Contains records and memories of activism in the United States to support the struggles of African peoples against colonialism, apartheid, and social injustice from the 1950s through the 1990s.
Celebrates African culture and challenges the negative perceptions that persist in the mainstream media. By highlighting Africa's real treasures, TheAfricanGuide.com contributes to the rebranding of Africa and focuses on cultural eco-tourism as a key component of sustainable development.
African Studies Internet Resources
Collection of internet resources on Africa, assembled by the Columbia University Libraries.
ALUKA—Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa
Contains the full text of plays, written from the 1850s to the present, by playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Includes information on productions, theaters, and production companies. Also included, selectively, are production photographs, as well as images of playbills and other ephemera. Many of the plays are previously unpublished.
Black Short Fiction & Folklore
Contains stories, folktales, and short fiction by African, African American, and Caribbean authors.
Combines three invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black Studies: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, historical newspaper articles, and much more.
This database contains approximately 100,000 pages of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by women from North America, Africa and the Caribbean. It will also presen essays by scholars and feminists about the history of feminism and genre studies in these regions
Columbia University Libraries' home page for "African Studies"
Provides information on the University's African Studies library collections.
Internet Resources for K-12 Teachers of Africa
Features selected Internet resources for the 2007 ASA Teachers' Workshop held on October 19, 2007 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Library of poetry, drama, and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies, and key secondary sources.
UN Sustainable Development Commission Documents
The
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development is currently supporting the
deliberations of the Commission on Sustainable Development during its 16th and
17th sessions, which address the themes: agriculture, rural development, land,
drought, desertification and Africa.
To support the
work of the Commission, the Policy Integration and Analysis Branch of the
Division has produced two new publications on Africa,
which we believe may interest you and which we hope will be useful in your
research or practical work.
- Trends in Sustainable Development: Africa Report provides a concise, highly visual, graphic- and map-based analysis of key economic, social and environmental trends in Africa. Click here.
- Innovation for Sustainable Development: Local Case Studies from Africa presents and analyzes a careful selection of local level sustainable development initiatives in Africa, in such areas as Enhancement of Agriculture and Fisheries, Water Management, Protection of Ecosystems, Health Improvement, and Sustainable Tourism. Click here.
Course in Wolof language using video with native Wolof speakers. Provides a model for pronouncing Wolof sounds, imitating Wolof intonation patterns, using Wolof grammatical structures, and learning Wolof words for everyday objects and actions.
World Focus
Provides international news, videos and blogs.
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