African Links
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African Links: General
Africa Files: Africa Files is a network of volunteers committed to promoting African perspectives and alternative analyses for human rights and economic justice in Africa
African Online Digital Library: The goal of this fully accessible online digital repository is to adopt the emerging best practices of the American digital library community and apply them in an African context.
africaResource: The Place for Africa on the Net
African Success: People Changing the Face of Africa
ALUKA: Aluka is an international, collaborative initiative building an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Our name, ‘Aluka’, is derived from a Zulu word meaning ‘to weave’, reflecting Aluka’s mission to connect resources and scholars from around the world.
Royal African Society: Royal African Society today is Britain’s primary Africa organisation, promoting Africa’s cause. Through its journal, African Affairs, and by organising meetings, discussions and other activities, the Society strengthens links between Africa and Britain and encourages understanding of Africa and its relations with the rest of the world
African Lives: From The Washington Post, this series of occasional articles chronicles the joys and struggles in the everyday lives of African peoples.
African Arguments Online: Hosted by the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council, this site promises to make African Arguments Online the site of the most vigorous debates on Africa available on the web.
Indian Africa Connect: India has historic political, economic, cultural and ethnic ties with Africa. But the closeness of ties is rivalled by a yawning knowledge and information deficit. Too long African media (and people) have had to rely on Western media for news about India with its attendant biases and cultural prejudices that colour news from developing and emerging nations. India-Africa Connect is a step in bridging that gap by providing a one-stop news and information resource on India and the growing India-Africa engagement. IANS has been associated in bringing out the reputed journal, Africa Quarterly, for the last few years and was also the media partner of the External Publicity Division of the Ministry of External Affairs in organising the first India-Africa Media Conference to coincide with the India-Africa Summit in New Delhi in April 2008.
African Union Monitor This site has been established by Fahamu to enable African CSOs to engage constructively with the African Union (AU) and its organs in the interests of promoting justice, equity and accountability through the provision of high-quality and timely information.
Sports in Africa (SinA) is a partnership of programs and departments at Ohio University, each sharing an interest and commitment to the development and improvement of Sports in Africa. The principal focus of SinA is the use of sports as a vehicle for social, cultural, educational, and health programming. Through research and program development SinA will contribute to improving the lives of Africa’s most vulnerable citizens, its youth.
The Institute for the African Child (IAC): Encourages holistic approaches to the understanding of children and childhood in Africa. From Ohio University
PBS Website: Wonders of the African World with Henry Louis Gates Jr.
International African Institute was founded in 1926 in London as the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures. Over the years, the IAI has played a pioneering role in promoting African studies through facilitating research, scholarly publishing about Africa, and a variety of other programmes including hosting seminars and lectures. The Institute hosts a biennial lecture, known as the ‘Lugard Lecture’, named in commemoration of Frederick Lord Lugard (1858-1945), who was the inaugural Chairman of the IAI, from its foundation in 1926 to within a few days of his death in 1945.
Language and Popular Culture in Africa is a web-based project set up by Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the study of expressions of popular language and culture in Africa
AfricAvenir is a non-governmental and non-profit organisation engaging in political education and information dissemination both in Africa and in Europe. It’s main section was founded in Douala, Cameroon, by Prince Kum’ a Ndumbe III in 1990 while the European section was founded in 2000 during his exile in Berlin, Germany. Since 2007 AfricAvenir is also present in Windhoek, Namibia.
African Activist Archive Project: This project is preserving 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. The project is assembling an online archive of historical materials, pamphlets, newsletters, leaflets, buttons, posters, T-shirts, photographs, and audio and video recording, personal remembrances and interviews with activists, a directory of archives of organizations and individuals deposited in libraries and historical societies that are available for further research
Africa Travel at About.com
Kabissa Space for Change in Africa: Kabissa (our name means “absolutely” in kiswahili) is a network connecting people and organizations working in Africa for peer learning and information sharing.
