Links to Resources On AFriCA

INDEX

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 Misc. Links (*  denotes recommended sites)

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African Studies Programs

• African Studies at Penn

  The African Studies Center at Penn is an interdisciplinary program that offers undergraduate students an opportunity to explore the historic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan African peoples. 

• African Studies Center at Michigan State University

  The African Studies Center at Michigan State University 

• Brussels Centre for African Studies

  The Brussels Centre for African Studies (BCAS) is an interdisciplinary research centre. T.

• The James S. Coleman African Studies Center at UCLA

  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 Africa. 

• The Center for African Studies at Berkeley

  The Center was established in 1979 as an interdisciplinary research center to support basic research and training of scholars. 

• African Studies Resource Center, U. of Kansas

  The African Studies Resource Center represents the African Studies Council of more than thirty "Africanists" across the University of Kansas. 

• Department of African Languages and Cultures (DALC)

  The Institute of oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw was established in 1922. 

• The African Studies Program at Ohio University

  The African Studies Program at Ohio University,  provides students, scholars and members of the broader community opportunities to develop their understanding of this important world region. 

• The Ohio State University, Department of African-American and African Studies.

  The primary mission of the African-American and African Studies Department is to stimulate teaching and research about the Black experience in the U.S., Africa and throughout the African Diaspora.

• The Institute of Asian and African Studies

  The Institute of Asian and African Studies

• Institute of African Linguistics

  The Institute of African Linguistics is part of Goethe-Universität (Germany)

• International African Institute: UK
  • The IAI's principle  is "to promote the education of the public in the study of Africa and its languages and cultures". 
• National Consortium for Study in Africa

  National Resource Centers for African Language and Area Studies formed The National Consortium for Study in Africa. 

• The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden

   The Institute encourages and conducts scientific research and studies on Africa in the Nordic countries and promotes cooperation between African and Nordic researchers. 

• Program of African Studies, Northwestern University

   Northwestern's Program of African Studies (PAS).

• African Studies Center at Boston University

  The African Studies Center at Boston University, established in 1953.

• African Studies UW-Madison

  The African Studies Outreach Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• African Studies at Central Connecticut State University

  The African Studies Program is a part of the Central Connecticut State University International Area Studies Program.

• African Studies Subject Alcove (Dan Reboussin)

  This is the African Studies "subject alcove" of the University of Florida Libraries' Gator Pond.

• African Studies Resources at Princeton These resources are provided by the University of Princeton African Web Site

• Berkeley-Stanford Joint Center for African Studies

  The Stanford/Berkley Center for African Studies 

• Center for Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan- Ann Arbor

  The Center for Afro-American and African Studies. 

• Columbia University, Institute of African Studies, School of International & Public Affairs

  The Institute of African Studies,

• Indiana University- African Studies Program

  The Indiana University African Studies Program 

• Committee on African Studies, Harvard U.

  The Harvard University Committee on African Studies is a group of scholars. appointed  to coordinate teaching and research and advance knowledge and understanding of Africa within Harvard. 

• Harvard African Studies

  The Harvard University Committee on African Studies. 

• African Studies Department at Howard University
  
  The Department of African Studies at Howard. 

• Kyoto: Center for African Area Studies

  The Center for African Area Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. 

• The Center for African Studies, UIUC
  • The work of the African Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is diverse.
• Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
  • Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (NAI)  encourages and conducts scientific research and studies on Africa in the Nordic countries. 
• School of Oriental and African Studies
  • SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies)  It is Europe's leading center for the study of Asia and Africa a in  London.
• The Swiss Society of African Studies
  • The Swiss Society of African Studies promotes research on Africa in the context of specific disciplines The main focus is in the social sciences.
• University of Florida: Center for African Studies

University of Florida Center for African Studies

• University of Florida: Africana Collection "Home" Page
  • Africana Collection "Home" Page provides library resources from University of Florida.

