Websites
Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/
A collection of "more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries, as well as a large number of difficult to find texts that librarians, scholars, and other subject specialists have deemed important to these fields of study" (home page).
Africa
South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html
A collection of web resources on the countries and regions of Africa and
a variety of topics pertinent to them, including current events, human
rights, foods, and music. Maintained by the curator of the African
collection at Stanford University Libraries.
African Governments on
the WWW
http://gksoft.com/govt/en/africa.html
Created by Gunnar Anzinger, a German information scientist, this is a
subset of his Governments on the WWW site, a comprehensive collection of
links to governmental institutions of all types (e.g., parliaments,
ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public
broadcasting corporations, central banks, political parties, and so on)
on the web. It is organized by country. [Last updated in 2002.]
Central Intelligence Agency's World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Statistics and brief descriptions of countries. Good coverage of
political and economic issues.
Columbia University Libraries African Studies
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/ejournals.html
The Columbia University Libraries have created a list of electronic journals and newspaper websites related to Africa. Some offer part of their archived issues, while some ask for subscriptions.
Library of Congress' Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Includes lengthy descriptions of many countries. Can be browsed by
country or searched by topic, either across or within countries.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
"The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. More than 5,000 works of art are linked to critical information on country of origin, cultural context, and time period." Equipped with world and regional maps, timelines, images of the artworks, and teachers resources, this website is a rich database that adds an important visual component to the historical exploration.
World Bank: Africa
http://web.worldbank.org/afr/
The World Bank's guide to Africa -- an excellent overview of the continent, its countries, and current events.