African Peace and Conflict Studies
PeaceAfrica: Supporting Africa’s Peacebuilders
ACCORD: The African Centre For the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
Africa and Development
Africa Renewal information programme, produced by the Africa Section of the United Nations Department of Public Information, provides up-to-date information and analysis of the major economic and development challenges facing Africa today. Among the major items it produces is the renowned magazine, Africa Renewal (formerly Africa Recovery), which first appeared in 1987. It also produces a range of public information materials, including backgrounders, press releases and feature articles. It works with the media in Africa and beyond to promote the work of the United Nations, Africa and the international community to bring peace and development to Africa.
African Migration
African Migration and Urbanization in Comparative Perspective: Website of a Conference that took place in 2003 organized by the University of Natal, the University of Witersand, and Princeton University, includes several academic papers available online
Africa to Europe Migration: Key Facts, BBC News Page
Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of African migration and immigration to other parts of the world.
Africans and Religion
Theological Education in Africa: To provide a website platform for encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing evangelical theological development in the African context.
Dictionary of African Christian Biography
The Circle of Concern African Women Theologians
Afriprov.org: a Christian website with an extensive collection of African proverbs, sayings and stories
African Traditional Religion: Links on the subject of African Traditional Religion in Africa and the diaspora
Muslim Cultures in Africa: Snapshots of a Diverse Continent: Special page of the Art & Culture pages of Islamonline.net, an organization based in Qatar, whose aim is, amongst others, to “become a reference for everything that deals with Islam, its sciences, civilization and nation”. The page is regularly updated with a variety of materials such as articles, interviews, audio files, and photo galleries that reflect the diversity of African-Islamic religious expression. Also has a discussion forum.
Africa and Democracy
Alliance for Democracy in Africa (ADA) is a tax exempt nonprofit organization working to encourage Africans, particularly children and youth, to study, internalize and practice the values of democracy in their societies. The organization is not an affiliate of any political party, nor will it affiliate with any political party in Africa, or any other country.
African Democracy Forum (ADF) launched in Abuja, Nigeria, in October 2000, is an African regional network of democracy, human rights, and governance organizations. The ADF seeks to consolidate democracy in Africa by providing opportunities for democrats to openly express their views while also acting as a platform for mutual support and the sharing of resources
TrustAfrica, first known as the Special Initiative for Africa, began in 2001 under the aegis of the Ford Foundation. Our premise was that Africans need a greater voice in the international donor community as well as philanthropic resources that Africans control.
Africa and LGBTQ Rights
The African Men for Sexual Health and Rights (AMSHeR) is the regional coalition of MSM/LGBT led organizations and other organizations that work to address the vulnerability of gay and bisexual men, Male-to-female transgender women and other MSM, to HIV. AMSHeR is the brainchild of several HIV and human rights advocates following the ICASA conference in Abuja (Nigeria, 2005).
The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya is registered as a trust (“Kenya Gay and Lesbian Trust”) and was established in May 2006 following the convening of regional LGBTI activists by a local women’s rights organisation. GALCK acts as an umbrella organisation and currently consists of six member organizations; “Minority Women in Action” (MWA) “Ishtar MSM”, “Gay Kenya Trust” (GKT), “Transgender Education and Advocacy – TEA”, “Persons Marginalized and Aggrieved” (PEMA Kenya in Mombasa) and “Artists For Recognition and Acceptance” (AFRA-Kenya).
Ishtar MSM (Kenya) We Are A Community Based Organization Working with Men Who Have Sex With Other Men (MSM) on HIV, STIs and Reproductive Health Rights. Ishtar MSM was founded in 1997; currently with a membership of more than 300 MSMs. The Organization has since developed to deal with MSM Holistically where all MSMs , Male Sex Workers & Transgender Men are now included. Ishtar MSM is particular in addressing issues of that surround Stigma directed at the MSM community & how Homophobia is a major contribution to high vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
OUT-LGBT Well-being is 15 years old and one of the biggest LGBT organisations in South Africa. There has been many successes including playing a leading role in securing same sex marriage and the opening of a dedicated LGBT community centre. The focus is on health and rights.
LAMBDA the Mozambican Association for Sexual Minority Rights was founded in 2006. LAMBDA’s mission is to promote the civic, human and legal rights of LGBTI citizens, through public awareness and education, advocacy and social dialogue. LAMBDA’s target groups are all LGBTI citizens, civil society organizations, political and governmental institutions, social groups, such as the youth, teachers, medical doctors, and the general public (Site in Portuguese)
The Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) was founded in 1990 in order to advocate for the rights of LGBT people and to challenge homophobic legislation. It also quickly started to respond to the threat of HIV/AIDS at a time when there was almost complete denial of the existence of HIV in Zimbabwe by the State. GALZ has a nationwide membership and operates from offices in Harare and Bulawayo
Africa and Ecology
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA): AGRA is a dynamic, African-led partnership working across the African continent to help millions of small-scale farmers and their families lift themselves out of poverty and hunger.
Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program: Conserving the wildlife of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, since 1998
Africa and Science
History of Science Society: Resources for Teaching about the History of Science in Africa
International African Inventors Museum Website
Southern Africa Links: General
Southern African Migration Project (SAMP): SAMP is an international network of organizations promoting awareness of migration issues in Africa
Nordic Documentation on the Liberation Struggle in Africa
Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa
Zambia
BBC News Country Profile: Zambia
BBC News Historical Timeline: Zambia
Lonely Planet: Zambia
Newspaper: Times of Zambia
Newspaper: Zambia’s The Post Online
Timeline of Major Historical Events in Zambia
Malawi
BBC News Country Profile: Malawi
BBC News Historical Timeline: Malawi
Lonely Planet: Malawi
Newspaper: The Maravi Post
Newspaper: Nyasa Times
Swaziland
BBC News Country Profile: Swaziland
BBC News Historical Timeline: Swaziland
Lonely Planet: Swaziland
Times of Swaziland: Swaziland’s National Newspaper
Lesotho
BBC News Country Profile: Lesotho
BBC News Historical Timeline: Lesotho
Lonely Planet: Lesotho
Public Eye Online: Established in 1997, Public Eye has an Online edition accessible worldwide, a Monday edition circulating only in Lesotho and a regional weekly edition on Friday circulating in South Africa and Lesotho, covering mainly the Free State Province. Published in English and Mosotho.
Help Lesotho, founded in 2004, develops all projects in Lesotho. HL addresses expressed Basotho needs and is accountable to both Canadian and Basotho partners.
Namibia
BBC News Country Profile: Namibia
BBC News Historical Timeline: Namibia
Lonely Planet: Namibia
EveryCulture: Nambia
The Guardian UK: Namibia
Talking About Genocide: Namibia
The Association of the Ovaherero Genocide in the USA (OGA): OGA started by the descendents of the genocide, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting awareness and affirmation of the 1904-1908 genocide, and the just resolution of the Ovaherero people’s demands for restitution from the Federal Republic of Germany.
Bibliography on Namibian Colonialism and Genocide
Namibian National Society for Human Rights Website
Sister Namibia: Sister Namibia is a feminist organisation based in Windhoek, Namibia Their regular activities include publishing the bi-monthly Sister Namibia magazine and distributing it widely to the non-governmental and community based organisations in Namibia, Africa and the world. Sister Namibia articles online here.
The Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID), founded in 1991, implements civic education, civil society development, socio-political survey and research and anti-corruption programs in Namibia. Current programs include a domestic civil society election observation program, political party training, civic and voter education, anti-corruption and study circle programs.
The Namibian: Website of Namibia’s best-selling daily newspaper
The Namibia Economist: The Namibia Economist enjoys wide popularity as a specialist business publication. In the local market it is firmly entrenched as the leading public source of business intelligence. The name Namibia Economist has become synonymous with reliable business reporting and on the marketing side, it is widely regarded as an effective medium to communicate messages to the top echelons of both private and public sectors.
West Africa Links: General
Goree Institute: Conceptualizing and Promoting Open and Self-Reliant Societies in Africa
Thomas Sankara Website: Articles, Speeches, and Interviews by and about the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso
Timbuktu Educational Foundation
Jamtan Fulani: Website focused on the Fulani people
West Africa Review: A Peer-Reviewed Online Journal
The West African Research Association (WARA) was founded in 1989 to enhance collaborative research and scholarly exchange between U.S. and West African scholars, educators, and institutions and to increase knowledge about and interest in Africa in the U.S.
