Humanities 211
Culture(s) & Literature of Africa
(Oral Arts &  Film)
Prof.
Cora Agatucci


6 October 1998: Learning Resources
 http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/SocSci/1998/ss-981006.html


African Studies - New Links

The British Library: Turning the Pages [Shockwave]
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/digitisation.html#

The online exhibits and digitization projects of the British Library are
some of the finest in the world, and the Turning the Pages exhibit may be
one of their best thus far. Utilizing the most contemporary advances in
interactive display, visitors to the site can virtually turn the pages of
the nine currently available original manuscripts located here.

Discover the British Library's award-winning system Turning the Pages. Just click on the links, wait a few moments, then turn the pages of our great books.

The featured manuscripts represent some of the most important printed pieces of material
in the Library's collection, and in a few cases, some of the most important
documents in world history: the _Sherborne Missal_, the greatest English illuminated manuscript of the late Middle
Ages; the _Diamond Sutra_, the world's earliest dated printed book; and
Sultan Baybar's _Quran_, one of the most exquisite copies of the _Quran_ in
the British Library. Equally exciting are the project notes available here,
which mention that the next manuscript to be added will be the anatomical
drawings of Vesalius. [KMG]
 

10. Through the Lens of Time: Images of African Americans from the Cook
Collection of Photographs
http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/cook/

Father and son George and Huestis Cook were photographers active in the US
South, particularly Virginia, from the 1860s to the 1930s. These work
resulted in the George and Huestis Cook Photograph Collection at the
Valentine Richmond History Center, which contains over 10,000 negatives. In
1954, 156 of these photographs were published in a book entitled _Shadows in
Silver_. Through the Lens of Time offers digital versions of almost 300 of
the Cooks' photographs, selected from the Valentine Museum's collection, and
digitized by Virginia Commonwealth University. Although these pictures have
been on the Web since 2000, with significant additions in 2001, it is well
worth a return or first time visit to see them. George Cook, one of the
first commercial photographers in the US, trained other photographers in the
business, and acquired the collections of photographers who were retiring,
amassing an extensive collection of photographs documenting the city of
Richmond, VA. Huestis Cook's photographs are unique in showing African-
Americans realistically, instead of in popular stereotypical settings.
Huestis also documented the tobacco business and Virginia plantations. The
Web interface provides both keyword searching and browsing by 19 different
subject headings, such as children, portraits, or tobacco. Once images have
been retrieved in a search, the subject headings are presented as links, so
that users can easily broaden a search to related topics. Explanations of
the terminology used to describe the pictures and instructions for ordering
copies are also available at the site. [DS]


11. Two about Carnegie Libraries
Carnegie Libraries of California
http://www.carnegie-libraries.org/
Deconstructing the Philanthropic Library: The Sociological Reasons Behind
Andrew Carnegies Millions to Libraries
http://www.lib.msu.edu/lorenze1/carnegie.htm

Late in his life, the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie began to donate
millions of dollars to fund literally thousands of libraries around the
United States and other parts of the English speaking world. Many of the
libraries are still in use across the country, some still as libraries and
others serving as cultural and neighborhood centers. This first site is the
product of Lucy Kortum and Pat and Bernie Skehan, all of whom share a great
fondness and interest in the Carnegie library buildings contained within
California. On the site, visitors will find information about all of the
extant and demolished Carnegie libraries, including historical photographs
and a brief discussion about each building's history. This archive of
libraries is also searchable by city, area, region, style of architecture,
and by current use. An extended essay by Abigal A. Van Slyck located here
discusses the innovative nature of the Carnegie library layout and general
design. The second site is an essay by Michael Lorenzen, a librarian at
Michigan State University, about the reasons behind Andrew Carnegie's
sponsorship of libraries around the United States, which is a nice
complement to the site on the Carnegie Libraries of California. [KMG]


12. Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/hsx/

This new online exhibit from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
offers some valuable insights into the persecution of homosexuals by the
National Socialist government under Adolf Hitler. The exhibit begins by
recounting the story of Richard Grune, an artist who had trained at the
Bauhaus school, who was identified by the Nazis in 1934 and later spent the
entirety of World War II in the Flossenburg concentration camp. The primary
sections of the site consist of 12 short essays that recount the Nazi
ideology behind the persecution of homosexuals, their initial raids and
surveillance of known homosexual gathering places, and other dominant themes
during this somber period. The short essays also include important visual
documentation of the period, including images of internal Nazi documents.
Perhaps the most evocative and moving elements of the site are the haunting
drawings created by Richard Grune, drawn after his release from the
concentration camp. All in all, an effective and sensitive site designed to
elucidate one of the less well-known aspects of social history under the
Nazi regime. [KMG]
 

15. The South Asian Literary Recordings Project [Real Audio]
http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/

Undertaken by the Library of Congress' New Delhi Office, this impressive
project was designed to create an audio archive of South Asian authors
reading their own work in the original language of its publication. The
project began in earnest during April 2000, and by September 2002 (when this
site was launched), eighty authors had been recorded. The site features
readings in 22 different languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Sindhi,
Gujarati, Nepali, and English. The authors reading in English include some
of the most prolific and accomplished South Asian authors of the last
century. Those featured readings on the site include Keki N. Daruwalla, Anne
Ranasinghe, and Mulk Raj Anand, whose career has spanned over seventy-five
years. Additionally, a brief profile of each author is included with their
representative audio recordings. Persons interested in learning more about
South Asia's vast and prodigious literary tradition in the 20th century will
find this site a valuable resource. [KMG]


16. Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/

Given all the recent concern about different foodborne pathogens in the news
and on television, this site (sponsored by the US federal government) will
help answer a variety of questions that consumers and persons in the food
industry may have about any number of related topics. For consumers with
questions about preparing food and purchasing food from the supermarket, the
site has a very helpful section titled Consumer Advice that deals with
topics such as food handling, where to report complaints about food
products, and seasonal advice tips. A specific section for young persons and
educators provides additional materials, such as lesson plans and
educational quizzes on food safety. Rounding out the site is a section
featuring video broadcasts, which include food safety conference meetings,
and an area devoted to current and timely news items related to food safety
from different governmental agencies. [KMG]



====== Network Tools ====

17. AbiWord 1.0.3
http://www.abisource.com/

A bit different than other word processors, AbiWord is a free word processor
that is able to run on virtually any platform and supports a wide array of
languages. Also of note is the fact that AbiWord is being developed as an
Open Source project, which means that the lines of code comprising the
application are freely available and redistributable. Perhaps the most
important feature of AbiWord is that documents written in the program are
readable by any text editor. The available support features for AbiWord are
quite impressive, including a complete user's manual, tutorial, weekly news
updates, and a FAQ section for user reference. Additionally, users of
AbiWord are invited to make suggestions about how the application may be
improved in future editions. AbiWord is fully compatible with all Windows
operating systems and Mac OS X. [KMG]


18. NetChimes
http://download.birnamlabs.com/index.php#netChimes

This little tool will be quite helpful for persons with Web sites who are
looking for instant information about who is accessing any part of their
site. NetChimes can connect to an unlimited number of servers (for persons
with multiple sites) and comes with 20 sounds that can be associated for
quick notification of Web activity. Additionally, an unlimited number of
visitors can be notified of Web site changes and updates. NetChimes is
compatible with the operating system Windows 95 and higher. [KMG]



====== In The News ====

19. New Report from the United Nations Reveals Dramatic Shift in the
Worldwide AIDS Epidemic
Women Make up Half of HIV Cases
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43638-2002Nov26.html
Aids Epidemic Bringing Social Collapse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,848436,00.html
AIDS Epidemic Update [.pdf]
http://www.unaids.org/worldaidsday/2002/press/update/epiupdate_en.pdf
Fact Sheet 2002: Meeting the Need [.doc]
http://www.unaids.org/worldaidsday/2002/press/factsheets/FSneed_en.doc
HIV Prevention in Humanitarian Settings [.pdf]
http://www.unfpa.org/aids/docs/progbrief07.pdf
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

In a report released by the United Nations and the World Health Organization
this week, it was discovered that, for the first time in 20 years, about as
many women as men are infected with HIV. The report also stated that 42
million people worldwide are now living with HIV, including 5 million new
infections in 2002 alone. While prevention programs are working quite
effectively in certain countries, such as South Africa, the infection rate
for HIV has risen dramatically throughout the entire region of Eastern
Europe. Certain practices continue to contribute to the spread of HIV, such
as intergenerational sex; drug use; and in some areas, rape. In a rather
ominous commentary on the situation, Alan Whiteside, the director of the
HIV/ AIDS research division at the University of Natal in South Africa
commented that, "In a situation where life expectancy has plummeted, it's
very hard to keep them engaged in a future when they don't believe they have
one."

The first two sites lead to recent news articles on the HIV situation around
the world, with the first one originating from the Washington Post and the
second from the Guardian in the United Kingdom. The third link leads to the
most recent 40-page report from the United Nations and the World Health
Organization, which addresses the gravity of the situation in the different
regions of the world. The fourth site provides a brief synopsis of the
progress that is needed to address the problem of funding for HIV/ AIDS
prevention and mitigation, particularly in impoverished developing nations.
The fifth link leads to a document produced by the United Nations Population
Fund that details how agencies and governments may best address HIV
prevention in humanitarian settings, and in particular, within countries and
regions beset by natural disasters and warfare. Part of the United States
Center for Disease Control, the final site contains a multitude of fact
sheets, statistics, and trends about the HIV epidemic in the United States.
[KMG]
 

MUHAMMAD: LEGACY OF A PROPHET
TV> PBSOL> MARC>
Middle/High School
Wednesday, December 18, 2002 (9-11:00 pm)
With some of the world's leading scholars on Islam providing historical
context and critical perspective, this program explores not only who
the seventh-century prophet Muhammad was, but also what most American
Muslims believe Islam teaches and how those beliefs are increasingly
shaping society.  (CC, Stereo, 1 year)

Take a journey at the companion site and learn more about this
extraordinary leader and his followers.  Visit the virtual Hajj and
experience the extraordinary pilgrimage that only Muslims are allowed
to undertake, explore a timeline of Muhammad's life, examine important
issues in Islam more closely, sound off at the discussion boards and
more.

     http://pbs.org/muhammad/
      (Available Monday, December 16)
 

FRONTLINE
"Muslims"
TV> PBSOL>
High School
Thursday, December 19, 2002 (9-11:00 pm)
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, many Americans questioned how
such an act could be perpetrated in the name of religion; specifically,
that of Islam. This program – a PBS Program Club Pick -- explores the
United States' fastest-growing religion, which most Americans know
little about. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)

     PBS Program Club: http://pbs.org/pbsprogramclub/

Explore the central tenets of this ancient religion at the companion
site. Meet Muslims around the globe and learn how their religious
beliefs have shaped their lives, identities and politics, access a
primer on Islam and frequently asked questions, download a teacher's
guide and much more.

     http://pbs.org/frontline/shows/muslims/

 

FindArticles.com (LookSmart and the Gale Group, publisher of library research and reference materials)
 http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml 
This site offers free access to the full-text of articles published in over 350 magazines and journals from 1998, with searchable database by keyword or nine subject categories.  Links to full-text articles are displayed at the FindArticles site, and links to periodical listings include a brief description.

OnlineNewspapers.com (Web Wombat)
 http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ 
This metasite indexes and links to the homepages of 10,000 online newspapers from around the world, by country, province or state.

CIA World Factbook 2000 (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ 
One of the finest online resources on country information, this annual reference book offers maps, flags, and information on geography, population, government, economic, communication, literacy rates, transportation, military for more than 260 countries, as well as transnational issues.  Browsable  by field and topic.

University of Oregon Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/ 
University of Oregon's History and Geography departments produced this visually
rich site. Users with Shockwave capability may enjoy over 50 interactive maps
representing American and world history; several dozen images related to world
history and culture are also included. 

World History

Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays
http://m2.aol.com/Donnpages/Holidays.html 
Discover the history of many modern holidays with the lesson plans at this site.
Holidays from many cultures are represented here, everything from President's day
to Kwanzaa. You'll also find calendars from around the world, recipes, clip art, and
Webcards. 

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm 
Created by University of Evansville (Indiana), Exploring Ancient World Cultures
(EAWC) is an online course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient
and medieval worlds. It features its own essays and primary texts. It includes
chapter-length histories for each of the eight "cultures" represented: The Near East,
India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe. In addition to
its own resources, EAWC also includes a substantial index of Internet sites. 

World Safari
http://www.supersurf.com/ 
Thirteen year old Brian Giacoppo takes visitors on virtual trips to Japan, Italy,
Kenya, Jamaica, and Greenland. Each safari includes population demographics, a
historical narrative, and links to related Web games and informational sites.

Art Safari
http://artsafari.moma.org/ 
This interactive adventure in looking will be fun for children, who will learn to analyze
famous works of art and write about them. Plus, they can make their own pictures
online and view the art work of other students. 

ARTSEDGE
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/ 
The mission of ArtsEdge is to help artists, teachers and students gain access to and/or
share information, resources and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in
the K-12 curriculum. Teachers will find thorough information on current issues in arts
education, curriculum resources and even an online arts community. ArtsEdge is
developed under a cooperative agreement between the Kennedy Center and the
National Endowment for the Arts.

Music Heritage Network's Instrument Encyclopedia
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html 
Graduate students at the University of Michigan have created this useful musical
instrument encyclopedia for those who can't remember what exactly a mbira is or from
what country it came. You'll find easy to understand definitions detailing what the
instrument is, where it originated and how it is used. 

MENALIB: Middle East Virtual Library (in German & English)
 http://ssgdoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/vlib/html/index.html (accessed Dec. 2001)
A collaborative venture of more than a half dozen international libraries,
MENALIB is coordinated by the University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt, Halle in an attempt to combine contributors' resources into a virtual library of materials on the Middle East and North Africa. The library's primary goals are to create a subject guide for electronic resources in the areas of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies, a current contents service for scholarly journals, a virtual catalog, and databases for dissertations and conferences. The site currently contains ALMISBAH, a searchable and browseable (by source type and subject) database of Internet resources, and the classification scheme of the special subject collection.

After September 11: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
 http://www.ssrc.org/sept11/ (accessed Dec. 2001)
This new site from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) contains
essays by well-known social scientists on the events of and following September 11. The site aims to "provide the public and academic community with a deeper level of analysis than can be found on Op-Ed pages or talk shows." Among the more than 35 pieces currently posted are essays by Seyla Benhabib, Olivier Roy, and John Hall. Wide ranging in scope, essays are grouped into seven topic areas -- Globalization, Fundamentalism(s), Terrorism and Democratic Virtues, Competing Narratives, New War?, New World Order?, and Recovery. The site is regularly updated with future plans are to add a teaching guide by mid-January, to help instructors use the essays in lesson plans, and to use some material from the site in a book series that SSRC will launch in 2002.

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict, PBS Online
 
http://pbs.org/forcemorepowerful/ 
This three-part documentary (aired September 2000) traces the non-violent resistance movements of the 20th century. Through archival footage and photographs, and interviews with the participants, the documentary illuminates revolutionary non-violent movements, including the overthrow of apartheid in South Africa, Denmark under the Nazis and Solidarity in Poland. At the companion web site, explore examples of nonviolent conflicts throughout the last 100 years through interactive maps, historical timelines, and interviews from experts. Plus, access lesson plans and related resources, and share your thoughts on nonviolent social change. http://pbs.org/forcemorepowerful/

Lesson Plans Library, Discovery.com and DiscoverySchool.com
 http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html (accessed Dec. 2001)
 A collection of "hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers," that can be searched by grade, subject, or both and are presented in an easy and consistent format with sections on lesson objectives, needed materials, procedures, etc. Printable versions of each lesson plan are available as well as a teaching tools link to create custom worksheets, puzzles and quizzes about each topic.
Understanding Slavery
 http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/ (accessed Dec. 2001)

 

11. Nobel Centennial [RealPlayer, QuickTime, WindowsMedia]

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/nobel.100/

CNN.com's In-Depth Special takes a look at the centennial anniversary of the

Nobel Prize awards and their namesake, Alfred Nobel. The site describes the

ironic origins of the awards as well as detailed accounts of past and

current winners including the 2002 Peace Prize winners - the United Nations

and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Well designed and easy to navigate,

the site offers concise descriptions, a photo and video gallery, as well as

related links which include the Nobel Foundation as well as organizations

who choose the specific awards. [JAB]

 

 

Humanities Through the Arts

KET -- Lexington, Kentucky

WWW> Station>

Middle/High School

Gain a deeper understanding of the connections between the arts and

their historical and cultural contexts with this site from Kentucky

Educational Television that was originally created as a distance

learning class. Visit online galleries for music, sculpture,

architecture and painting, peruse visual or audio samples of artwork

with concise descriptions, link to related resources and much more.

http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/index.htm

5. Geography Hub

Geographers.com

http://www.geographers.com/

Biogeography.com

http://www.Biogeography.com/

CulturalGeography.com

http://www.culturalgeography.com/

UrbanGeography.com

http://www.urbangeography.com/

Though still very much under development, the Geography Hub will

likely become a major resource and online community for geography

students and professionals. The core of the present offerings is the

directory of geographers offered on Geographers.com. The directory is

divided into three categories: Physical Geographers, Human

Geographers, and Technical Geographers. Each is searchable by keyword

or name, and full search results include name, school, Website (when

applicable), field notes, and publications. A prototype search

engine, scheduled for release in October, will allow searching by

name, with modifiers for country, research field, region studied, and

level of education. All geographers are welcome to add themselves to

the directory. An additional feature at Geographers.com is Geography

Times, designed to be an online professional news services for

geographers. At present, the Times offers related headlines (last

updated August 31) and conference announcements (last updated August

13). Future plans for the site include online forums. Content

available at the other three sites in the Geography Hub is primarily

limited to (fairly detailed) collections of organized links. Anyone

interested in geography should bookmark one or more of these sites

and trace their development. [MD]

 

Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
http://www.carts.org/index.html 
This site offers a range of online resources related to traditional arts, folklore,
anthropology, and oral history, including RealAudio interviews. 

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
http://www.thinker.org/ 
What's not to like about 70,000 digital images of famous artwork available free on this
Web site? What's more, the images are available at various sizes and resolutions,
searchable by keyword, artist, country, or period, and browseable by medium/genre.
Teachers guides are also included. 

The Encylopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/ 
This encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend ontains over 5100 definitions of
gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from
all over the world. You will also find a nice assortment of images and helpful genealogy
tables. 

Buena Vista Social Club (PBSOL: Middle/High School) 
 http://pbs.org/buenavista/ 
Companion website offers a behind-the scenes look at the making of the Academy Award-nominated documentary of the same title, a rich resource on Cuban music and culture, with, interviews with the musicians (many now in their 70s and 80s), film and music excerpts, a photo gallery, and stories about Afro-Cuban music.

The Living Edens "Ngorongoro: Africa’s Cradle of Life" (PBSOL: Elementary/Middle School)
http://pbs.org/edens/ngorongoro/
This companion website to the PBS series & video offers online travel to  Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania), abundant with hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, vultures, servals and wildebeest. The site presents the region's natural history and wildlife, expert commentary, and a great  screen saver!

Kiosk: Journal of Geo-Politics (Fowler's Internet Library since September 1999)
 http://FowlerLibrary.com/Kiosk/ 
A solid reference resource with a large number of country listings, including maps, national flags, background information
from the CIA World Factbook, links to newspapers as well as other resources for
general information, history and culture, language and translations, geography, government and politics, economy, and in-country sources.

RABooks [Research Archives Books]-- Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago
 http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/RABooks.html 
A fine library of ancient Near Eastern studies, covering languages and civilizations of Mesopotamia and
Egypt, Syria-Palestine, Anatolia, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, and related areas from the earliest periods to the Hellenistic period. Now offered is a free one-way mailing list, which will distribute the Research Archives Acquisitions List to subscribers monthly.  In future, "topical lists, lists of dissertations, and other useful material" will also be distributed.  
To subscribe send email to:
majordomo@oi.uchicago.edu
In the body of the message type:
"subscribe rabooks" 

TransHub - The Encyclopedia of Terminology (Michael Molin)
  http://transhub.cjb.net/ 
Aimed at translators but also useful for others, this metasite offers indexes many glossaries, dictionaries, and
encyclopedias in a wide variety of disciplines. Indexed categories include General, Legal, Business, Computer, Technical, Science, Medical, and Social--as well as topics and individual resources--use the pull-down menu at the bottom of the browser window. Major search engines are also lined, and a mailing list archives new additions to the site monthly.

Education Around The World: ThinkQuest Site Explores K-12 In Other Countries
(PBSOL> Profdev>Elementary/Middle/High School)
 http://pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/social/thismonth_social.shtm 

The American Revolution and Its Era:
Maps and Charts of North
America and the West Indies, 1750-1789
(Library of Congress, American Memory Project)
 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html 
Features over 2,000 maps and charts of North America and the West Indies from 1750 to 1789, many from famous mapmakers and publishers, searchable by keyword or browsable by subject, creator, title, or geographic location.

Wonders of the African World: Lesson -- Black Kingdom of the Nile

PBSOL>

Middle School

Ever wonder how the pyramids were built? Have your students explore

this question with a hands-on lesson.

http://pbs.org/wonders/Classrm/lesson1.htm

The American Experience: Wayback -- Stand up for Your Rights

PBSOL>

Elementary/Middle School

Get up, stand up! Stand up for your rights at this site for kids that

traces the legacy of the struggle for equality and religious freedom in

the U.S. Meet the Little Rock Nine and other civil rights pioneers,

read exclusive interviews, take on the fight for suffrage and play an

interactive matching game.

4. Two from Biz/Ed

Virtual Developing Country - Biz/ed [.xls, .csv]

http://bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/

Internet Catalogue

http://catalogue.bized.ac.uk/

Biz/ed recently unveiled two new resources. The first, Virtual

Developing Country, introduces users to "many of the issues and ideas

that are of interest in the field of development economics" by

offering a virtual tour of the African country Zambia. On the field

trip, users make stops to visit places and meet people that help

illustrate economic and development theory. Five field trips are

offered: The Rural Life and Agriculture Tour, The Copper Tour, The

Trade Tour, The Aid Tour, and The Wildlife Tour. Throughout the

tours, users are introduced to the people, places, and sites of

Zambia, along with the economic issues related to each tour. Each

stop is accompanied by key data and economic theory, photographs,

worksheets, and a glossary. The teacher's guide gives a detailed

description of the program and offers advice on how to effectively

use it in the classroom. This interactive site is an outstanding

example of the innovative ways the Web can be used as a teaching

tool. The second new site is a directory of over 2,200 (unannotated)

sites of interest to "students, researchers and practitioners in the

areas of business, management and economics." Users may browse the

directory by category and topic and list the sites alphabetically or

by resource type. A keyword search engine and a list of the latest

additions are also provided. [EM] [MD]

11. World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,

Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/racism/index.htm

The third UN conference on racism, to be held in Durban, South Africa

this summer, has the potential to be one of the most fractious and

penetrating meetings ever held by the organization. While previous UN

meetings on racism focused primarily on foreign policy, this one is

expected to address a much wider canvas of potentially divisive

issues, including the treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers, the

caste system in India, contemporary slavery in Africa, Europeans'

treatment of Roma people, and racial discrimination in Latin America.

Still six months away, the agenda for the meeting is already being

hotly debated, and a large collection of related materials has been

placed online at the official Website. Online resources include

resolutions, reports, statements, draft reports, and press releases.

At the site, users will also find a program of events which links to

related documents and general information about the conference. More

content will almost certainly be added as the date of the conference

draws near. [MD]

 

12. Two from Amnesty International Campaign Against Torture [.pdf]

"Broken bodies, shattered minds Torture and ill-treatment of women"

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/ACT400012001

"Stopping the Torture Trade"

http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/ACT400022001

Amnesty International Campaign Against Torture

http://www.stoptorture.org/

These new reports from Amnesty International have been issued as part

of the organization's larger campaign against torture launched in

October. The first reports on the torture and ill-treatment of women

by agents of the state, armed groups, and family members. The report

claims that, far from taking action to prevent this violence,

governments around the world have abandoned their responsibilities

and neglected to take effective measures. The second report examines

the ballooning international trade in both traditional tools of

torture (e.g., leg irons and shackles) as well as newer electro-shock

devices and other "non-lethal" weapons. The report reveals how

torturers have been trained through the transfer of military and

security training and makes a number of recommendations to

governments and corporations on methods they can pursue to eradicate

torture. Users may download both reports by chapter or in their

entirety in .pdf format. [MD]

SOCIAL STUDIES

PBS TeacherSource: From the Field -- Global Kids

Profdev> PBSOL>

Middle/High School

Global Kids gives young people the opportunity to learn first-hand

about world issues. Learn how this New York City program propels teens

into international travel and community leadership.

http://pbs.org/teachersource/whats_new/social/thismonth_social.shtm

Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001

World Bank [.pdf, RealPlayer, QuickTime]
http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep2001/

Regions & Countries:  http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm 
"We are now working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty. For each of our clients, we work with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations [NGO's], and the private   sector to formulate assistance strategies." 

Regional Initiatives:  
Country Assistance Strategies
Nile Basin Initiative:
Small States:
South East Europe Reconstruction:

2. "Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001" --

World Bank [.pdf, RealPlayer, QuickTime]

http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep2001/

This year's annual report on the economic prospects for developing

countries focuses on international trade and the policies needed to

help these nations benefit from global integration. The news is good

for many developing countries, whose economic growth is expected to

register "5.3 percent this year, 5 percent next year, and ease to 4.8

percent by 2002." However, the world's poorest nations, especially in

sub-Saharan Africa, have not kept pace. The full report is available

online, but each chapter must be downloaded separately in .pdf

format. The official press release and summary are available in

several languages including Chinese, German, Russian, and English.

The main page also provides a slide show of the primary points and

issues of the report and a video interview with the Director of the

Bank's Economy Policy and Prospects program, as well as regional

economic prospects and related links. [MD]

3. XIII International AIDS Conference Abstracts

http://www.iac2000.org

XIII International AIDS Conference Homepage

http://www.aids2000.com/

The US National Library of Medicine (NLM) has recently placed online

over 5,000 abstracts from the XIII International AIDS Conference held

in Durban, South Africa, July 9-14, 2000. Users can search by

abstract ID, author, title, or text. Unfortunately, the collection is

not browseable. Search returns include checkboxes that allow visitors

to select multiple abstracts and view them all at once. Users may

also click on the titles to view individual abstracts. Each abstract

includes author information, background, methods, results,

conclusions, and detailed contact information for the presenter.

Further information on the conference is still available at the

official site. [MD]

5. Geostat: Geospatial and Statistical Data Center -- University of

Virginia Library

http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/

"Geostat supports a wide range of academic and scholarly activities

through access to extensive collections of numeric and geospatial

data files; computing facilities and software for data manipulation,

research, and instruction; and a suite of Internet-accessible data

extraction tools." The Website provides annotated listings of links

to a wide variety of data sources, both graphic and statistical, as

well as high-quality online instructional materials drawn from UVA

classes and available to the general public in such disciplines as

architecture, political science, sociology, and landscaping. Another

excellent feature of the site is its links to UVA online projects

that used Geostat resources, including Websites researching

Virginia's domestic slave trade in the nineteenth century, the

culture of Victorian London, the Virginia Project on the Economics of

Higher Education, a visual re-creation of Salem, Massachusetts during

the witchcraft trials of 1692, and others. Finally, we should also

point out the site's current featured postings on Election 2000,

offering an extensive array of links and data concerning the recent

election. Such postings include electoral college maps, updated

results from the Florida board of elections, links to electoral

college history resources, and more. [DC]

6. UNESCO Videobank

http://www2.unesco.org/videobank/indexe.htm

Recently unveiled by UNESCO, this database indexes "2,000 films and

videos produced or co-produced by the Organisation and it also

features various films deposited at UNESCO by its member states or by

independent producers." The collection covers a wide range of

subjects related to UNESCO's activities and indexes films produced

between 1945 and 1999. Please note that the text of search returns is

primarily in French, though a full English version is promised for

the near future. Users may browse by theme, subject, country, or

year, or enter keyword searches in English or French. Search returns

include title, type of film or video, support, themes, subjects,

country, a one-sentence description, year, and copyright holder.

Information on how to request the use of films is provided at the

site. [MD]

12. Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies [Flash, RealPlayer, IE

5.0+, Netscape 4.5+]

http://www.discovery.com/highspeed/tlc/mummies/content.html

Designed exclusively for a broadband audience, this new site from

Discovery.com and Second Story combines animation, text, audio

commentary, video, and music to tell the stories of some famous

mummies. In all, eleven different mummies are explored in four

collections of animated and interactive narratives: Finding,

Unraveling, Making, and Listening. Special features include

interactive tours of unwrapping and making a mummy (the latter

features a video of a modern mummy-making experiment) and a 3-D tour

of a pharoah's tomb (this last option did not work so well on our

visits). Simply put, this is just a really neat site that actually

makes good on its promise of maximizing the storytelling potential of

interactive media. [MD]

Modern Fiction Studies 46.1, Spring 2000

Special Issue: South African Fiction After Apartheid
Guest Editors: David Attwell and Barbara Harlow

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/toc/mfs46.1.html

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v046/46.1intro.html

South African Languages
The Voices of the Rainbow Nation
 


"This page pays tribute to the 11 official languages of South Africa - a tribute to our country's unity in its diversity." [copyright date given" 1998]

http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/

[including] Zulu, or isiZulu, is understood by people from the Cape to Zimbabwe. Zulu is also the written language of the Northern Nguni. It's also a tonal language. Refer to some of the links for more history.
http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/zul.htm

Page created by: Jako Olivier
E-Mail: jako@cyberserv.co.za

 

Venture Smith, Narrative of a Slave's Capture (1798)
[ Venture Smith was born in 1729, and captured and enslaved when not yet seven years old. The following is an excerpt from his narrative, although it is not certain whether Smith wrote this account himself or dictated it to someone else.]

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/26-ven.html

Bruce Dorsey, History Department, Swarthmore College
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/

 

 
 
South African Arts, Culture and Heritage - 1997 Calendar
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/
Introduction
by Brigitte Mabandla
Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/intro.htm
A publication of
lg-acstsmall.gif 5.8 K
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http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/architect1.htm
 
Slavery in Islam (The Wisdom Fund
Copyright © 1995 The Wisdom Fund - All Rights Reserved - 
The mission of The Wisdom Fund is to advance social justice and interfaith understanding by disseminating The Truth About Islam.
http://www.twf.org/Library/Slavery.html
 
Encarta Africana [Africana.com The Digital Bridge]
http://www.africana.com/ms/encarta.htm
 
Africana.com - http://www.africana.com/tt_145.htm

Africana.com web site
© Copyright 1999 Harvard Square Netcasting LLC.
Credits

Microsoft® Encarta® Africana content
© Copyright 1999 Microsoft Corporation.

 

 
Africa South of the Sahara - Topics - History - PanAfricanism
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hispanafrican.html

Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
Copyright © 1994-2000, Karen Fung. All rights reserved.

The update on each page refers to the date that particular page was last edited.
Different pages are updated on different days.

Last Modified: May 23, 2000
© Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources

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From: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hislavery.html

Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
Copyright © 1994-2000, Karen Fung. All rights reserved.

 
The Atlantic Slave Trade: Demographic Simulation
Developed by Patrick Manning, (Prof. of History and African-American Studies, Director, World History Center, Northeastern Univ., Boston) and Northeastern Computer Science Dept. members. Manning writes:"This simulation, ... enables users to set input data (rates of birth, death and migration), and observe the results for free, slave, and captive populations in Africa and in the Americas. Teachers and students may find it useful in sorting out the many connections involved in this forced migration. The site will be revised and updated regularly, especially in response to user comments.
Part of a larger project on Migration in Modern World History, based at the World History Center at Northeastern, developed with support of The Annenberg/CPB Project.". http://www.whc.neu.edu/simulation/afrintro.html
The Atlantic World: An Electronic Exploration
A discussion on the Atlantic World of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. "We envision papers that will be of interest to all who explore Atlantic history, but also papers that attract electronic gatherings of scholars whose interests are in a more narrowly defined subject such as the first British Empire or the Atlantic slave trade." Has full text of "African Political Ethics and the Slave Trade, Central African Dimensions," by John Thornton
 
"Scholars who have work in progress that they wish to test by putting it before a collegial gathering of others interested in the field are invited to send a paper in electronic form to one of the seminar moderators, listed below. They will share such submissions and rapidly decide which to post. If a paper is accepted the moderators will arrange with the author for a mutually convenient time when the author will be available for a ninety minute to two hour electronic chat session for discussion of the paper." The moderators are Dr. Francis J. Bremer and Dr. John Thornton or Millersville University (in Pennsylvania). http://www.millersv.edu/~winthrop/atlantic.html
Carey, Brycchan - "Ignatius Sancho: African Man of Letters"
"Sancho (1729-1780) was born a slave on a ship crossing the Atlantic from Africa to the West Indies." "He composed music, appeared on the stage, and wrote a large number of letters which were collected and published in 1782, two years after his death." Has the full text of Joseph Jekyll's biography of Sancho, an annotated bibliography (including reviews, 19th c. commentary, music), selections from Sancho's Letters, biographies of those who knew him, maps and paintings of London in the mid 18th c., links to related sites, etc. Dr. Carey is with the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. http://pages.britishlibrary.net/brycchan.carey/sancho/index.htm
Carey, Brycchan - "Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African"
"Equiano (c.1745-1797) was born in what is now Nigeria. Kidnapped and sold into slavery in childhood..." "Coming to London he became involved in the movement to abolish the slave trade, an involvement which led to him writing and publishing The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789) a strongly abolitionist autobiography." Has a map of Equiano's travels, an annotated bibliography, extracts from The Interesting Narrative..., related web sites, etc. http://pages.britishlibrary.net/brycchan.carey/equiano/index.htm
Creolist Archives
Page of the CreoLIST mailing list for creolists and others interested in creolistics and other contact language issues. The website has a searchable inventory of various alternative names for West African ethnolinguistic groups involved in the transatlantic slave trade, by Mikael Parkvall. [KF] http://www.ling.su.se/Creole/
Curtin, Philip D. and Herbert S. Klein. Records of Slave Ship Movements Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843
Compiled by Philip D. Curtin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (1967). Edited by Herbert Klein, Columbia University, New York (1973). From Parliamentary Papers XLIX (73) 593-633, Foreign Office, 1845. "...contains information on the ship's port of arrival, date of arrival, type of vessel, tonnage, master's name, number of guns, number of crew, national flag, number of slaves, port of departure, number of days of voyage, and mortality." The site is part of Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/slaintro1.html
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. "The Souls of Black Folk; Essays and Sketches" (1903)
Project Gutenberg provides the full-text of the book. ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etext/gutenberg/etext96/soulb10.txt
Harvard University. Atlantic History Seminar
"Members of the Seminar are drawn from the nations of Western Europe, Africa, and Latin America, joined by U.S. and Canadian scholars who are also at an early stage of their careers, for presentation of work in progress,... and exchange of views with senior scholars." See the Working Paper Abstracts for papers such as "Women as Actors and Victims of the Slave Trade in Igboland, Nigeria" by Gloria Ifeoma Chuku (1999 papers).

The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1527-1867 was the 1998 workshop. Has full text (in Adobe .pdf format) of the introduction by David Eltis to a cd-rom database of 27,224 slave voyages, 1562-1867. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~atlantic/index.html
Klein, Herbert S. Angola Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1723-1771 (1970?, 1997)
"...contains information on the date ship sailed, name of ship, Brazilian port of arrival, persons (adults and children) shipped, total number of slaves aboard, physical capacity (arqueacao) of the ship." The site is part of Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Distributed by Data and Program Library Service University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/slaintro6.html
Livingstone, David, "Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa"
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. (London, 1857). Full-text of the book with information on slavery. Part of Project Gutenberg. Includes an 1858 review of the book in Harper's Magazine. [KF] http://tom.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/book/lookup?num=1039
Mintz, Stephen - Excerpts from Slave Narratives
Primary documents including:
A European slave trader, John Barbot, describes the African slave trade (1682)
A Muslim merchant, Ayubah Suleiman Diallo, recalls his capture and enslavement (1733)
Olaudah Equiano, an 11-year old Ibo from Nigeria remembers his kidnapping into slavery (1789)
Olaudah Equiano describes West African religious beliefs and practices (1789)
Charles Ball remembers a slave funeral, which incorporated traditional African customs (1837). Prof. Mintz teaches in the Department of History, University of Houston. http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm
Mintz, Steven - "Slavery and Antislavery: a Bibliography of Recent Works in English
23 page bibliography. Some citations lack full bibliographic information; all lack pagination. Covers the United States, Caribbean, two pages on Africa, other countries. http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/bib1.htm
Museum of African Slavery - Pier Larson
" designed as a site for remembering the experiences of enslaved Africans." "The information at this site derives from Professor Larson's lectures and his reading of the existing research on slavery and the slave trade." Includes excerpts from "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African", Frequently Asked Questions, "Who Owns History? Some Thoughts on the Slave Trade and Related Issues" by Ralph Austen. http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~plarson/smuseum/welcome.htm
Nigerian Hinterland Project
"The Nigerian Hinterland Project affiliated with the UNESCO Slave Route Project focuses on the development of the African diaspora stemming from the "Nigerian" hinterland during the era of the slave trade from approximately 1650 to 1900." Projects include: Archival Inventory and Preservation of Primary Sources, Biographical Data Base of Enslaved Africans, Historical Atlas of Slavery, Ports of the "Nigerian" Hinterland, The Muslim Diaspora in the Era of the Slave Route, Ethnic Identity in the Diaspora and the Nigerian Hinterland, Linkages between the Diaspora and the Nigerian Hinterland. Has full text of the Nigerian Hinterland Project Newsletter. The Director is Paul E. Lovejoy. Based at the Dept. of History, York University, Toronto, Canada.

