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General Resources, Education, History, Culture, Politics & Human Rights

• ALMA: African Language Materials Archive: A joint project of the West African Research Center (Dakar, Senegal), Columbia University, CAORC--Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and UNESCO. (via DLIR--Digital Library for International Research, a project of the CAORC, Washington, DC)
  • A collection of 33 electronic books in three major languages of West Africa: Mandinka, Pular, and Wolof. The archive was produced as part of a pilot project launched by the West African Research Center in Dakar.
  • See other resources for Mandinka and Pular languages and cultures below.
  
  
• Amnesty International on Guinea--Brief Profile (Washington, DC and New York)
  
  
• Constitution de la République de Guinée (1984). Unofficial text. (Regard sur la Guinée--2004, Barry Younoussa Bailo, via Netfirms.Com, USA)
  
  
• Cora Connection: The Manding Music Traditions of West Africa (USA)
  The home page of a Boston-based American "world music ensemble" lead by kora player David Gilden ; plus related links on the kora, educational programs, and concerts.
  
  
• Dinguiraye Web Page (Mamadou Ly, Switzerland; via Multimania)
  "Dinguiraye est une ville fondée vers 1840, par El-Hadj Oumar Tall à son retour de la Mecque. Il y construisit son Tata (forteresse), sa prestigieuse mosqée et s'y installa avec sa famille et ses hommes." Sur ce site, on peut lire l'histoire de Dinguiraye en bref et quelques autres informations concernant la culture guinéenne; en plus de plusieurs liens à quelques journaux et bulletins électroniques guinéennes.
  
  
• Djembé.com - Le Site de Référence du Tambour Djembé et de la Culture Mandingue (Laurent Solas et al., via Allaban WebSystems, France)
  
  
• Guinea Web Page (University of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on Guinea (New York & Washington, DC)
  • << Guinée: les réfugiés libériens en Guinée--refoulement, militarisation des camps et autres problèmes de protection des réfugiés. >> (Novembre 2002) Human Rights Watch rapport. (En ligne) ; vol. 14, no. 8 (A)
  • << Guinée--danger persistant pour les réfugiés: l'inquiétude sur la protection des réfugiés en Guinée demeure. (Juillet 2001) >>. Human Rights Watch rapport. (En ligne); vol. 13, no. 5(A).
  
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Guinea Norwegian Refugee Council (Geneva, Switzerland)
  For each country in the survey, the document collection includes recent news, an overall summary, population figures, social indicators, and some analyses. See also, the IDMC Homepage.
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Guinea (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Développement de l'éducation 1991-2000: rapport national de la République de Guinée, Août 2001. | partie II. (Guinea, Ministère de l'Enseignement Pré-Universitaire et de l'Education Civique. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001) PDF format.
  • Documents et ressources sur la Guinée (Rapports et statistiques)
  • Ecole propre--école verte: une voie pour qualifier l'école, mobiliser la communauté et protéger l'environnement -- une expérience guinéenne à partager. Par Lamine Barry. (2001) Monographies Innodata: innovations éducatives en mouvement; no. 10.
  
  
• International Court of Justice: Republic of Guinea vs. Democratic Republic of Congo: Ahmadou Sadio Diallo case, 1999- (The Hague, The Netherlands)
  
  
• International Crisis Group: Guinée (Washington, DC ; Dakar, Sénégal)
• "Crisis Group's approach is grounded in field research. Teams of political analysts are located within or close by countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict. Based on information and assessments from the field, