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Quarterly Index of African Periodical Literature
"An index of over 300 selected periodicals (mostly scholarly) which are acquired regularly from 29 African countries."
- U.S. Library of Congress

Aequatoria Book Bank On-line - (dead link) (French and English)
"The �quatoria Book Bank On-line (in acronym, ABBOL; in French nomenclature, �quatoria BibliothËque de Base On-line) is a project revolving around an electronic library from which africanist students and scholars in sub-Saharan Africa can retrieve scientific publications free of charge."

Africa Live Database
"A comprehensive database of macroeconomic and sectoral indicators, the Africa Live Database is an invaluable source of information for those who collect and analyze data relating to African countries."
- The World Bank

Africa South of the Sahara - African Statistics on the Internet
Maintained by Karen Fung, Curator, African Collection, Stanford University Libraries.

Africa South of the Sahara - Maps
Maintained by Karen Fung, Curator, African Collection, Stanford University Libraries.

Africabib.org
"The site consists of two bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature (Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database)  and African Women's literature (African Women's Database).  You will also find a comprehensive bibliography on women travelers and explorers to Africa (Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa: 1763-1999: A Comprehensive English Language Bibliography)."
Created and are maintained by Davis Bullwinkle, Director of the IEA Research Library

AfricaFocus
Sights and Sounds of a Continent
"The immediate goal of this project is to provide the general public with a selection of the images and sounds that have been contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the hope that this will enhance the study and understanding of the many facets of the African continent. It brings together images captured on slides and in photographs as well as sound recordings on reel-to-reel and audio cassette that have been reproduced and stored on digital files accessible by any computer of a reasonable minimum capacity. This allows for patrons of the electronic library to experience these materials directly, or to use them to create presentations using a common digital format. It enables the academic and non-academic audience alike to move beyond the blackboard and the book as the primary means of conveying information and engenders an understanding that goes beyond the printed word."

African Art Museum
"On-line reference to the artistic styles of Africa"
"Welcome to the collection of African tribal art featuring over 1,000 artifacts from 100 ethnic groups. Items on display include wooden and bronze statues, masks, religious, ritual and domestic objects, furniture and weapons. Learn about art, culture and history of each ethnic group.
By Dr. Ilya Raskin and Yuri Raskin

African Child Policy Forum

African Digital Library: West African Digital Resources
"...seek to develop a multi-media digital library of West African sources in multiple languages. This Multi-lingual Digital Library for West African Sources (MDL-WAS) will benefit scholars and students conducting research and teaching about West Africa as well as teachers and students of African languages in both the United States and West Africa. It also will provide a valuable model for creating and distributing a diverse array of materials in a region with very limited electronic connectivity."
A digital project in progress from Michigan State University and in Dakar, Senegal at the Institut Fondemental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN) and the West African Research Center (WARC).

African Journal on Conflict Resolution

African National Congress (ANC)
South Africa's National Liberation Movement

  • Declaration of South Africans United To Stop The War in Iraq
  • Documents
    Sections include: General ; ANC Documents ; ANC Sites ; ANC Publications ; ANC Structures ; Graphics.
    • ANC Today
      Online Voice of the African National Congress
      "...is a weekly online publication of the African National Congress, providing up-to-the-minute information on the programmes, perspectives and policies of the movement on current national and international issues."

African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE)
"...is a network of 117 educational institutions in Africa whose objective is to strengthen the teaching of multi-disciplinary approaches to land management. The ANAFE Coordination Unit is hosted at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) headquarters in Nairobi."

  • Agroforestry Education News - (dead link)

African Studies Quarterly
The Online Journal of African Studies

African Union (AU)
"The main objectives of the OAU were, inter alia, to rid the continent of the remaining vestiges of colonization and apartheid; to promote unity and solidarity among African States; to coordinate and intensify cooperation for development; to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and to promote international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations."
Sections include: Member States ; AU Organs ; AU Commission ; Conferences ; Documents ; Discussions ; News.

African Virtual University (AVU) (English or French)
"The African Virtual University (AVU) is a first-of-its-kind interactive-instructional telecommunications network established to serve the countries of Africa. The objective of the AVU is to build capacity and support economic development by leveraging the power of modern telecommunications technology to provide world-class quality education and training programs to students and professionals in Africa."

African Voices
 "African Voices is a permanent exhibition that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africaís peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment."
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian

African Water Issues Research Unit (AWIRU)

[AIDS] - See our separate AIDS in Africa page.

AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses
Highlights of the International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security, Durban, South Africa, April 14-16, 2005.
The book is available for download in PDF format as an entire document or by chapter.
By Stuart Gillespie, ed., 2006.

American Media - Speaking of Faith
Weekly public radio series.

  • Sacred Wilderness, An African Story
    "Isabel Mukonyora has followed and studied a religious movement of her Shona people, the Masowe Apostles, that embraces Christian tradition while addressing the drama of African life and history. The founder of this movement, Johane Masowe, emphasized an ancient Jewish and Christian pull to the wilderness. Through her stories we explore modern African spirituality, diaspora, and finding meaning, as Mukonyora says, "'in the margins.'"
    Listen to the February 2007 radio broadcast or read the transcript.

ANC Today
Online Voice of the African National Congress
"...is a weekly online publication of the African National Congress, providing up-to-the-minute information on the programmes, perspectives and policies of the movement on current national and international issues."

Arms Control Today
Published by the Arms Control Association

  • Iraq-Niger Uranium Chronology
    "This chronology details the intelligence that the United States possessed on reported Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium from Africa, along with relevant administration statements."
    By Paul Kerr.

Atlantic Monthly

BBC World Service - The Story of Africa [text and audio]
"The Story of Africa tells the history of the continent from an African perspective... Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid."
Sections include: Living History ; Early History ; Nile Valley ; West African Kingdoms ; The Swahili ; Traditional Religions ; Islam ; Christianity ; Slavery ; Central African Kingdoms ; Africa & Europe (1800-1914) ; Southern Africa ; Between World Wars (1914-1945) ; Independence ; Programmes.

Canada World View
"...provides an overview of Canada's perspective on foreign policy issues and highlights the Government of Canada's international initiatives and contributions."

Contemporary Africa Database - (dead link)
"The Contemporary Africa Database is a continuously growing, participatory online project, designed to provide easily accessible and current information concerning prominent Africans, African organisations, and dates in the African calendar."

Council on Foreign Relations

DISA - Digital Imaging Project of South Africa
"...is to make accessible to scholars and researchers world-wide, South African material of high socio-political interest which would otherwise be difficult to locate and use. In addition the project aims to provide experience and develop knowledge and expertise in digital imaging amongst archivists and librarians in this country ... The title of the project chosen is South Africa's Struggle for Democracy: Anti-Apartheid Periodicals, 1960-1990. It covers the three key decades in the growth of opposition to apartheid rule, a period when the African National Congress (ANC), black consciousness, and other resistance movements were very active. Approximately forty periodical titles have been selected from a very comprehensive list, with a view to presenting not only a wide spectrum of political views published during these years, but also a diversity of subjects such as trade unions, religion, health, culture, and gender. Publications reflecting both black and white viewpoints are included, and an attempt has been made to represent distinctive regional variations."
Located at Campbell Collections, University of Natal

Dogon Niger Lobi
"this site contains about four hundred photos made in mali and burkina faso among the following people, dogon, bozo, fulani, lobi, dagari and birifor."
By Huib Blom

EcoNews Africa
"...is a Non-Governmental Organisation that analyses global environment and development issues from an African perspective and reports on local, national, and regional activities that contribute to global solutions. 

Economic & Development Bulletin

Economic Review, The (Kenya)

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography

Female Genital Mutilation: A Human Rights Information Pack - (dead link)
Amnesty International

Food Outlook
FAO Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

Global Forest Watch
 "...an international data and mapping network that combines on-the-ground knowledge with digital technology to provide accurate information about the world's forests."

Global Jurist Frontiers

  • What is Missing? (Female Genital Surgeries - Infibulation, Excision, Clitoridectomy - in Eritrea)
    By Lyda Favali - Vol.1:No. 2 (2001)
    "This article investigates female genital surgery in Eritrea (FGS). It places the practice within a broad, multidisciplinary context. After classifying different forms of surgery, I discuss the current situation using a survey and historical anthropological accounts. I then examine the explanations given for the practice and finally analyze the internal legal and political debate surrounding FGS."

Global Warming and the Third World
Tiempo - Issue 35, March 2000

HIPNOTIKA
A photographic journey through Africa.

HIV - See our separate AIDS in Africa page.

Hopes on the Horizon: Africa in the 1990s
"...chronicles the rise of pro-democracy movements in six African countries [Benin, Nigeria, Rwanda, Morocco, Mozambiqu, South Africa] during the 1990s."
Companion site to the PBS documentary (February 2001)
- PBS Online

HUArchivesNet (ejournal)
"...creates new ways to access one of the finest repositories of African and African American resources..."
Published quarterly by the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University.

