Dr. Rick Shain's Course Resources
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
School of General Studies
L354 Area Studies: Africa
African Internet Resource Guide
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This internet resource guide is a cross section of what you might find on the web. By design, it is not meant to be comprehensive. Remember to be wary of most data you find on a web-site. Inaccuracies and distortions abound, particularly in regard to Africa. Try to triple check all information. By the way, if you find any terrific web-sites that you want to share with your fellow students, please let me know and I will add your discovery to the guide.
Portals:
(This is the State Department web-site. It can lead you to country profiles and Human Rights in Africa reports)
Journalistic sources:
All these newspapers, magazines and radio services which now have a presence on the web have extensive and accurate African reporting -
New York Times@ www.nytimes.co
Washington Post@www.washingtonpost.com
The Nation@www.thenation.com
The Economist@www.economist.com
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)@www.guardian.co.uk/guardian
BBC@www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
(Leading Kenyan newspaper)
For an excellent web source for the latest news from Africa, consult:
Statistical Information:
These web-sites contain facts and figures about African
Economics:
These web-sites deal with the dilemmas and successes of African development
Gender Issues:
Politics:
(up to the date news from one of the most important African nations)
Urban Life:
Some African cities have their own web-sites. Here are 3 examples
African Art & Fashion:
If you look, there is a lot of African art on the web. The University of Iowa web-site is a good place to start. Also, an increasing number of African designers have their own web-sites. Check them out.
(This is an essential web-site for Senegalese Haute Couture and much else besides)
(This is the web site of a wonderful Nigerian designer, one of the best in Africa)
African Music:
Good African music web-sites abound. Here are some of the best and most reliable:
www.africanmusic.org (home of the African Music Encyclopedia)
www.pragmasoft.be/mamady (The famous Guinean drummer Mamady Keita’s web site)
(Great for Congolese music)
(This site has great linkages)
www.coraconnection.com (A terrific web-site for Mande music)
(A fount of information)
(Provides solid over-view)
(encyclopedic in its range)
(record label web site. Sometimes has interesting information)
(worth checking)
(source for hiphop)
www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/African_hip-hop
Translation:
If you are shy about visiting Francophone or Lusophone African web-sites because of limited linguistic proficiency, you can now have all the contents of these web-sites instantly translated into English. Just go to: