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| Stone Center Guide to the Web - General Africa (21 items) |
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- Africa
- Companion site to the documentary Africa, which was produced by WNET, Nature, and National Geographic Television. Teachers will find resources to make learning about Africa an interactive classroom experience. Video clips, games, areas devoted specifically to child audiences, regional studies and photo essays round out the site's offerings. (Source: PBS)
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- Africa South of the Sahara
- This site is a comprehensive compilation of resources about Africa by the Curator of the African Collection at Stanford University. One may browse by country or topic or use the search engine, which searches the complete database of sites as well as Stanford University Library's Africa pages. (Source: Stanford University Library)
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- Africabib
- With citations from over 450 journals, the Bibliography of African Literature Database, or Africabib, contains citations about each country in Africa. The site features a general search function, as well as the option to search for literature that pertains to each individual country. (Source: Africabib)
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- African Studies Internet Resources
- Compiled by the African Studies Librarian at Columbia University, this site provides links to resources useful for scholars and other researchers interested in Africa. (Source: Columbia University Library)
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- African Voices
- “African Voices is a permanent exhibition that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment.” This online guide to the Smithsonian African Voices exhibit features audio files of interviews, an interactive timeline with digitized images, and a bibliography for further research. (Source: Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of Natural History)
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- AfricaResource
- AfricaResource produces and collects research and published works on Africa, and “encourages national, regional, continental and global debates on issues that are specifically pertinent to Africa.” Included on the site are essays, peer-reviewed journals, information on conferences, news, educational resources for teachers, bibliographies arranged by topic, and links to further online resources. (Source: Africa Resource Center)
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- Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography
- The Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography is an online journal of bibliographies that covers “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.” The extensive bibliographies included are arranged by topic. (Source: University of Iowa Libraries)
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- Guide to Law Online: Nations of the World
- The Guide to Law Online by the Law Library of Congress provides online information about government and law worldwide. To learn more, select a country from the list of Nations of the World to view constitutions and branches of the government. The site also provides links to legal guides and additional resources on each country. (Source: Law Library of Congress)
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- H-AfResearch
- H-AfResearch is a discussion for issues related to using primary sources in African humanities and social sciences research. (Source: H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University)
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- H-Africa
- H-Africa focuses on African history and culture. The web site includes recent messages as well as reviews of books and links to other scholarly resources. (Source: H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University)
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- H-Afrteach
- H-Afrteach provides a forum for people who are interested in teaching about Africa. (Source: H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University)
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- Maps of Liberia
- Part of the Library of Congress’ American Memory historical collections, this site contains digitized maps of Liberia created in the 19th century by the American Colonization Society. The maps show “early settlements in Liberia, indigenous political subdivisions, and some of the building lots that were assigned to settlers.” The site includes a timeline history of Liberia, information on using the collection, a selected bibliography, and links to related resources. (Source: The Library of Congress)
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- Nigerian Yoruba naming ceremony in Washington DC
- This website explains and illustrates a traditional Nigerian Yoruba naming ceremony. The site includes descriptions of each part of the ceremony, information on Yoruba names, a list of traditional Nigerian recipes, a newspaper report on a naming ceremony that took place in Washington, DC in 1971, suggestions for further reading, and more. (Source: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage)
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- NYPL Digital Gallery – Africana and Black History
- This website presents the NYPL Digital Gallery’s Africana and Black History collection of digitized photographs and historical documents. "The collection is comprised of several thousand items relating to African-American history from the sixteenth century to the present." The collection may be searched or browsed, and the website includes links to related subjects in the Digital Gallery and the library divisions that hold each item in the collection. (Source: The New York Public Library)
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- Portals to the World
- Looking for information on African countries or other nations in the world? “Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.” (Source: Library of Congress)
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- Story of Africa, The
- The information in this site, provided by African historians, seeks to showcase the history of the African continent “from an African perspective.” Included are detailed essays and audio excerpts from The Story of Africa radio programs on different periods of African history organized by topic and country. (Source: BBC)
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- The World Factbook
- The CIA World Factbook provides information on countries and regions in the world, including Africa and its nations. Choose a country from the drop-down menu. Each entry includes the following sections: Introduction, Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications, Transportation, Military, and Transnational Issues. (Source: Central Intelligence Agency)
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- Virginia Emigrants to Liberia Project
- Between 1820 and 1865 more than 3,700 African-Americans from Virginia emigrated to Liberia. This project contains two searchable databases for emigrants and emancipators, along with links to resources about Liberia. (Source: Source: Virginia Center for Digital History, UVA)
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- Voyages en Afrique
- This French-language site provides the user with information on people of various backgrounds who traveled in Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries. (Source: Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
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- Women’s Net (South Africa)
- This site, a “vibrant and innovative networking support program designed to enable South African women to use the Internet and find people, issues, resources, and tools they need for women’s social activism,” features information ranging from employment opportunities to health issues. (Source: Women’s Net)
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- Wonders of the African World
- This site is the online companion to the PBS series Wonders of the African World with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The series is presented in six episodes, each of which focuses on different areas of the African Continent. Each episode includes information about the area, its natural and man-made ‘wonders,’ entries from Professor Gates’ diary, and insights into the culture and history of the area and its peoples. This very rich site includes video and audio clips, pictures and text, resources for teachers, a special section for children, and much, much more. (Source: PBS)
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