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch

Ijele: Art eJournal
"...an online journal of contemporary art and architecture, art history and criticism, focusing exclusively on the visual creative expressions of artists in Africa and other regions of the world."

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) - (dead link)
"...established in Nairobi in 1977, is an autonomous, non-profit research body supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. ICRAF aims to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics...ICRAF conducts strategic and applied research, in partnership with national agricultural research systems, for more sustainable and productive land use."

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

International Crisis Group (ICG)

International Food Policy Research Institute

Internet Journal of African Studies - (dead link) (ejournal)

√rÏnkËrindÚ: A Journal of African Migration (ejournal)
"...is devoted to the study of African migration and immigration to other parts of the world."
Vol. 1- ; September 2002-

Jenda
Journal of Culture and African Women Studies
"...an ejournal devoted to the promotion of research and scholarship of importance to the global African community and friends of Africa."

Library of Congress Exhibitions

  • Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert of Timbuktu
    "Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded as a commercial center in West Africa nine hundred years ago. Dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries, the ancient manuscripts presented in this exhibition cover every aspect of human endeavor and are indicative of the high level of civilization attained by West Africans during the Middle Ages and provide irrefutable proof of a powerful African literary tradition. Scholars in the fields of Islamic Studies and African Studies believe that analysis of these texts will cause Islamic, West African, and World History to be reevaluated."

Lucas Sithole (1931-1994)
"This is a website dedicated in memoriam to Lucas Sithole (1931-1994), one of the great African sculptors to come out of South Africa."

Maps of Africa
From the Perry-CastaÒeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas. An extensive collection from one of the top map libraries in the world.

Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
Key West, Florida

  • Key West African Cemetery - The Last Slave Ships - (dead link)
    "A riveting story about slave ships captured by the US Navy and brought to shore in Key West. A story about the ships, their crew and human cargo that united the town in a humanitarian
    effort to end human suffering. Exhibition located at the Mel Fish."
    Sections include: Introduction ; U.S. Navy and the Slave Trade ; Africa ; Slave Ships and the Clandestine Trade ; Africans in Key West ; Cuba ; Liberia ; African Cemetery in Key

Michigan State University Libraries - Digital Collections
Major collections include: Africana ; American Radicalism ; Applied and Life Sciences ; History & Social Sciences ; Interviews with Michigan Supreme Court Justices ; Orchids ; Osteopathy ; Sunday School Books ; Veterinary Medicine.

National Academy Press (free online versions)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

  • African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2003/2004 - (dead link)
    "...contains a special focus on ÏEnergy Supply and Povertyî, in addition to its analysis of key macroeconomic and structural variables and short-term projections. The publication is based on data for the 22 most significant African economies and serves as a reference for national policy makers, donors, and the private sector."

[Rwanda] - See our separate Rwanda Studies page.

[Somalia] Council on Foreign Relation

[South Africa] South Africa Government Online

[Sudan] - See our separate Sudan Studies page.

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  • Malaria Genetics & Genomics (MGG)
    "...provides data and information relevant to malaria genetics and genomics. These resources include organism specific sequence BLAST databases (Plasmodium falciparum only, all Plasmodium), genome maps, linkage markers, and information about genetic studies. Links are provided for other malaria web sites and genetic data on related apicomplexan parasites."
    • Malaria Literature/GenBank
      "...uses the NCBI PubMed as a WWW search tool for accessing biomedical journal citations and linking to full-text journals at participating publishers' websites."

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. National Museum of African Art
Smithsonian Institution

Overseas Development Institute

  • Natural Resources Perspective Papers - (dead link)

Pelmama
Pelmama Permanent Art Collection of South African Art
"This site is an introduction to part of the PELMAMA PERMANENT ART COLLECTION of South African art, most of which is now dispersed over many museums in SA, mainly in Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Cape Town. The site comprises 14 webpages. There are 100 artists listed including 29 African artists. In total, 83 works are reproduced, mainly from the 70's and 80's. Included are individual pages for Norman Catherine, Judith Mason and Lucas Sithole."

Population Research Institute Working Papers
 Penn State

[Religion] Places of Peace and Power
The Sacred Site Pilgrimage of Martin gray
"This web site discusses Martin's pilgrimage journeys, features many of his photographs and writings, lists calendar details of upcoming slide shows, gives information regarding book and photograph orders, and has links to related sites."
Sections include: Asia ; Europe ; Middle East ; Americas ; Africa.