Cameroon
BBC News Country Profile: Cameroon
BBC News Historical Timeline: Cameroon
Lonely Planet: Cameroon
EveryCulture: Cameroon
The Guardian UK: Cameroon
The Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) was created after the department of radio broadcasting and Cameroon television fused.
Independent Lens Website: Sisters in Law, Women and the Law in Cameroon
Peuples Noirs Peuples Africains: Journal in French by Cameroonian Writer Mongo Beti
Website dedicated to the Cameroonian Intellectual Bernard Fonlon
Liberia
Independent Lens Website: Iron Ladies of Liberia
Sierra Leone
Documentary Film Website: Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars
Benin
Le musée historique d’Abomey en Benin a été créé en 1943 par l’administration coloniale française. Il occupe l’aile du site palatial constituée des palais des rois Guézo et Glèlè, soit une superficie de deux hectares environ. L’ensemble du site des palais occupe 44 hectares et est inscrit sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO depuis 1985. C’est un haut lieu d’histoire, de culture vivante et de tourisme
Ghana
BBC News Country Profile: Ghana
BBC News Historical Timeline: Ghana
Lonely Planet: Ghana
EveryCulture: Ghana
The Guardian UK: Ghana
Library of Congress Country Study: Ghana
Newspaper: The Statesman Ghana’s Oldest Newspaper
Ashanti Home Page (Steve Garbrah, Australia): A collection of very brief historical summaries on the Ashanti kings & queen mothers, and about the Ashanti people of Ghana, with lots of color photographs; plus links.
Adinkra Symbols & Meanings: This site’s mission is to make available high-quality renditions of these African symbols at no cost for personal and non-profit uses
Ghana at 50: Official Website for the 50th Independence Anniversary Celebration of Ghana (Accra, Ghana). The web site includes brief history of Ghana, biographical information on leaders, news on events around the country, etc
The Cape Coast Archive represents a collaborative effort by the University of Virginia Library, the United States branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and Ghanaian institutions to document the unique cultural landscape of the Cape Coast, Ghana region for the purposes of preservation and education.
Pandora’s Box: Black Power (1992) UCTV History (USA) A British film (45 minutes) about the history of the Volta River Project and Kwame Nkrumah; with selected British, American, and Ghanaian testimonies–mostly very critical of Nkrumah; includes footage of Nkrumah speeches and press conferences; plus, further developments under Rawlings
Kwame Nkrumah Information and Resource Site
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity Smithsonian Institution
Busia Foundation International: The main objective of the Busia foundation is to promote, in Ghana and elsewhere, the principles of basic human rights, democracy, civic education and good governance that were the hallmarks of Dr. K.A. Busia’s philosophy and praxis.
Timeline: Ghana’s modern musical history
Smithsonian Folkways: Music of Ghana
The Historical Society of Ghana was founded in 1951 under the auspices of leading scholars and nationalists such as John D. Fage, A. A. Kwapong, Albert Adu Boahen, J. B. Danquah, Kobina Sekyi, Nana Kobina Nketsia and others. Membership of the society is drawn from historians, archaeologists, linguists and ancillary disciplines, and includes university lecturers and Students from the five public Universities- University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University of Cape Coast, University of Education , Winneba, the University of Development Studies , Tamale and teachers in Secondary Schools and Training Colleges
The National Commission on Culture was established in 1990 by Provisional National Defense Council Law 238 to manage from a holistic perspective, the Cultural life of the country. In the execution of the aforementioned, the National Commission on Culture is enjoined, among other things, to promote the evolution of an integrated National Culture, supervise the implementation of programmes for the preservation, promotion and representation of Ghana tradition and values; and perform such other functions as may be prescribed by government.
