Research Guides: ANTH 232: Peoples and Cultures of Africa: Internet Resources

Well Known African Studies Programs

Listed below are some examples of highly regarded African Studies Programs at various universities. Many of these sites are full of useful information including lists of worthwhile African-related Web sites/resources/digital collections.

Scholarly Organizations

African Studies Association
"Established in 1957, the African Studies Association is the largest organization with a global membership devoted to enhancing the exchange of information about Africa."
African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA)
ASSA's mission is "to promote Africa's own specific contributions to the advancement of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of Africa and the Diaspora."

Africa Sites

Below is a selective list of African-related Internet sites. Some of the sites offer a portal to African sites/resources, some provide news and advocacy information, and some provide images and sounds from Africa...you'll find a variety of interesting information by exploring these useful sites:

AfricaFocus
"This website, edited by William Minter, features high-quality analysis and progressive advocacy on African issues, with particular attention to priority issues affecting the entire continent. The heart of the website is the AfricaFocus Bulletin produced and distributed one to two times a week to over 5,000 subscribers."
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
"Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries."
African Online Digital Library
"The African Online Digital Library (AODL) is a portal to multimedia collections about Africa."
African Studies Internet Resources
"Columbia University's collection of African Studies Internet Resources is an on-going compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available on the global Internet."
African Union
The vision of the African Union is: “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.”
Bureau of African Affairs
The U.S. Department of State's Web site dealing with Africa. Includes access to information on regional topics, countries, etc.
New Humanitarian-Africa
"The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) was founded by the United Nations in 1995. Almost twenty years later, we became an independent non-profit news organisation, allowing us to cast a more critical eye over the multi-billion-dollar emergency aid industry and draw attention to its failures at a time of unprecedented humanitarian need."

Miscellaneous

Freedom House
"Freedom House works to defend human rights and promote democratic change, with a focus on political rights and civil liberties."

ANTH 232: Peoples and Cultures of Africa: Internet Resources

Well Known African Studies Programs

Scholarly Organizations

Africa Sites

Miscellaneous

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