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The African Studies Center at UCLA was established in 1959 to further stimulate the growing national interest in the region and to develop outreach, academic, and research programs on Afric. In 1989, the Center was renamed to honor its founder James S. Coleman, whose pioneering scholarship marks him as one of the architects of African Area Studies in the United States.

The Center was established in 1979 as an interdisciplinary research center to support basic research and training of scholars. The Center provides opportunities for students majoring in traditionally defined fields to develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary program in African Studies.

The Institute of oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw was established in 1922. However, both the research and teaching on Africa did not developed until 1950. The program of studies included courses in Hebrew and Ethiopian Studies such as languages, history and history of literature.

The Institute of Asian and African Studies (till 1972 - the Institute of Oriental Languages) founded in 1956, is the leading Russian centre for Oriental studies. Many of the faculty are well known for their fundamental studies, text-books and dictionaries, for their translations of Japanese, Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, Hindi, Persian and other Oriental and African texts of fiction.

In 1948, Melville J. Herskovits convened Northwestern's Program of African Studies (PAS). The first center of its kind in Over nearly half a century, scholars associated with the Program have produced vital and innovative scholarship and trained over three hundred Africanists through the doctorate.

The Center offers instruction in 25 different African languages and offers opportunities for faculty and students to teach, study, and do research in Africa. The Center also provides programs and services for about 200 African MSU students from over 30 different countries.

Archaeology & Anthropology

Since 1991 the Africa section of the Prehistory Departement of Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe- University at Frankfurt am Main, Germany is engaged in research in Northeastern Nigeria, specifically Borno and Yobe States. Research in Nigeria is in close cooperation with the University of Maiduguri and the National Commission of Museums and Monuments.

BANI (Base d'Anthropologie physique du Niger) a ˇtˇ con¨ue pour prˇsenter la collection de squelettes et de restes osseux de l'I.R.S.H., Institut de Recherche en Sciences Humaines de l'Universitˇ de Niamey. Elle a ˇtˇ dˇveloppˇe dans le cadre du projet "Conservatoire Archˇologique" financˇ par le Fond d'Aide et de Coopˇration fran¨ais et mis en oeuvre par l'ORSTOM et l'I.R.S.H.

Results of ethnoarchaeological fieldwork was conducted among the Tallensi of the Tongo Hills- Bolgatanga area in the Upper East Region of Ghana, over a period of three months (May- August 1994) by the depart. of Archaeology, University of Calgary, Canada.

Preliminary Results of field research (May - August, 1992 and 1993) in the Extreme- Nord Province of Cameroon and in Borno State, Nigeria. Crew members came from the University of Calgary, the Universite de Yaounde, the University of Maiduguri and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria.

Art

The works here demonstrate the basic principles of Egyptian sculpture in its symbolic formality. For over three thousand years the Egyptians adhered to a prescribed set of rules as to how a work of art in three dimensions should be presented.

This is a CD-ROM based program on African art, based on The Stanley Collection at The University of Iowa Museum of Art and supplemented by additional images from important collections across the country organized on the theme of "Art and Life in Africa". Objects will be placed in the context for which they were created in the lives of African peoples. (Christopher Roy & L. Lee McIntyre)

Audio-Visual

The African Film Festival features six exciting days of African World Cinema with over 50 films by African filmmakers, African American Independent filmmakers and showcasing the films of African Caribbean filmmakers from Martinique, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Columbia and Brazil.

Resources on African Music from the Institute of Ethnology and African Studies at Johannes- Gutenberg-University Mainz.

The African Film Festival features six exciting days of African World Cinema with over 50 films by Africanfilmakers, African American Independent filmmakers, andshowcasing the films of African Caribbean filmmakers fromMartinique, Jamaica, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Columbia andBrazil.

Country Specific

This page is devoted to Algeria's super-miler Noureddine Morceli.

Information about Electronic Online Databases & Internet Access in Benin (EL.O.D.I.A.).