Art & Film

• African Music Archive

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

• African Music: DanceDrummer.com

  A general history of the Anlo-Ewe people of Ghana and a short paper on the function of music at funerals in Eweland. Also features movies demonstrating how to play West African drums.

• African Media Listings (U. Wisconsin)

   Media listings at the University. of Wisconsin-Madison.

• African Social Message Films & Videos

  Films made in Africa on issues such as AIDS, Women's rights, teenage pregnancy, etc.

• African Videotapes and Audiocassettes, 

  University of California Berkeley's Media Resources Center.

• ArtMattan Films Production

  Films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa and its diasporas. 

• Bibliography of African Films and Videos, 

  University of Kansas Films and Videos.

• California Newsreel: The Library of African Cinema Titles

  The country's oldest non-profit, documentary production and distribution center on the African American experience and African cinema. 

• Coded Messages: CHAINS

  Ghanaian performance group. Includes sounds , and video clips and stills from performances in Ghana.

• Cora Connection

  The Mandinka music. Cora musical instruments used.

• C.K. Ladzekpo Home Page

   Information on music and culture of the Ewe and other African ethnic groups.

• Reviews Of African Recordings (Roots World)

  Music Reviews of African Music

• Films and Videos Produced by Third World Filmmakers

  Films and videos produced by countries in the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

• The Maimouna Keita School of African Dance

The Maimouna Keita School of African Dance The Company is available for school workshops, performances, lectures,  festivals, weddings and other special events.

• The St. Louis African Chorus

  The St. Louis African Chorus,.

• Um Kalthoum - Star of the East (Borre Ludvigsen)

  Home page for the famous Egyptian vocalist Um Kalthoum.

• Zimbabwe Music Festival 

  The largest annual gathering in North America for students, teachers, performers, and fans of Zimbabwean music. 

Animals

• The Big Five -Tembo, Simba, Chui, Kifaru and Nyati
• Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi

  This site is devoted to  tropical biodiversity:  both the largest lake-fish fauna and the largest vertebrate species flock on earth,  the Cichlids of Lake Malawi

Colleges/ Universities

• Burkina Faso -Universities
• Cameroon-Universities 
• Egypt- American U in Cairo Cairo American College
  Ethiopia-Addis Ababa U U of Asmara 
• Kenya-Kenya Colleges and Universities 
• Lesotho-National U. of Lesotho
• Mauritania-U of Nouakchott
• Morocco-Al Akhawayn U in Ifrane | Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingenieurs | Institut National des Postes et Telecommunications | INSEA, Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquee | ESI, Ecole des Sciences de l'Information | EMSI, Ecole Marocaine des Sciences de l'ingenieur | A list of Moroccan private high schools | A list of institutions offering study abroad programs in Morocco
• Mozambique-University Eduardo Mondlane
• Nigeria- University of Lagos |University of Abuja | Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University | Nnamdi Azikiwe University | Obafemi Awolowo University | Rivers State University of Science and Technology | University of Jos | University of Portharcourt | University of Benin | University of Ibadan | Lagos Business School
   
• Reunion-Universite de la Reunion
• South Africa- South Africa Schools | Business Management Training College of Southern Africa | Potchefstroom U for Christian Higher Education | Rand Afrikaans U | Rhodes U | Technikon Southern Africa | U of Cape Town | U of Durban-Westville | U of Natal (Durban) | U of Natal, Pietermaritzburg | U of Port Elizabeth | U of Pretoria | U of South Africa | U of Stellenbosch | U of Transkei | U of Witwatersrand | U of Zululand | U of the Orange Free State | U of the Western Cape | Vista U
• Tanzania-U of Dar es Salaam | Hubert Kairuki Memorial U 
• Zaire-Zaire Schools
• Zambia-U of Zambia | CIMA Zambia | Chengelo School
  Engineering Institute of Zambia | Banani Secondary School
  American International School | Lusaka International Community School (LICS)
• Other African Universities

Currency 

• Conversions - convert to your currency instantly online.