Has the full text of the Tubman Seminar papers and some full text papers from the conference "Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Interior of the Bight of Biafra and the African Diaspora" July, 2000, Enugu, Nigeria. [KF]
http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/
Shick, Tom W., Roll of the Emigrants to the Colony of Liberia Sent by the American Colonization Society from 1820-1843
The raw data and documentation which records all emigrants to Liberia between 1820-1843, brought by the American Colonization Society can be downloaded. The data set includes place of origin/arrival, status of individual, occupation, name of the ship which carried the emigrant, etc. Bundled with this is the data set, Liberian Census Data, 1843. The late,Tom Shick, Dept. of Afro-American Studies, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, was Principal Investigator of this project. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/Liberia
Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Contains raw data and documentation. Includes -
Curtin, Philip D. and Herbert S. Klein. Records of Slave Ship Movement Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843
Curtin, Philip D. Slave Ships of Eighteenth Century France, 1748-1756, 1763-1792
Klein, Herbert S. Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1795-1811
Klein, Herbert S. Virginia Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1727-1769
Klein, Herbert S. English Slave Trade, 1791-1799 (House of Lords Survey)
Klein, Herbert S. Angola Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1723-1771
Klein, Herbert S. Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1825-1830
Klein, Herbert S. Internal Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852
Klein, Herbert S. Slave Trade to Havana, Cuba, 1790-1820
Klein, Herbert S. Nantes Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1711-1791
Engerman, Stanley L. and Herbert S. Klein. Slave Trade to Jamaica, 1782-1788, 1805-1808
Distributed by Data and Program Library Service University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia - British History 1700-1930: The Slave Trade
Includes passages from primary sources, illustrations. Accounts of Olaudah Equiano, Olaudah Equiano, Zamba Zembola, and others. Covers the slave system, life, Amistad, anti-slavery legislation, anti-slavery organizations, etc.
See also U.S. 1840-1960. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm
From Spartacus Educational and Schoolnet (a U.K. company providing internet service to schools). http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm
Stanford University. The Slave Trade
A selection of microform sources and print sources for studying the slave trade. In Stanford and outside Stanford. Notes for a two-week seminar. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/slavetrade.html
Studies in the World History of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation
An e-journal edited by Patrick Manning, John Saillant and Anthony Henderson-Whyte. It will be an occasional publication featuring essays, documents, images, bibliographies and database information relevant to the history of slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The journal is intended to provide a global context for slave studies. The project is intended also to link scholars in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Although the project's primary means of dissemination is electronic, printed copies can be made available to scholars and libraries that lack access to the Internet. The site has a keyword search facility. Vol. 1, No. 1 is August 1996. http://h-net.msu.edu/~slavery/
UNESCO. Africa Revisited
In  English and French. About the "richness, the diversity, and the fragility" of Africa's cultural heritage. Includes West African forts (Elmina, Goree, James Fort). Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. [KF] http://www.unesco.org/whc/exhibits/afr_rev/toc.htm
UNESCO. Slave Trade Archives Project
UNESCO has et up an International Scientific Committee for the Slave Route Project to examine the question of the slave trade and its impact on relevant countries. A "...feasibility study will identify national archives and related institutions in six African countries (Angola, Benin, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal) and in Brazil, Haiti and St. Croix to upgrade their facilities and services." http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/mow_projects.html#4
United States. Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division. 19th Century maps of Liberia
 "...includes twenty examples from the American Colonization Society (ACS), organized in 1817 to resettle free black Americans in West Africa. These maps show early settlements in Liberia, indigenous political subdivisions, and some of the building lots that were assigned to settlers. This on-line presentation also includes other nineteenth-century maps of Liberia: a map prepared for a book first published in the 1820's by ACS agent Jehudi Ashmun, a map showing the areas in Liberia that were ceded to the society by indigenous chiefs, and a detailed map dated 1869 by a man thought to be the black American explorer Benjamin Anderson."  Has a History of Liberia Timeline. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/libhtml/libhome.html
University of Calgary. Dept. of History. European Voyages of Exploration
A tutorial with a section on African exploration. Includes Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal, the Sugar and Slave Trades. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/index.html
University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Black Studies
Has a brief account of West African history from the 16th c. and the slave trade to the West Indies; part of an online course.  http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/blac/
Wesley, John - Thoughts Upon Slavery
Published 1774. On the web site of the Univ. of Manchester Library. Methodist Archives and Research Centre. Primary....texts. The Univ. of Manchester Library web editor writes -

"John Wesley widely distributed this tract in England and America under his own name. Actually it is an abridgement of Some Historical Accounts of Guinea, published in Philadelphia in 1771 by Anthony Benezet, an American Quaker. According to Albert Outler, this type of literary "borrowing" was seen by Wesley and this 18th century colleagues as a form of endorsement not plagiarism.[Outler, Albert C. John Wesley (New York: Oxford University Press, 1964), pp. 85-86n.]" [KF] http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/thoughtsuponslavery.stm

Yale University. Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
The "Center seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects of the Atlantic Slave System, including the Africans' resistance to enslavement, the black and white abolitionist movements, and of the ways in which slavery finally came to an end." Has a Lesson Plan with narrative, timeline, documents on the Amistad Case.
Has the introduction and bibliography, "Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa" by Lamin Sanneh. http://www.yale.edu/glc/index.html

 

Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
Copyright © 1994-2000, Karen Fung. All rights reserved.

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African Resources for the Classroom, BU
From:  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/African_Resources_BU.html

Boston University
African Studies Center

270 Bay Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
617/353-7303
Outreach Program

Handouts: a sampling (Others available at our Resource Library.)

 

1. Mutual Misperceptions: how Americans and Nigerians see each other.
2. African Literature in Your Classroom.
3. Let's Critique African Materials.
4. Boston-area African studies resources.
5. Teaching about Africa in the Elementary Schools.
6. Would You Believe? [a map of Africa with the following areas fitting comfortably inside: China, U.S.A., Europe, India, Argentina and New Zealand].
7. How to Prepare a Curriculum on Apartheid South Africa.
8. Mind Your Language: how to avoid stereotyped language.
9. Tarzan Lives!: a study of children's books about Africa.
10. The Depiction of South Africa in U.S. Textbooks.

To order a copy of the packet of handouts send $4.00 African Outreach Program, African Studies Center, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215. Make checks payable to the African Studies Center.

 

 

Internet Resources: Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart [links to my website! 

http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm]

(Bill Barrett, I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Photographic Media, in the School of Communications, here at Webster University in St. Louis.)

http://www.websteruniv.edu/~barrettb/achebe.htm

Art & Politics: Intersections and Isolations

a syllabus

Fall 2000
GNST 1200.16
© Bill Barrett 2000

 

10. Water in Africa

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/water/africa/

Peace Corps World Wide Schools

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/

Developed by the Peace Corps' World Wise Schools and funded through a

grant from the US Department of Education, this project provides

learning resources to help educators "teach geography, language arts

technology, and visual art in a meaningful and original way by using

authentic materials collected by Peace Corps Volunteers." These

include over 600 photos and 300 anecdotes on the use and availability

of water in different African nations, as well as 24 lesson plans,

sorted by title, grade, and subject. The photos and anecdotes may

also be browsed by country, with basic country information and maps

provided. More learning and teaching resources can be found at the

World Wise Schools main site. [MD]

 

3. _Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies_ [.pdf]

http://www.jendajournal.com/jenda/

Africa Resource Center

http://www.africaresource.com/index.htm

Published by Africa Resource Center and directed by an all-African

women team of co-editors, this new ejournal represents in part an

effort to occupy and redefine the space of African Women's studies, a

space initially defined by white female scholars. The journal also

aims to "create a global forum for African women scholars, analysts

and activists to participate on an equal footing with their

contemporaries worldwide in debates, exchanges of ideas, and the

creation and documentation of knowledge." In pursuit of both goals it

will publish original essays, reprints, commentary, exhibition,

reviews, interviews, and related writings. Judging by the inaugural

issue, _Jenda_ holds great promise, offering a large selection of

interesting and engaging essays and other content, much more than

comparable print or online journals. In addition, the left-hand side

of the journal page contains a fairly deep Africa-focused

bibliography, organized by topic. The main Africa Resource Center

site offers a wealth of Africa resources, including several

additional ejournals, databases, bibliographies, an online art

gallery, and more. [MD]

 

 

http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/lembrich/seminar5.html
The Middle Passage: Slaves at Sea
Part of Greg's Martime Page: http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3487/lembrich/
This is my page for the Early American Maritime Culture seminar that I am taking this semester with Professor McCaughey at Barnard College.
Course home page: http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/maritime/ 

Tradelinks:  http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/contents.html
Tradelinks Across the World
website presents an indepth look into four of the world's international trade routes: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the Trans-Saharan Trade, the Silk Road, and the Roman Roads system.
 http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/index.html  

The Talking Drums of Africa

In spite of an abundance of tall tales, drum talk is a reality. Moreover, the drummers of Africa may well have been the first to utilize the principle of redundancy in their communications

 

by John F. Carrington

http://www.brainforest.org/the_talking_drums_of_Africa.htm
Scientific American - Ipassa-Mingouli Project
Home:  http://www.brainforest.org/nkoul/index.htm 

http://www.Africana.com

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
http://www.si.edu/nmafa

Africa South of the Sahara Chronology: Shaka Zulu
http://www.campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Africa/ShakaZulu.html

Rashad, Sara, dir.  The Tahara Project.  June 2000
[Female Genital Mutilation]
http://www.tahara.project.org

Female Genital Mutilation: A Human Rights Information Pack
Amnesty International.  Online:
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm

Grassivaro Gallo, Pia Marian Abdisamed.  "Female Circumcision in Somalia: Anthropological Traits."  Anthropoligisher Anzeiger.  Dec. 1985 v. 43 (4): 311-26.  Online:
http://www.anaserve.com/~mbali/gallo.htm