Resources on C™te-d'Ivoire's culture, research, education, etc. (in French).

Comprehensive resources on the country's culture, history, news, photos, current events, etc.

(Beta Israel, Falasha, Jews Of Ethiopia) Index of Ethiopian Jewry Pages.

Updated resources on Egyptian archaeology, arts, music, news, etc.

This Schaffner Library World Wide Web Page was created for Northwestern University/ University College students enrolled in History B94: History of Ancient Egypt, instructor Peter Piccione.

Resources on pyramids, temples, kings/queens, hieroglyphics, and other links.

Ethiopic and English Home Page of Ethiopian Computers and Software.

GhanaNet is the Network system used by Chonia Informatica projects. Provides information on use of computers in schools.

Some background information on Kenya as well as travel information.

Information on Kenyan culture and travel.

It contains information on: Online Conferences, Kenya Diary, Music, Sports, Organizations, Women and Travel.

This site contains information on Liberia News Updates and internet Resources.

Information on Malagasy culture, economy, research, education, etc. (in French).

Pictures, sounds and information about the Lemurs of Madagascar.

Village Enterprise Zone Associations (VEZA) International was started by a former Peace Corp Volunteer with lots of experience in the field. VEZA seeks to become a model large scale, village- based, environmentally sustainable, gender sensitive, child survival and food security program that can be replicated in Malawi and other developing countries.

Infromation on its culture, news, and travel.

Information about Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

The Namibian Internet Development Foundation (NAMIDEF), an association not for gain, is the first Internet Service Provider in Namibia. Since September 13, 1995, the Foundation operates an IP link to the Internet via a land line to Johannesburg, South Africa.

This page is provided by "Returned Peace Corps Volunteers". It includes different online resources on Niger, and in particular: "Camel Express Telematique" which contains online current news and readers opinions about events in Niger.

Yoruba traditional belief holds that a baby which is not named within seven to nine days after its birth will not outlive its parent of the same sex. Organized by Smithsonian Center for Folklife Programs & Cultural Studies.

Literary works and analysis on different aspects of Nigerian culture.

Extensive resources on Nigeria related-issues, e.g. culture, history, human rights, associations, mailing lists, etc.

Includes analyses and Statistics of Nigerian Economic and Development Issues Published by the World Bank Group

Information on Senegalese culture, economy, research, education, etc. (in French).

The page is an annotated launchpad to what has come to be known in Canada as The Somalia Affair, the fallfout from the torture death of a Somali civilian while in custody at the Canadian military base in Somalia in 1993, as well as related sites.

Lists of Somali pictures (Gif) and songs (text).

This page contains a comprehensive collection of South African specific information sources in the world as well as indexed access to all the primary international WWW sites.

Pipex Internet Swaziland is a joint-venture initiative of the continent's largest service provider, UUNET Internet Africa, Growth Trust Commercial Corporation, the venture capital arm of USAID-financed business development organisation Swazi Business Growth Trust, and the eMailbox partnership, pioneers with the country's first electronic mail service.

Resources on Tunisian culture, news, politics, government, newspapers, etc.

Comprehensive news and updates on politics, culture, economy, etc.

An internet version of the Ugandan "The Monitor" newspaper.

Covers history, land and people, schooling and an art gallery.

Safari information about Zambia.

Information on all languages spoken in Zambia.

Development

ELDIA is a group of organizations/people formed at the last EADI Information and Documentation Working Group Meeting in Barcelona, September 1994. The intention was to build and maintain a referral database on electronic information sources within the field of development information, covering both sources available directly online and sources held in electronic format and searchable on request.

The purpose of this study which was established by FAO was to answer how sustainable and self- reliant were the organizations formed by the project? ; to what degree was the PPP development approach institutionalized and replicated in Ghana? ; and what benefits did individuals and their organizations receive from the project?

