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African Civilizations
Internet Resources and Reference in Print
Compiled by Dr. Yuusuf S. Caruso,
African Studies Librarian, Columbia University
(caruso@columbia.edu)
for a Contemporary Civilization course at Columbia College.
Only Columbia students and faculty can view:
"African Civilizations" Online -- The Course Website.
Contents
Geopolitical Focus: Country Web Pages
Ideas of Africa, Africans Abroad, & Writers as Public Intellectuals
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Africa (PBS Online, Public Broadcasting Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia)
Promotional site for "Africa" the 8 part television series co-produced by WNET/Thirteen's Nature and The National
Geographic Society, which begins airing in September 2001. The site includes excerpted texts, photos, "teacher tools", and other
resources. See also, the National Geographic website.
- African Biography on the Internet (Columbia University)
- African Literature on the Internet (Columbia University)
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African Philosophy Resources (Prof. Bruce B. Janz. University of Central
Florida, Orlando)
An extensive list of links to online texts, websites, and related resources on a variety of topics.
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African Traditional Religion (Chidi Denis Isizoh, Italy)
- Ancient Egypt on the Internet (Columbia University)
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The Bernal-Lefkowitz Debate Over the Origins of Ancient "Greek" Civilization and the Significance of Ancient Egypt
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"The Black Presence in Antiquity: A Selected
Bibliography". Compiled by Leida I. Torres and Andrea Only. (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Libraries,
Washington, DC)
A list of print publications available at Howard University.
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G.I. Jones' Photographic Archive of Southeastern Nigerian Art &
Culture (via Southern Illinois University)
"This is an archive of digitized photographs depicting the arts and cultures of southeastern Nigeria. The collection includes examples from
Ibibio, Igbo, Ijo and Ogoni speaking peoples. All of the photographs were taken in the 1930s by the late G.I. Jones, Department of Social
Anthropology, University of Cambridge. The majority of the images are from the Igbo speaking regions where Jones conducted most of his
research."
- A Guide to African Studies Videos at Columbia University
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Maps of Africa (Columbia University)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York -- African Art
- National Geographic. (Online): "Africa: whatever you thought, think again", September 2005
-- Washington, DC: The National Geographic Society, 2005.
A special issue focusing on African reports, in-depth reports, photographs, interactive maps, and Africa Archive of selected articles from previous issues of this popular magazine.
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PBS Online: Wonders of the African World, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- The web site that accompanies the television series -- a travel show, with brief history lessons and Gates' own
personal views. The site includes teaching resources, background information, and brief supplementary texts, video files, and small photos.
Featured in the series: the Nile River valley in Egypt and The Sudan, Ethiopia, the Swahili coast, Bénin (Dahomey), Ghana (Asante), Mali,
Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
- "Special Issue on 'Wonders of the African World'". West
Africa review. (Online) Vol. 1, no. 2 -and- no. 2a
(January and March 2000)
-- Binghamton, NY: Africa Resource Center, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1999-.
Debates by Ali A. Mazrui, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Wole Soyinka, Joseph Inikori, Molefi Kete Asante, and many others. See also, the Home Page of
"West Africa Review. (Online)".
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art: "Ethiopian Icons:
Faith and Science", January 31 - October 3, 2003 Exhibition (Washington, DC)
The website includes Ethiopian Orthodox Christian icons from the 17th to the 19th centuries (and processional crosses), with a brief curator's
introduction and a description of recent conservation efforts at the museum. See also, a
short bibliography.
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Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History: African Voices (Washington, DC)
- Stanford University Libraries: Maps of Africa Online Humanities Digital Information Service Luna Insight Service (Stanford, California)
Stanford has made available online the maps --578 images-- from the Norwich Collection of Maps of Africa and Its Islands [***the book on this map collection is kept on Butler Reserves or in the "African Studies Reading Room", 607 Butler]. Also included in the digital image collection are maps from Stanford's Antiquarian Maps Collection relating to Africa.
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Tierno Bokar -- U.S. Premiere, March 30 - April 26, 2005, Barnard Hall, Barnard
College, Columbia University, New York.
- "Tiny Island Weathers Storm of Controversy" (Gorée)
by Andy Walton. CNN--A Bridge to Africa: Senegal. March 1998. (President Clinton's visit to Senegal, April 1998).
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UNESCO--United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: World Heritage
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries: Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a
Continent (University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program and the Libraries, USA)
Under construction: Downloadable images, sound files, and other materials on Africa. "This online collection ... contains digitized
visual images and sounds of Africa contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. These digital
files are stored in an accessible database and provided for personal use or educational presentations ... New links and search features will be
included over the course of construction."
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