Afrika: Art and Culture.  Rathgen Research Laboratory, Museum of Ethnology. Dec. 2000.
http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/mv/afrika/e/hexereil1.htm

Brumfield, Sarah.  "Kenyan Novelist and Activist Ngugi wa Thiong'o Discusses Politics of Language in Africa."  5 May 1998.  Online: [Dec 5 2000]
http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/Eclipse/eclipse/98-5-5/98-5-5-brumfield.html

Gillard, Garry.  "Chapter 1: African Independence and Before."  13 May 1996.  [Ngugi on four modern phases of African history.]  Online:
http://www.mcc.murdock.edu.au/ReadingRoom/litserv/Webb/ch1.html

 

 

 

 

World Mythology (Curriculum Materials, Minneapolis Institute of Arts) 
 http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/ 
...Introduction to Myth: http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/introduction.html 
...Thoth, Egypt: http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/slide2.html 
...King's Crown, Nigeria (Yoruba) & Yoruban Creation Story:
 http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/slide5.html  
...Chi Wara (Antelope) Headdress, Mali (Bamana): 
 http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/slide6.html 
...Memorial Tusk, Nigeria (Edo/Benin): http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/slide4.html 

Egyptian Gods Index (Social Science Data Lab, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder)
Thoth (also called Thot, Thout; Egyptian Djhowtey, Djehuti, Tehuti, Zehuti)
 http://osiris.colorado.edu/LAB/GODS/throth.html 
Ma'at:  
 http://osiris.colorado.edu/LAB/GODS/maat.html 

Djehuti [Thoth or Hermes Trismegistus]: "The God of mathematics, writing, and scholarship. In some creation myths He is the voice of Ptah (the word or logos that appears in Christian and Jewish creation myths) as Ptah emerges from the Cosmic Egg. In the creation myth of the Ogdoad revealing the Ennead, Djehuti and Seshat play the role of primary creation deities. Djehuti is typically shown with the head of an ibis or a baboon." 1996-1998 by Milo Shiff
 http://www.radiant.org/bubastis/deity/djehuti.html 

Who is Thoth? (Thoth Networking Inc.)
 http://www.thoth.net/html/who_is_thoth_.html 

Thoth the Ibis-Headed God (John Webb)
http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/thoth.htm

Thoth (Encyclopedia Britannica, britannica.com, 1999-2000)
http://www.britannica.com/seo/t/thoth/

Maat (AOL Hometown)
 http://hometown.aol.com/egyptart/maat.html  

Africa 21 - Le Portail de l'Afrique (in French, with links to some English-language features):
http://www.africa21.net

Africa Fete, "the annual music festival celebrating African music and culture and to help raise awareness of the significant contributions that African culture has made across the world":
http://www.africafete.com/
Home Page:
http://www.africafete.com/index.cgi

African History - MEL Humanities & the Arts (MEL = Michigan Electronic Library), offers links to scholar report archives, the African National Congress, US Library of Congress, plus news, articles, and other resources:
http://www.mel.org/humanities/history/HIST-africa.html

Africa Links Gateway
http://www.africalinks.net/
...Art & Humanities:
http://www.africalinks.de/cgi-bin/db/db.pl?+Art+and+Humanities&&category
...Life Styles:

African Indigenous Science, Technology, and Knowledge Systems
(Ed. Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Prof. of History & African Studies, Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain, CT; 1997-2000):
This site, selected one of UNESCO's top 50 of African websites, presents "various perspectives on Africa's indigenous knowledge systems from a wide range of scholars, " in "brief extracts from scholarly works on the subject and focus on several areas":
http://members.aol.com/afsci/africana.htm

African Music Pages
http://www.notz.com/african_pages.htm

Africa Web Links: an Annotated Resource List
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html
...Newly Added Links:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/About_African/linksnew.html

AfricArt menu - music, dance, theatre, photography (in French and English:) including online articles:
http://www.mediaport.net/AfricArt/Entree/MenuGene.html

Afro-Caribbean Musics:
http://www.mediaport.net/Music/index.en.html

Art of Africa (One Off Contemporary Art Gallery Ltd.), specializing in art of East Africa and Sudan:
http://www.art-of-africa.co.ke/index.html

Connecting: African American Interests (Department of African American and African Studies, Ohio State Univ.) - links: http://aaas.ohio-state.edu/Connect.html

Deep in the Bush, Where People Rarely Ever Go (Phillip Martin, Peace Corps volunteer in Liberia, West Africa): Folk tales collected by Martin, along with Teacher Lesson Pages & Links, are offered to help "Bring African Alive in the Classroom"
http://members.xoom.com/PMartin/Bush/bushhomepage.htm

Did We Sell Each Other Into Slavery?
A commentary by Oscar L. Beard, (24 May 1999), which "explores the issue of African slave trading before contact and African participation in European slaving:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/145.html

History of Africa in General [scholarly papers on African history]:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/index.html
History of Africa in the Wider World:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/index-b.html
Resources for the Study of African history:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/index-e.html
Retrospective History of Africa:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/index-h.html
...from World History Archives, which collects "documents for teaching and understanding world history from a working class perspective":
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
...courtesy of
HWP, or Hartford Web Publishing, which produces "Pro bono web pages that promote social progress, serve the people of Hartford, support education, [and] relate to historiography":
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
World History Archives "is associated with . . .
...Gateway to World History, which offers general resources for the study of world history": http://www.hartford-hwp.com/gateway/index.html
....
Images from World History from "world art and archæology for use in the classroom," "to illustrate
pre-modern world history," but "this site for the present is not actively maintained":
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/index.html

LookSmart Directory: African History, with "over 1,500 African history sites. Researchers can now look for African history resources by specifying an individual country, empire, kingdom, or historic figure":
http://www.looksmart.com/eus56155/

Research in African Literatures, ed. Abiola Irele (Indiana Univ. Press - Journals)
http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/journals/ral/

Slavery: Africa's case
By Baffour Ankomah, in New African, September 1999. Africa's side of the slavery story and pre-contact slavery:
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/144.html

West African Dahomean Vodoun site (Mamaissii Dansi Hounon) - main menu:
http://www.MamiWata.com/index1.html
NOTICE TO RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, and GRADUATE STUDENTS:
http://www.MamiWata.com/Notice.html

World African Network
http://www.wanonline.com/

Chaos in Sierra Leone

Crisis in Sierra Leone -- BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/africa/2000/sierra_leone/default.stm

Africa News Online -- Sierra Leone

http://www.africanews.org/west/sierraleone/

Sierra Leone News -- Sierra Leone Web

http://www.sierra-leone.org/slnews.html

Sierra Leone News -- Worldnews.com

http://www.sierraleonenews.com/

_Concord Times_ (Freetown) News Update

http://www.oe-pages.com/BIZ/Homebiz/tod/

"Clinton Offers Military Aid To Help Calm Sierra Leone" -- _New York Times_

http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/051200sierra-leone-aid.html

Online NewsHour -- Sierra Leone

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/sierra_leone/home.html

IRIN Sierra Leone Archive

http://www.reliefweb.int/irin/archive/sierraleone.phtml

United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone -- UNAMISL

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/unamsil/body_unamsil.htm

"Sierra Leone, and the U.N., at risk" -- _Japan Times_

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion.htm

"Editorial: A painful lesson in Africa" -- _Cincinatti Post_

http://www.cincypost.com/opinion/edita051100.html

"Flawed peace agreement harmful to Sierra Leone" -- _Kansas City Star_

http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/opinion.pat,opinion/37747524.511,.html

"An African-led military force should halt the fighting" -- _Dallas

Morning News_

http://dallasnews.com/editorial/77772_sierraleone_11.html

"The Trouble With Africa Is. . ." -- _Chicago Tribune_

http://chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/article/0,2669,SAV-0

005120052,FF.html

"Should We Privatize The Peacekeeping?" -- _Washington Post_

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-05/12/046l-051200-idx.html

On July 7, 1999, Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and Foday

Sankoh, leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), signed a

cease-fire agreement that was supposed to end an eight-year civil war

that plagued this former British colony. Signed in Lome, Togo and

brokered by the UN and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the

agreement committed the RUF to lay down its arms in exchange for

general amnesty and positions in a new government. Despite the

dispatch of about 8,000 UN peacekeeping troops to help enforce the

accord in November/December 1999, gross human rights violations,

especially against civilians in rural areas, have continued. More

recently, the UN forces have come under direct attack, with over 500

troops abducted and their weapons and armored vehicles taken. This

week, tens of thousands of civilians streamed into the capital,

Freetown, ahead of a rebel advance. Yesterday, however,

pro-government forces and veteran Nigerian soldiers checked RUF

movements on Freetown. While fighting in the countryside remains

widespread, support for the UN mission in Sierra Leone, which has

been widely criticized as under-funded and lacking in direction, has

been growing, with President Clinton pledging military assistance

(but not ground troops) and Britain landing paratroops to secure the

capital's airport and facilitate evacuations. At present, the

situation remains chaotic at best, in part due to the disappearance

of RUF leader Foday Sankoh, who was last seen on Monday, before tens

of thousands of protestors surrounded and then looted his house in

Freetown.