Zambia's People's Participation Project began in 1983. It is implemented by the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries (MAFF) and executed by FAO with financing from the Government of the Netherlands.

This paper discusses the planning process involved everyone from youth, parents, volunteer leaders from the villages to representatives of government, NGOs, international agencies and donor groups to identify priority needs and interests among young people living in rural areas of Uganda.

This paper discusses the role of the inner dynamics of self-reliance of local people by trusting them as a partner in development programs.

At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 41 African nations endorsed Agenda 21 as a comprehensive international framework and action programme for sustainable development. Energy matters are addressed in many sections and trecommendations were made with respect to energy and agriculture.

The Fund is designed for the aggressive investor who is willing to accept above average risk in order to seek a higher potential rate of return. The Fund's share price and, therefore, the value of the investment could fluctuate significantly in response to economic, political or other major changes in some African countries.

This paper discusses the impact of the Lomˇ IV Convention on the partnership between the European Union (EU) and Africa.

This report deals with the progression or regression of bicycles' transportation, and it is supported by the International Bicycle Fund which is an independent, non-profit organization. It's primary purpose is to promote bicycle transportation.

The West Africa Rice Development Association is an intergovernmental research association with a membership of 17 countries. Its mandate is to conduct rice research, training, and communications activities for the benefit of the West African region.

Contains information on projects related to social development and social policy supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC) in some African Countries during the last five years within the programming priorities of the Centre at the time of approval.

Envrionment

This virtual library (VL) has been created in the context of a feasibility study "Network activity for a database on tropical vegetation for Central Africa" executed for the Science Policy Office in Belgium.

A country per country review of the status, progress and constraints of National Forestry Programmes in some African countries.

This report is published by the Land and Water Development Division of FAO. It is based on country profiles, covering the 53 African countries.

Desert Locust Bulletins, announcements and updates.

This paper discusses the role of desertification in weakening the economies of the developing countries, particularly when they have no other resources than their agriculture.

This paper is extracted from FAO agrometeorology series working paper No. 9. "Rainfall variability and drought in sub-Saharan Africa since 1960".

The Ocean Colour European Archive Network (OCEAN) Project, was established in 1990. The aim of the project was to generate a data base of CZCS data for the European seas, and to set up the scientific tools needed for its exploitation. Information also includes:

• OCEAN: North West Africa - Primary Data
• OCEAN: North West Africa - Trend Analysis

The Diskette Project material covers Global Change Data Base, produced by the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC).

This article titled: "The Water Supply and Sanitation Market in Africa", dated August 1994, was prepared by Gerard Amangoua, American Embassy - Abidjan, covers trade and market opportunities.

Food & Agriculture

The mission of the Special Programme for African Agricultural Research (SPAAR) is to enhance agricultural production in Africa by increasing donor co-ordination in the field of agricultural research. The SPAAR Information System (SIS) complements the registration of national funded projects in database CARIS managed by FAO. At present over 5400 projects are recorded in SIS which are now also available on various CD-ROMs.

The country food supply indicators presented in this document are based on information extracted from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) database, it covers African countries.

Reports by the Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) covering several african countries.

These reports are prepared under the responsibility of FAO/GIEWS (Global Information and Early Warning Service) with information from official and unofficial sources. The reports deals with the impact of weather on harvesting of crops.

FAO study provides results for the national censuses carried out during the decade 1986-1995 covering several African countries.

FAO database contains time-series data (starting 1961) for over 210 countries and 1500 items on the production and trade of primary and derived crops and livestock products; agricultural machinery; fertiliser, pesticides and insecticides (trade only); land use and population.

The study assesses the role of women in Tanzanian agriculture which is the predominant sector of the Tanzanian economy. In 1992 it contributed 62% of the GDP and employed 79.8% of the labour force.

This study discusses the role of a number of dramatic possibilities for innovative funding of public sector research which have implications for African public research institutions in agriculture.

