Selected African Studies Web Sites

African Web Sites

African Country Sites	Gateways to African Sites	Politics & Government
African Studies Programs	History	Population
Associations & Institutes	Law	Reference Works
Art	Literature	Science & Technology
Business & Economics	Maps	Universities (Africa, U.S. & Europe)
Development	News	Women

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African Country Sites
(country sites from the Assocation of African Studies) A comprehensive list of web sites for African nations;
including South Africa and the Truth & Reconciliation Commission

Associations & Institutes

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Art

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Business & Economics

Africa Business
African Chambers of Commerce
Africa's Recovery: Tracking economic development (UN)
The African Stock Exchange Guide
Center for the study of African economies (Oxford University)
Mbendi Information Services offers extensive business and commerical information on Africa, including African stock exchanges and industries such as Oil, Gas, Chemicals, Mining etc
Virtual Africana "East Africa's most comprehensive Online Information Resource Center for business"

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Development

African Development Forum 2000 (U.N. Economic Commission for Africa)
African Development Institute Inc.
Africa Policy Information Center a non-profit organization which works to "democratize foreign policy debates that determine the U.S. role in Africa." Includes articles on African development and briefings on current issues.
The African Water Page
Centre for the Study of African Economies
Crime, Justice & Race in South Africa
ECOWAS, Economic Community of West African States
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
International Monetary Fund - Hoover Institution
One World Online
Organization of African Unity. Research Planning and Population Division. Economic and Co-operation Dept.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Population Index on the Web
World Bank

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Gateways to African Sites

Africa South of the Sahara: Internet Resources (ASA) excellent guide to resources

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History

Archives

Other Sites

Ancient Nubia
1994 Genocide in Rwanda

A report by Alison Des Forges put out by Human Rights Watch, 1999. Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda.

Wonders of the African World (Series from PBS with Henry Louis Gates)

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Law

African Constitutions includes the constitutions of: Congo, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia.
Africa Legal Aid
Environmental Law in Africa

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Literature

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Maps

Historical Maps of Africa

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News

For the most current news, check the following:

African News (Princeton only)
BBC World Service - Africa
CNN - Africa
AllAfrica.com
Mail and Guardian
South Africa News (Princeton only)

Other News Sources:

African Radio Programs
Africa Confidential
Africa Newswire Network
Africa Online - News & Information
Africa World Press Guide
ANC Newswire
Independent Online(South Africa)
Jeune Afrique(Paris)
News on Africa
Panafrican News Agency
Star and SA Times (South Africa)
Post (Zambia)
Rwanda News
WozaSouth African internet news service; also covers news in other African countries.

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Politics & Government

Africa: Africa Research & Information Alliance
Africa Information Center
Africa Policy Information Center
Africa Political Corner Political info on various African countries
African Governments on the WWW
African Governments on the Web
African Human Rights Resource Center
African Lives
Africa Policy Information Center
Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi
Central Africa Project analyzes political and ethnic conflict within and between the nations that straddle mid-Africa, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Angola, Uganda, and Rwanda. Includes over twelve full text reports in the last year (a few in French only).
Contemporary Conflicts in Africa
Living Africa: People, Geography, and Wildlife
Parliamentary and Presidential elections in Africa
USAID: Internet Resources on African Conflicts

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Population

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Reference Works

Africabib.org indexes two databases:

Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature Database: indexes over 27,000 articles from over 246 English language and multi-lingual journals and periodicals that specialize in African Studies or consistently cover the African continent.

African Women's Database: indexes over 20,000 citations from 1986 to current; covers books and government documents; articles appearing in edited books; periodical andjournal articles; Masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations; conference papers; and videocassettes.

African Newspapers Currently Received by American Libraries
African Studies in U.S. Academic Libraries
Africana Book Dealers
Books from Africa & the Caribbean
The Electronic African Bookworm: A Web Navigator
Electronic Journals and Newspapers
Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography
Flags of all Countries
The International Directory of African Studies Scholars
Links to African Studies Departments Around the World

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Science & Technology

African Journals Online a project managed by INASP to promote the awareness and use of African-published journals in the sciences. AJOL 2000 offers the tables of contents and abstracts of articles from up to 50 journals in agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social sciences, published in Africa.

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Women

African Centre for Women (UN)
Women of Africa (Information, bibliography, syllabi, links and other resources on African women.)

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Universities

African Universities

Addis Ababa University
Al Akhawayn University (Morocco)
American University in Cairo
Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa
Rand Afrikaans University
Rhodes University
University of Asmara
University of Cape Town
University Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique)
University of Natal (Durban)
University of Natal (Pietermaritzberg)
University of Port Elizabeth
University of Pretoria
University of South Africa
University of Stellenbosch
University of the Orange Free State
University of Witswatersrand
University of Zambia
Vista University (RSA)

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Historical Maps of Africa

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Universities Africana Web Sites (US and Europe)

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