As always, the BBC is an excellent starting point for learning more

about the situation, with background information, breaking news, a

timeline, and analysis. Africa News Online offers numerous recent

articles on the crisis, as does Sierra Leone Web, and Worldnews.com,

the last drawing on numerous international sources. Brief news

updates which reflect the tense mood in the capital are available

from the Freetown-based _Concord Times_ site, while a large selection

of recent articles and background materials are available from the

_New York Times_ (free registration required). More analysis can be

found at the PBS NewsHour special on Sierra Leone and a host of

recent news updates are available at the UN Office for the

Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information

Networks (IRIN) site. More information and documents related to the

UN peacekeeping mission are posted at its official Website. Finally,

opinion pieces on the crisis and the future of UN peacekeeping

operations have been posted by the _Japan Times_, _Cincinatti Post_,

_Kansas City Star_, _Dallas Morning News_, _Chicago Tribune_, and the

_Washington Post_. [MD]

 

Univ. of Calif-Riverside - HORUS

H-GIG

H-GIG World Wide Web Links to History Resources
presented by the Department of History
University of California, Riverside


H-GIG Study Hall No. 1

The Black Athena Debate

http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/study1/sdy1menu.html

Horus' Web Links to History Resources

(presented by the University of California, Riverside Department of History)

http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html

 

South African Languages
The Voices of the Rainbow Nation
 


"This page pays tribute to the 11 official languages of South Africa - a tribute to our country's unity in its diversity." [copyright date given" 1998]

http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/

[including] Zulu, or isiZulu, is understood by people from the Cape to Zimbabwe. Zulu is also the written language of the Northern Nguni. It's also a tonal language. Refer to some of the links for more history.
http://www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/zul.htm

Page created by: Jako Olivier
E-Mail: jako@cyberserv.co.za

 

Venture Smith, Narrative of a Slave's Capture (1798)
[ Venture Smith was born in 1729, and captured and enslaved when not yet seven years old. The following is an excerpt from his narrative, although it is not certain whether Smith wrote this account himself or dictated it to someone else.]

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/26-ven.html

Bruce Dorsey, History Department, Swarthmore College
http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/

 

 
 
South African Arts, Culture and Heritage - 1997 Calendar
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/
Introduction
by Brigitte Mabandla
Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/intro.htm
A publication of
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http://www.mg.co.za/mg/saarts/architect1.htm
 
Slavery in Islam (The Wisdom Fund
Copyright © 1995 The Wisdom Fund - All Rights Reserved - 
The mission of The Wisdom Fund is to advance social justice and interfaith understanding by disseminating The Truth About Islam.
http://www.twf.org/Library/Slavery.html
 
Encarta Africana [Africana.com The Digital Bridge]
http://www.africana.com/ms/encarta.htm
 
Africana.com - http://www.africana.com/tt_145.htm

Africana.com web site
© Copyright 1999 Harvard Square Netcasting LLC.
Credits

Microsoft® Encarta® Africana content
© Copyright 1999 Microsoft Corporation.

 

 
Africa South of the Sahara - Topics - History - PanAfricanism
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hispanafrican.html

Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
Copyright © 1994-2000, Karen Fung. All rights reserved.

The update on each page refers to the date that particular page was last edited.
Different pages are updated on different days.

Last Modified: May 23, 2000
© Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources

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From: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hislavery.html

Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
Copyright © 1994-2000, Karen Fung. All rights reserved.

 
The Atlantic Slave Trade: Demographic Simulation
Developed by Patrick Manning, (Prof. of History and African-American Studies, Director, World History Center, Northeastern Univ., Boston) and Northeastern Computer Science Dept. members. Manning writes:"This simulation, ... enables users to set input data (rates of birth, death and migration), and observe the results for free, slave, and captive populations in Africa and in the Americas. Teachers and students may find it useful in sorting out the many connections involved in this forced migration. The site will be revised and updated regularly, especially in response to user comments.
Part of a larger project on Migration in Modern World History, based at the World History Center at Northeastern, developed with support of The Annenberg/CPB Project.". http://www.whc.neu.edu/simulation/afrintro.html
The Atlantic World: An Electronic Exploration
A discussion on the Atlantic World of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. "We envision papers that will be of interest to all who explore Atlantic history, but also papers that attract electronic gatherings of scholars whose interests are in a more narrowly defined subject such as the first British Empire or the Atlantic slave trade." Has full text of "African Political Ethics and the Slave Trade, Central African Dimensions," by John Thornton
 
"Scholars who have work in progress that they wish to test by putting it before a collegial gathering of others interested in the field are invited to send a paper in electronic form to one of the seminar moderators, listed below. They will share such submissions and rapidly decide which to post. If a paper is accepted the moderators will arrange with the author for a mutually convenient time when the author will be available for a ninety minute to two hour electronic chat session for discussion of the paper." The moderators are Dr. Francis J. Bremer and Dr. John Thornton or Millersville University (in Pennsylvania). http://www.millersv.edu/~winthrop/atlantic.html
Carey, Brycchan - "Ignatius Sancho: African Man of Letters"
"Sancho (1729-1780) was born a slave on a ship crossing the Atlantic from Africa to the West Indies." "He composed music, appeared on the stage, and wrote a large number of letters which were collected and published in 1782, two years after his death." Has the full text of Joseph Jekyll's biography of Sancho, an annotated bibliography (including reviews, 19th c. commentary, music), selections from Sancho's Letters, biographies of those who knew him, maps and paintings of London in the mid 18th c., links to related sites, etc. Dr. Carey is with the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. http://pages.britishlibrary.net/brycchan.carey/sancho/index.htm
Carey, Brycchan - "Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African"
"Equiano (c.1745-1797) was born in what is now Nigeria. Kidnapped and sold into slavery in childhood..." "Coming to London he became involved in the movement to abolish the slave trade, an involvement which led to him writing and publishing The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789) a strongly abolitionist autobiography." Has a map of Equiano's travels, an annotated bibliography, extracts from The Interesting Narrative..., related web sites, etc. http://pages.britishlibrary.net/brycchan.carey/equiano/index.htm
Creolist Archives
Page of the CreoLIST mailing list for creolists and others interested in creolistics and other contact language issues. The website has a searchable inventory of various alternative names for West African ethnolinguistic groups involved in the transatlantic slave trade, by Mikael Parkvall. [KF] http://www.ling.su.se/Creole/
Curtin, Philip D. and Herbert S. Klein. Records of Slave Ship Movements Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843
Compiled by Philip D. Curtin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (1967). Edited by Herbert Klein, Columbia University, New York (1973). From Parliamentary Papers XLIX (73) 593-633, Foreign Office, 1845. "...contains information on the ship's port of arrival, date of arrival, type of vessel, tonnage, master's name, number of guns, number of crew, national flag, number of slaves, port of departure, number of days of voyage, and mortality." The site is part of Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/slaintro1.html
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. "The Souls of Black Folk; Essays and Sketches" (1903)
Project Gutenberg provides the full-text of the book. ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etext/gutenberg/etext96/soulb10.txt
Harvard University. Atlantic History Seminar
"Members of the Seminar are drawn from the nations of Western Europe, Africa, and Latin America, joined by U.S. and Canadian scholars who are also at an early stage of their careers, for presentation of work in progress,... and exchange of views with senior scholars." See the Working Paper Abstracts for papers such as "Women as Actors and Victims of the Slave Trade in Igboland, Nigeria" by Gloria Ifeoma Chuku (1999 papers).

The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1527-1867 was the 1998 workshop. Has full text (in Adobe .pdf format) of the introduction by David Eltis to a cd-rom database of 27,224 slave voyages, 1562-1867. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~atlantic/index.html
Klein, Herbert S. Angola Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1723-1771 (1970?, 1997)
"...contains information on the date ship sailed, name of ship, Brazilian port of arrival, persons (adults and children) shipped, total number of slaves aboard, physical capacity (arqueacao) of the ship." The site is part of Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Distributed by Data and Program Library Service University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/slaintro6.html
Livingstone, David, "Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa"
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. (London, 1857). Full-text of the book with information on slavery. Part of Project Gutenberg. Includes an 1858 review of the book in Harper's Magazine. [KF] http://tom.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/book/lookup?num=1039
Mintz, Stephen - Excerpts from Slave Narratives
Primary documents including:
A European slave trader, John Barbot, describes the African slave trade (1682)
A Muslim merchant, Ayubah Suleiman Diallo, recalls his capture and enslavement (1733)
Olaudah Equiano, an 11-year old Ibo from Nigeria remembers his kidnapping into slavery (1789)
Olaudah Equiano describes West African religious beliefs and practices (1789)
Charles Ball remembers a slave funeral, which incorporated traditional African customs (1837). Prof. Mintz teaches in the Department of History, University of Houston. http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm
Mintz, Steven - "Slavery and Antislavery: a Bibliography of Recent Works in English
23 page bibliography. Some citations lack full bibliographic information; all lack pagination. Covers the United States, Caribbean, two pages on Africa, other countries. http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/bib1.htm
Museum of African Slavery - Pier Larson
" designed as a site for remembering the experiences of enslaved Africans." "The information at this site derives from Professor Larson's lectures and his reading of the existing research on slavery and the slave trade." Includes excerpts from "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African", Frequently Asked Questions, "Who Owns History? Some Thoughts on the Slave Trade and Related Issues" by Ralph Austen. http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~plarson/smuseum/welcome.htm
Nigerian Hinterland Project
"The Nigerian Hinterland Project affiliated with the UNESCO Slave Route Project focuses on the development of the African diaspora stemming from the "Nigerian" hinterland during the era of the slave trade from approximately 1650 to 1900." Projects include: Archival Inventory and Preservation of Primary Sources, Biographical Data Base of Enslaved Africans, Historical Atlas of Slavery, Ports of the "Nigerian" Hinterland, The Muslim Diaspora in the Era of the Slave Route, Ethnic Identity in the Diaspora and the Nigerian Hinterland, Linkages between the Diaspora and the Nigerian Hinterland. Has full text of the Nigerian Hinterland Project Newsletter. The Director is Paul E. Lovejoy. Based at the Dept. of History, York University, Toronto, Canada.