This study argues that sustainable agricultural and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa depends very much on the strength of the national research systems.

This paper discusses the role of energy in many important inputs for production, conversion, processing and commercialization of agriculture in Africa.

Reports prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation, cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

This article titled: "The Agri-Technologies Market in Africa", dated September 1993, was prepared by Emmanuel Morrison, American Embassy - Abidjan. The article deals with markets and trade opportunities.

The paper discusses the impact of AIDS in agriculture which may result in labour shortages forcing farm households to shift from cash to subsistence crops when food security is being threatened. Cash crops which require a long investment period may not be suitable for families afflicted by AIDS that are in need of quick returns to cover immediate medical, funeral or orphan-related expenses, etc.

UNDP has approved funding for the West African HIV/AIDS study. This TSS-1 project covers C™te d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, will be operated under the technical direction of the Farm Management and Production Economics Service (AGSP), in consultation with other interested units of FAO and in collaboration with an international consultant to be recruited shortly.

Includes information on Farming Systems Programme, the AGROTEC Programme, the Plant Protection Improvement Programme and The ALCOM Programme.

History

Information on Swahili music and songs as part of the Alice Werner collection (1905) of early cylinders, digitised by the National Sound Archive. From the Royal Commonwealth Society Collection, Cambridge University Library.

Journal

Africa Environment & Wildlife is a financially and editorially independent bi-monthly magazine. Although it enjoys the support and endorsement of WWF South Africa (formerly the Southern African Nature Foundation) and of the National Parks Board of South Africa, it is not affiliated in any way to these or to any other particular environmental or political organisation.

Women In Development NETwork (WIDNET), Connections and References on Women Related Resources.

Health

Health profiles of some African countries.

Health news from Africa provided by the Panafrican News Agency (PANA).

This tightly structured book, of high scientific tenor, brings together a wide range of data (including some as yet unpublished) and, with the help of very clear graphs and tables, provides an up-to-the-minute picture of Aids and opens up numerous avenues for thought.

K-12 Resources

This electronic guide to children's materials on Africa is provided by Africa Access, a bibliographic and review service that specializes in the analysis of children's materials on Africa.

Survey of International Internet and K-12 Connectivity compiled by Anthony Villasenor, NASA Science Internet Program Manager at NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C., through Internet correspondance with network collaborators and systems managers in other countries.

The Nile Classroom is a collection of resources for teachers and students. It was designed completely by educators that are currently teaching in K-12 classrooms.

African Festivals in American Schools has evolved out of Arthur Hall's years of experience (and discipline and technique) in transposing these traditional concepts to the concert stage and the classroom. The sense of community comes from meaningful dances, appropriate for each student's age and ability, adapted to express the reality that the school is, in fact, a coherent community, albeit one which perhaps never before experienced itself as an African village.

Ten ninth-grade students wrote fictional short stories, set in a continent where they had never been: Africa. Before writing, the students studied African culture, geography, and practiced fiction- writing as part of their interdisciplinary studies at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

A creative interdisciplinary unit that allows students to learn about Africa, South of the Sahara.

The stories in this collection represent a small sampling of the rich storytelling art that is the common heritage of humanity. Stories from many parts of the world are included here.

A searchable database for lesson plans, (try "Africa").

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), is a federally-funded national information system that provides a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues.

Aesop's Fables is edited by krishna Reynolds of Ananse Webworks. There are many stories attributed to the Aesop the supposed author of a collection of Greek fables, almost certainly a legendary figure, these are some of them.

Listing of K-12 schools in South Africa with email addresses.

Project Cape Town is a multimedia teaching case designed to encourage reflective practice in teachers. The case draws its material from three schools that were among the first to become integrated in South Africa. The events were filmed in November 1993 immediately before the approval of the constitution that governed elections which brought Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress into parliamentary control.

"Abwenzi" means "friends" in the native language of Malawi. Abwenzi African Studies is a registered nonprofit corporation promoting friendships between Americans and Africans. Since 1989 children in Aspen, Colorado and Malawi have been linked, as pen pals. This Internet exhibition describes the relationship between pen pals in Aspen and Malawi.

Law

The Zambian Legal Information Institute (ZamLII) was established by the Law School of the University of Zambia in 1996, in partnership withZamnet. Include Zambian and non-Zambian legal materials.

Robot for searching law-related materials in WWW servers in Africa.

Legal information regarding the environment from Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria.

Includes the Eritrean Refrendum results, and the Eritrean Constitution as ratified (1952).

Libraries

The Africana collection page of the U. of Florida library Web has web links and resources on: Exhibits and Events and List of Africana related links.

Newspapers

This union list updates African Newspapers Currently Received by American Libraries compiled by Daniel A. Britz, Working Paper no. 8 African Studies Center, Boston, 1979. The holdings of 17 collections and the Foreign Newspapers Microfilm Project were surveyed in spring 1994.

News

Africanews is concerned with culture, problems from African populations, religion, sustainable development, and pacific resolution of the conflicts in African territory. PeaceLink Network distribute Africanews (beyond that on these pages) also through a mailing-list in fully grown text in English.

News, pictures and reports on Africa.

Organizations

Information about the ASA in Oregon, and other links to African resources.

Information about the ASA in Memphis, and other links to African resources.

Comprehensive resources on Pan Africanism that include papers and documents, organizations and movements, speeches, events, periodicals and books, in Africa and the the Diaspora.

Objectives and addresses of African organizations.

Population Studies

This page allows you to obtain a summary demographic data for one or more countries. Information provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base.

Pulications

The Internet Journal of African Studies is published at The Department of Social and Economic Studies, University of Bradford, UK.

Oxford University Press publishes a number of African Studies journals, including African Affairs, the Journal of the Royal African Society. Each journals has its' own home page featuring editorial board information, subscription details, advertising information, listing of current tables of contents, etc.

Books published by Kegan Paul on Africa.

Relief Agencies

The SANGONeT Development pages provides access to Southern African and international sources of development information. It also provides a forum for organizations to proactively publish information about their work and the communities they are involved with.

EcoNews Africa is an NGO initiative that analyses global environment and development issues from an African perspective and reports on local, national, and regional activities that contribute to global solutions.

List of SA NGOs and non-profit organizations.

Religion

The purpose of this page is to provide links to, or information about, electronic communications networks for Christians in Africa, and especially Southern Africa. Most of the links are to Web pages, but information about other means of communication, such as bulletin board networks, is also included.

This is a part of Occasional Papers prepared by the Mennonite Central Committee. This paper is focused on one of the continent's actors; the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC). Established in l963,the AACC provides institutional and ecumenical expression for the Christian Protestant community scattered across Africa.

Technology and Networking

This a new version of the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) Sub-Saharan Africa Program's "User's Guide to Electronic Networks in Africa"

Resources on inernet, Africa and development.

List of organizations that provide (sell or donate) computers to Africa.

AfricaLink -- provides support to USAID partner networks in Africa seeking Internet access to facilitate the exchange of information among their members. Environmental, agricultural, and natural resource management networks are specifically targeted for assistance.

Information on networking and connectivity in Africa, and the African countries with full internet access.

This model involves identifying communities of potential users, working with and training local engineers to provide training and services, and establishing permanent network connections. When users are well-served, the network well-engineered, and costs recouped through initial subsidies and reasonable charges for use.

This is Resourcery's directory of Networking, Internet and Telecommunication sites on the Internet relating to Africa.

This magazine is provided by AFCOM International Inc. Africa Communications provides detailed reports about the communications sector in Africa. Extensive coverage is provided regarding major African communications projects such as the Regional African Satellite Communication Project (RASCOM), as well as comprehensive reporting on developments within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) , the Pan African Telecommunications Union (PATU) and other regional bodies which shape communications policy in Africa.