Dance

• African Music and Dance

Embassies and Diplomatic Missions

• Embassies African  in the US List form

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F-J

Food

Flags 

• Pictures of flags

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K-O

Malaria

• Malaria - About disease Malaria

Maps

• Map Quiz - Test your knowledge on Africa's Geography at Maps.com. 

Models 

• Surazuri Modeling Agency Kenyan based African modeling Agency. See some of Africa's models!

Music

Buy/ Listen to African Music Online

• AfriMusic * (South African based, US prices and shipping included)
• World Party Music*(US based)

Traditional African Music

• Cora Connection -Site about Kora Music

• Shona & Mbira Music - The Music of Zimbabwe
• African music and Dance

News

• Africa News* Pan African News Agency
• Africa News African news
• Africa Online 
• BBC Africa -BBC Africa section
• US Africa Online -Us based African owned new site

Organizations

• OAU Organization of Africa Unity
• COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Africa Reparations Movement * movement gained at obtaining reparations for the historical events that have occurred in Africa.

  African Students Associations at other Univesities

• University of Memphis -Tennessee
• West Virginia University - W.Virginia
• M.I.T - Michigan
• African Studies Center - University of Pennsylvania

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P-T

Politics: 

• An Africa Politics Classroom

  Resource List covering all African countries' resources links on politics governments... etc..

Religion

• Islam in Africa
• African Religions  a look at traditional and indigenous Religions and Myths.
• African Religions * Links to site on all majors religions, Traditional Religions, Christianity and Islam in Africa
• OrishaNet This website is dedicated to Orisha, and other related African deities.
• Rastafari - Niahbingi Webpage Information about Rastafarians and Groups aimed at uniting Rastafarians World Wide
• Ijo Orunmila

  Resources on Ifa, and Yoruba Cosmology

Search Engines

• Africa Homepage -African site and search engine
• Woyaa! -an African search engine with info and resources
• Zebra Large South African based Search Engine
• Aardvak Largest South African Search Engine
• IAfrica.com Resources on Africa

Slavery

• ARM
  - Africa Reparations Movement Links to resource on slavery
• Unconstitutionality of Slavery 
  - Benjamin Shaw's 1846 lecture
• Unconstitutionality of Slavery 
  - Joel Tiffany's 1849 book
• Unconstitutionality of Slavery 

Essay from George Washington Mellen's 1841 book on slavery.

• Slavery and Anti-Slavery 

Excerpts from William Goodells' 1852 book on slavery.

• Slavery And Antislavery 

A Bibliography of recent works in English (

• Slavery and Slavery-Like Practices 

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

• Emancipation Proclamation 1863 

by President Abraham Lincoln [

• Slave Consultant's Narrative (1712) 
• My Escape From Slavery 

Narrative by Frederick Douglass

• Slavery In Massachusetts - 1854 

Essay on slavery by Henry David Thoreau

• Excerpts from Slave Narratives
• Race and Reparations...

Article on reparations and race

• Reparations Petition For United Nations

Petition as outlined fro the United Nations

• Convention On The Abolition Of Slavery, 

Convention on Slavery, The Slave Trade, Institutions And practices similar to slavery 

Television and Entertainment

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U-Z

Voodoo

• The Voodoo Religion -Vondun -information on Voodoo

Women

• African Women

 Draws attention to initiatives under way by African women and concerning African women.

• WomensNet - Website for the Women's Network in South Africa
• Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS)

  Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS) 

• African Women Global Network

  AWOGNet is a global organization that networks organizations and  institutions within Africa, who are working towards improvement of the living conditions of women.

• The African Gender Institute (AGI)

  AGI was established at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. It focuses on  women's leadership development and gender equity issues in African.

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Misc. Links

Africa Homepage *** All, and I mean all you wanted to know -This is a great site, you will find everything you wanted to know here. Has some great links

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Special Thanks to  Sitinga for putting the Information on this page together