Has the full text of the Tubman Seminar papers and some full text papers from the conference "Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Interior of the Bight of Biafra and the African Diaspora" July, 2000, Enugu, Nigeria. [KF]
http://www.yorku.ca/nhp/
Shick, Tom W., Roll of the Emigrants to the Colony of Liberia Sent by the American Colonization Society from 1820-1843
The raw data and documentation which records all emigrants to Liberia between 1820-1843, brought by the American Colonization Society can be downloaded. The data set includes place of origin/arrival, status of individual, occupation, name of the ship which carried the emigrant, etc. Bundled with this is the data set, Liberian Census Data, 1843. The late,Tom Shick, Dept. of Afro-American Studies, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, was Principal Investigator of this project. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/Liberia
Slave Movement During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Contains raw data and documentation. Includes -
Curtin, Philip D. and Herbert S. Klein. Records of Slave Ship Movement Between Africa and the Americas, 1817-1843
Curtin, Philip D. Slave Ships of Eighteenth Century France, 1748-1756, 1763-1792
Klein, Herbert S. Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1795-1811
Klein, Herbert S. Virginia Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1727-1769
Klein, Herbert S. English Slave Trade, 1791-1799 (House of Lords Survey)
Klein, Herbert S. Angola Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1723-1771
Klein, Herbert S. Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1825-1830
Klein, Herbert S. Internal Slave Trade to Rio de Janeiro, 1852
Klein, Herbert S. Slave Trade to Havana, Cuba, 1790-1820
Klein, Herbert S. Nantes Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century, 1711-1791
Engerman, Stanley L. and Herbert S. Klein. Slave Trade to Jamaica, 1782-1788, 1805-1808
Distributed by Data and Program Library Service University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html
Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia - British History 1700-1930: The Slave Trade
Includes passages from primary sources, illustrations. Accounts of Olaudah Equiano, Olaudah Equiano, Zamba Zembola, and others. Covers the slave system, life, Amistad, anti-slavery legislation, anti-slavery organizations, etc.
See also U.S. 1840-1960. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm
From Spartacus Educational and Schoolnet (a U.K. company providing internet service to schools). http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm
Stanford University. The Slave Trade
A selection of microform sources and print sources for studying the slave trade. In Stanford and outside Stanford. Notes for a two-week seminar. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/slavetrade.html
Studies in the World History of Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation
An e-journal edited by Patrick Manning, John Saillant and Anthony Henderson-Whyte. It will be an occasional publication featuring essays, documents, images, bibliographies and database information relevant to the history of slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The journal is intended to provide a global context for slave studies. The project is intended also to link scholars in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Although the project's primary means of dissemination is electronic, printed copies can be made available to scholars and libraries that lack access to the Internet. The site has a keyword search facility. Vol. 1, No. 1 is August 1996. http://h-net.msu.edu/~slavery/
UNESCO. Africa Revisited
In  English and French. About the "richness, the diversity, and the fragility" of Africa's cultural heritage. Includes West African forts (Elmina, Goree, James Fort). Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. [KF] http://www.unesco.org/whc/exhibits/afr_rev/toc.htm
UNESCO. Slave Trade Archives Project
UNESCO has et up an International Scientific Committee for the Slave Route Project to examine the question of the slave trade and its impact on relevant countries. A "...feasibility study will identify national archives and related institutions in six African countries (Angola, Benin, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal) and in Brazil, Haiti and St. Croix to upgrade their facilities and services." http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/mow_projects.html#4
United States. Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division. 19th Century maps of Liberia
 "...includes twenty examples from the American Colonization Society (ACS), organized in 1817 to resettle free black Americans in West Africa. These maps show early settlements in Liberia, indigenous political subdivisions, and some of the building lots that were assigned to settlers. This on-line presentation also includes other nineteenth-century maps of Liberia: a map prepared for a book first published in the 1820's by ACS agent Jehudi Ashmun, a map showing the areas in Liberia that were ceded to the society by indigenous chiefs, and a detailed map dated 1869 by a man thought to be the black American explorer Benjamin Anderson."  Has a History of Liberia Timeline. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/libhtml/libhome.html
University of Calgary. Dept. of History. European Voyages of Exploration
A tutorial with a section on African exploration. Includes Prince Henry the Navigator, Portugal, the Sugar and Slave Trades. http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/index.html
University of California, Santa Barbara. Department of Black Studies
Has a brief account of West African history from the 16th c. and the slave trade to the West Indies; part of an online course.  http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/blac/
Wesley, John - Thoughts Upon Slavery
Published 1774. On the web site of the Univ. of Manchester Library. Methodist Archives and Research Centre. Primary....texts. The Univ. of Manchester Library web editor writes -

"John Wesley widely distributed this tract in England and America under his own name. Actually it is an abridgement of Some Historical Accounts of Guinea, published in Philadelphia in 1771 by Anthony Benezet, an American Quaker. According to Albert Outler, this type of literary "borrowing" was seen by Wesley and this 18th century colleagues as a form of endorsement not plagiarism.[Outler, Albert C. John Wesley (New York: Oxford University Press, 1964), pp. 85-86n.]" [KF] http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/thoughtsuponslavery.stm

Yale University. Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition
The "Center seeks to promote a better understanding of all aspects of the Atlantic Slave System, including the Africans' resistance to enslavement, the black and white abolitionist movements, and of the ways in which slavery finally came to an end." Has a Lesson Plan with narrative, timeline, documents on the Amistad Case.
Has the introduction and bibliography, "Abolitionists Abroad: American Blacks and the Making of Modern West Africa" by Lamin Sanneh. http://www.yale.edu/glc/index.html

 

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African Resources for the Classroom, BU
From:  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/African_Resources_BU.html

Boston University
African Studies Center

270 Bay Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
617/353-7303
Outreach Program

Handouts: a sampling (Others available at our Resource Library.)

 

1. Mutual Misperceptions: how Americans and Nigerians see each other.
2. African Literature in Your Classroom.
3. Let's Critique African Materials.
4. Boston-area African studies resources.
5. Teaching about Africa in the Elementary Schools.
6. Would You Believe? [a map of Africa with the following areas fitting comfortably inside: China, U.S.A., Europe, India, Argentina and New Zealand].
7. How to Prepare a Curriculum on Apartheid South Africa.
8. Mind Your Language: how to avoid stereotyped language.
9. Tarzan Lives!: a study of children's books about Africa.
10. The Depiction of South Africa in U.S. Textbooks.

To order a copy of the packet of handouts send $4.00 African Outreach Program, African Studies Center, Boston University, 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215. Make checks payable to the African Studies Center.

 

 

Internet Resources: Chinua Achebe & Things Fall Apart [links to my website! 

http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm]

(Bill Barrett, I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Photographic Media, in the School of Communications, here at Webster University in St. Louis.)

http://www.websteruniv.edu/~barrettb/achebe.htm

Art & Politics: Intersections and Isolations

a syllabus

Fall 2000
GNST 1200.16
© Bill Barrett 2000

 

 

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Tutu and Franklin: A Journey Towards Peace

TV> PBSOL>

Middle/High School

Friday, February 9, 2001 (9-11:00 pm)

This is the story of an unlikely group -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr.

John Hope Franklin, leader of President Clinton's Advisory Board on

Race, and a lively, volatile, multi-ethnic group of teenagers. They

come together with the goal of creating new, international approaches

to issues of race and reconciliation in the 21st century. (CC, Stereo,

1 year)

At the companion site, learn more about the players in this powerful

story. Look at the history of Goree Island, the location of the talks,

access lesson plans, and download a screensaver.

http://pbs.org/journeytopeace/

(Scheduled launch date: Monday, February 5)

Bob Marley: Rebel Music, An "American Masters" Special

TV> PBSOL>

Middle/High School

Wednesday, February 14, 2001 (9:30-11:00 pm)

Bob Marley may not have invented reggae, but he became its foremost

practitioner and emissary, embodying its spirit and spreading its

gospel to all corners of the globe. This documentary offers a revealing

look at the artist's life, work and beliefs. (CC, Stereo, 1 year)

Keep on jammin' at the companion site to this program. Learn more about

Marley through interviews, essays, photographs, and a timeline.

http://pbs.org/americanmasters/

Hopes on the Horizon

TV> PBSOL>

Middle/High School

Friday, February 16, 2001 (9-11:00 pm)

During the 1990's, several African nations fought for democratic

renewal. This film follows the story of this continent in transition,

and profiles the people determined to unleash a second liberation. (CC,

Stereo, 1 year)

At the companion site, explore Africa's pro-democracy movement further.

Read essays and interviews, peruse country profiles, and access

classroom materials.

http://pbs.org/hopes/

(Scheduled launch date: Friday, February 16)

10. H-Caribbean

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~carib/

The latest addition to H-Net's discussion networks is intended to

serve as a forum for debates and discussions on Caribbean Studies for

academics teaching and researching in associated fields. The editors

note that "in keeping with current historiographical trends, it is

intended that this list will help to move the study of the Caribbean

beyond a regional analytical framework and will locate the region

within the broader context of modern world history." Users can

subscribe to the list and read discussion logs at the site. [MD]

4. _Aid and Reform in Africa: Lessons from Ten Case Studies_ --

World Bank [.pdf]

http://www.worldbank.org/research/aid/africa/release/aid.htm

Released on March 28, this new World Bank report investigates the

impact of development aid on economic policy in ten African

countries. Among the findings is the discovery that in nations where

political leaders are not committed to reform, aid can actually

hinder development by insulating these countries from the need to

adopt reforms. The report also concludes that using "conditionality"

to force reforms has largely failed and that, by and large,

successful economic policies and reforms have been developed

domestically by committed political leaders rather than introduced

from the outside. Users may download the full text of this 696-page

report by chapter in .pdf format at the World Bank site. [MD]

 

 

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H-GIG World Wide Web Links to History Resources
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H-GIG Study Hall No. 1

The Black Athena Debate

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