Africa ONE (Africa Optical NEtwork) is a state-of-the-art undersea fiber-optic system that will provide all African nations with vastly improved, far-reaching telecommunications capabilities.

An article deals with the state of connectivity in Africa, costs and training.

This paper discuses the role of the democratic system of government in the advancement of communication to deliver its agenda.

Trade

Pangaea Partners provides expert investment banking and financial consulting services in the emerging markets. It includes Weekly prices at the Lusaka (Zambia) Stock Exchange (as well as interest and foreign exchange rates). Detailed status reports on the privatisation programmes in Tunisia, Madagascar and Zambia.

Series of reports prepared by staff of the American Embassy - Abidjan, cover business opportunities in the areas of agriculture, health, waste management, environment, service and industry.

Information provided by the Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, covering several African countries.

Pricelist of imported cars from Japan to the shores of East and South Africa.

(UNCTAD), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was convened in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in February 1992. The UNTPDC Africa Home Page is information service for all African countries and it includes the links for Trade Points,, Ministries and Organizations, Internet Service Providers, Mission Reports, etc.

These resource offer conceptual framework for analyzing trade and environment issues and an inventory of relevant case studies for that analysis. It is hoped that this infrastructural effort will spur researchers to identify other relevant cases and to analyze trade and environment issues in a systematic fashion.

Trade and Environment Database (American University) cases from Nigeria, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Sierra Leone.

Trade and Environment Database (American University) cases from Kenay and Uganda.

Trade and Environment Database (American University) cases from Lesotho, Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia.

This report presents a comprehensive policy framework through which the United States will pursue its trade and development strategy with the 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Increased economic growth in Africa would not only stabilize the region financially and politically, but also create greater opportunities for U.S. businesses and investors and more jobs for Americans.

In Africa, TDA assists U.S. firms by identifying major development projects which offer large export potential and by funding U.S. private sector involvement in project planning.

Universities

This page aims to provide access to information about Informatics Centre of the Eduardo Mondlane University (CIUEM), the UEM and about Mozambique in general.

Information about Asmara University- Eritrea, the page orginates from Standord University.

Information about Addis Ababa University- Ethiopia, the page orginates from Indiana University.

List of universities from South Africa and Zambia.

Information about travel-related facilities in African countries

Traveling tips for vistors to Kenya and Tanzania

Voyagers plans safaris of in-depth view of Africa's wildlife and cultures.

Safari to East Africa.

Safari information about Southern Africa: Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Wildlife

World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity FAO/UNEP (1995) World Watch List for Domestic Animal Diversity. Second Edition. (ed. Beate D. Scherf). (E). Publ. by FAO, Rome, 769 pp. (in Acrobat format).

This paper highlights the main Animal Genetic Resources (AGR) of Uganda, describes their evolutionary trends, their production systems and discusses the main factors affecting their population.

Pictures, sounds and information about the Lemurs of Madagascar.

DAD-IS is a global information system with data on 3800 breeds of farm animals. DAD- IS contributes to document and enhance the world's animal genetic resources. DAD-IS assists countries to better manage their animal genetic resources through tools, guidelines and contacts. Searchable databse for information that pertain to Africa.

FAO database contains time-series data (starting 1961) for over 210 countries and 1500 items on the production and trade of primary and derived crops and livestock products; agricultural machinery; fertiliser, pesticides and insecticides (trade only); land use and population.

Pictures of wildlife from Southern Africa.

Women Issues

These resources are provided by Women In Development NETwork (WIDNET) and cover information for African Women with regard to health, business, nutrition, law, communications, training, etc.

These resources are provided by Women In Development NETwork (WIDNET) and has statistical information on population, health, education, labor and power.

The AfricaW list is an unmoderated forum to support the struggle of African women for social progress in Africa and in the world at large and to discuss matters of mutual concern.

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