Ghanaian Writers’ Websites
Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Website
Adwoa Badoe’s Website
Amma Darko’s Website
Dorinda Hafner’s Website
Benjamin Kwakye’s Website
Kwei Quartey’s Website
Charles Quist-Adade’s Website
East Africa Links: General
Tanzania
Tanzania On-Line: A Gateway to Information on Development Issues in Tanzania
The Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA) is a non-governmental Organisation (NGO) formed in 1987 by 12 women journalists and broadcaster who strongly opposed the way media portrayed women and determined to join hands to remedy the situation.
Chipua, meaning “sprouting” or “growing” in Swahili, is a non-governmental organization based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We use a multidimensional approach to equip disadvantaged youth, especially girls, with the necessary tools to improve their lives, withstand the pressures and temptations of their environments and become contributing members of their communities.
Streetwise Africa project aims to contribute to the reduction of one of the most serious consequences of poverty – children living on the streets. The project does so by providing a ‘protective environment’ that facilitates quality interaction between the child and the project’s team on a daily basis, in an accessible place. A place not confined by walls, gates or keys, where a child feels free to be himself and welcome as he is. Based in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Zanzibar Unveiled: History of Zanzibar
Horn of Africa Links: General
South Sudan
Emmanuel Jal has won worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip hop with its message of peace and reconciliation born out of his experiences as a child soldier in Sudan
Gua Africa: Founded by former Sudanese child soldier turned hip hop artist, Emmanuel Jal, Gua Africa works with individual, families and communities to help them overcome the effects of war and poverty through Education “Gua” means peace in Nuer, a language from Southern Sudan
Recovering the Material and Visual Cultures of the Southern Sudan: A Museological Resource This website provides access to a detailed catalogue of the collections from Southern Sudan held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, the University of Oxford’s museum of anthropology and world archaeology.
Canadian Aid for Southern Sudan (CASS) is working to help the people of southern Sudan rebuild their lives and communities after decades of brutal war.
Central African Links: General
The Centre Æquatoria is a research center, library, and collection of archives, annex guesthouse, specialized in the languages, cultures, and the (pre-colonial and colonial) history of sub-Saharan Africa, with special emphasis on the peoples of the central Congo basin
The Royal Museum of Central Africa (RMCA) in Belgium has the reputation of being one of the world’s most beautiful and impressive museums devoted to Africa. Since its founding in 1898, the Museum’s task has been to preserve and manage its collections, conduct scientific research and disseminate knowledge to the general public through museological, educational and scientific activities. The Museum plays an active role in the sustainable development of Africa and aspires to be a centre for collaboration and reflection on today’s Africa and the challenges it faces.
Pygmies.org is a website dedicated to the hunter-gatherer peoples living in the Central African rainforests, commonly called Pygmies.
Burundi
BBC News Country Profile: Burundi
BBC News Historical Timeline: Burundi
Lonely Planet: Burundi
EveryCulture: Burundi
Human Rights Watch: Burundi
Amnesty International: Burundi
The Guardian UK: Burundi
The Burundi Film Center (BFC) was launched as a non-profit media development project in the summer of 2007 under a mandate to “Inspire. Educate. Entertain.” The first five short films created by our students are currently circulating festivals around the world and all over the nation of Burundi.
ABEZAMUTIMA is a Burundian Traditional Dance Group (ABTDG) based in Ottawa, Canada. It is an organization made of experienced dancers, drawn together by their common interest and passion for traditional dancing. The group has young performers (4 years old to 12), and adults’ performers (13 years and over).
North African Links: General
The American University in Cairo Press, founded in 1960, celebrates this year its 50th anniversary. Today the leading English-language publishing house in the Middle East, its goals and purposes reflect and support the mission of The American University in Cairo in education, research, and cultural exchange, through professional publishing programs and international bookselling services.
Al Ahram Weekly Online published in Cairo
African-Focused Charities
Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL): FAVL’s goal is to assist the rural poor of Africa with the creation of village libraries. This is accomplished by working closely with the communities in which the libraries are established. FAVL refurbishes community-donated buildings, transforming them into a space to read and study. Libraries are stocked with books by local authors and in local languages to the greatest extent possible