Rwanda - See our separate Rwanda Studies page.

Science in Africa
Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine

[Somalia] Council on Foreign Relation

[Somalia] International Crisis Group

[Somalia] U.N. Security Council

South African Data Archive
"...serves as a broker between a range of data providers (e.g. statistical agencies, government departments, opinion and market research companies and academic institutions) and the research community. The archive does not only preserve data for future use, but also adds value to the collections. It safeguards datasets and related documentation and attempts to make it as easily accessible as possible for research and educational purposes."

Sudan - See our separate Sudan Studies page.

[Uganda] International Crisis Group (ICG)

United Nations - Economic Commission for Africa - (dead link)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • ReliefWeb
    "Serving the Information Needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community"
    Sections include: Latest Updates ; Complex Emergencies ; Natural Disasters ; By Country ; Background ; Financial Tracking ; UN Appeals ; Map Centre ; Library.

UNU - WIDER
U.N. University - World Institute for Development Economic Research

U.S. Dept. of State - Bureau of African Affairs

  • Signing of the Naivasha Protocols (May 26, 2004)
    "...signing of three protocols by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peopleís Liberation Movement. These protocols, taken together with the agreements reached previously, resolve the outstanding substantive issues that were at the heart of Sudanís civil war."

United States General Accounting Office (GAO)

University of Calgary - Applied History Research Group - Multimedia History Tutorials

  • The Islamic World to 1600
    "a multimedia introduction to the first millennium of Islamic history, developed by the Applied History Research Group. It will outline Muslim beliefs and practices, as well as the history of the Islamic world from the 7th to the 17th centuries, including the expansion of the Islamic empires of Asia, Africa, and Europe."
  • Old World Contacts
    "This tutorial focuses on the travellers of Eurasian and African history between 330 BCE and 1500 CE. It introduces students to the agents of contact: the merchants, military men, missionaries, and others who journeyed far from their homelands."

University of California, Berkeley - Digital Library Project

  • CalPhotos - (dead link)
    "...is a collection of 49,292 images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes. A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos."

University of Wisconsin - Land Tenure Center
"...serves as a global resource institution on issues relating to land ownership, land rights, land access, and land use. Our focus is on the relationship of land to economic development, socio-political organization, and environmental sustainability."

Weekly Review (Kenya) 

West Africa Review
"...an ejournal devoted to the promotion of research and scholarship of importance to the global African community and friends of Africa."
Published by the Africa Resource Center

White House

Widows' Law File (WLF) - (dead link)
"...a legal tool to assist all victimised Third World widows, their organisations and lawyers to secure their fundamental human rights in accordance with the law...aims to extend, clarify and build on the growing body of women's human rights jurisprudence by disseminating information on law and policy reform, case-law, and empowerment strategies."

World Bank Group

World Food Programme (WFP)

World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa

  • The African Regional Health Report: The Health of the People
    "...is the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. While acknowledging that Africa confronts the world's most dramatic public health crisis, the report offers hope that over time the region can address the health challenges it faces, given sufficient international support."

World Malaria Report
Major sections include: Global Malaria Situation ; Malaria Control by Region ; Global Financing ; Improving RBM Monitoring and Evaluation.

WWW Virtual Library of African Archaeology
Sections include: News ; Field Data ; Documents ; Heritage Laws ; Networking ; Institutions ; Universities.

[Zimbabwe] International Crisis Group

Academic Discussion Lists
AFRICANA-L
Information Technology in Africa
"The purpose of this list is to discuss problems and issues related to information technology planning, distribution, access and policies that promote and/or retard use on the African continent. Participants share experiences of the most cost-effective ways of bringing Africa to the 'global electronic village'."

H-Africa
"...encourages discussion of Africa's history, culture, and African studies generally."

H-Swahili
H-Net Network on Swahili Language & Culture
"The H-Swahili [e-mail discussion] network will strive to conduct its business in swahili and in English as the primary languages on topical issues related to the use, teaching, promotion and general advancement of the Swahili language and culture, which is spoken by over 100 million people throughout East, Central and parts of Southern Africa."

WAAN-L - Women's Africanist Archaeology Network List
"The list is intended to facilitate communication among members of the Society of Africanist Archaeology (SAfA) who are women or who are interested in gender issues and in creating a more equitable climate for women Africanist archaeologists both in the field and in the workplace."

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