institute located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Centre focuses on enhancing national capacities for sustainable development, particularly the implementation of environmental treaties.

Health

bogaine, a substance discovered in plants from the West African rain forests has been reported to reduce both narcotic and cocaine withdrawal symptoms while concurrently precipitating a process of abreaction that attenuates or interrupts the craving to use drugs of high abuse potential.

Environment

The aim of this site is to provide info about the recent progress of fisheries research on Lake Tanganyika, one of the greatest rift lakes in east-central Africa.

SAEP is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1994 under the laws of the District of Columbia to promote the public interest and further the empowerment of individuals, communities, and institutions in a wide range of activities involving the human and natural environments in Southern Africa. Its major program areas, described in detail below (through the links), are (A) environmental education; (B) environmental law, management, and administration; (C) support for indigenous environmental NGOs and CBOs, especially in the area of job creation; (D) environmental leadership development; and (E) promotion of partnerships and alliances between environmental NGOs and educational institutions in Southern Africa and their counterparts in the United States.

Libraries

The British Library offers a rich resource for those interested in the history and cultures of Africa. Material of relevance can be found throughout the collections, whether it be in the form of printed books, newspapers, manuscripts, archives, music, sound recordings, prints, drawings, photographs or stamps.

Include all commercial imprints, privately published titles, institutional reports and journals, a wide range of documents published by African governments, and much else of scholarly value.

The Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography EJAB is a refereed online journal of bibliographies on any aspect of Africa, its peoples, their homes, cities, towns, districts, states, countries, regions, including social, economic sustainable development, creative literature, the arts, and the Diaspora. It includes guides, collections and ancillary materials to African archival resources in the United States.

Development

Sub-Saharan African students currently enrolled in doctoral programs in social, behavioral, natural, and biological sciences in U.S. and Canada are eligible to apply for these workshop. Participants' expenses are fully covered by the organizing university through a grant to the specific from the Rockefeller Foundation.

SADC-USA is a network comprised of the twelve SADC member Embassies in the United States. It provides readily accessible information and a means for communicating trade and investment related questions directly to the Embassies of SADC member countries in Washington, DC.

This is the United States European Command's (USEUCOM) Unofficial Homepage for Africa. As a starting point for on-line research on Africa, it provides an introduction to information resources on agriculture, socio-political situations and health.

Music, Videos and Films

Extensive resources on African music, drumming, art, and scupltures.

Operation Crossroads Africa is a U.S.-based, private voluntary organization that sponsors cross cultural exchanges and small-scale development projects in Africa and the Diaspora. Since 1957, the organization has sent over 10,000 persons to 35 African and 12 Caribbean national to spend a summer working with and for grassroots communities.

Relief Work & Conflicts

Extensive resources on conflict issues in Africa: organizations, peacekeeping, news, country reports, maps, etc.

Population Studies

The Southern African Migration Project is a three-year, multi-faceted research programme designed to facilitate the formulation and implementation of new policy initiatives on cross-border population migration in the region and to promote public awareness on the role, status and contribution of foreign immigrants of African origin in South Africa.

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