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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]
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/toc/mfs46.1.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies/v046/46.1intro.html
"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
The mission of The Wisdom Fund is to advance social justice and interfaith understanding by disseminating The Truth About Islam.
Africana.com web site
© Copyright 1999 Harvard Square Netcasting LLC. Credits
Microsoft® Encarta® Africana
content
© Copyright 1999 Microsoft Corporation.
Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
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Different pages are updated on different days.
Last Modified: May 23, 2000
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"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.
The update on each page refers to the date
that particular page was last edited.
Different pages are updated on different days.
Last Modified: November 10, 2000
© Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources
Boston University
African Studies Center
Handouts: a sampling (Others available at our Resource Library.)
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.
(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
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
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The Talking Drums of Africa |
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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 |
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by John F. Carrington |
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http://www.brainforest.org/the_talking_drums_of_Africa.htm
Scientific American - Ipassa-Mingouli Project
Home: http://www.brainforest.org/nkoul/index.htm
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
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
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/study1/sdy1menu.html
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html
"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
The mission of The Wisdom Fund is to advance social justice and interfaith understanding by disseminating The Truth About Islam.
Africana.com web site
© Copyright 1999 Harvard Square Netcasting LLC. Credits
Microsoft® Encarta® Africana
content
© Copyright 1999 Microsoft Corporation.
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
-----------------------------------------
Please send corrections to: kfung@stanford.edu
Copyright © 1994-2000, Karen Fung. All rights reserved.
"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.
The update on each page refers to the date
that particular page was last edited.
Different pages are updated on different days.
Last Modified: November 10, 2000
© Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources
Boston University
African Studies Center
Handouts: a sampling (Others available at our Resource Library.)
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.
(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
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]
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/study1/sdy1menu.html
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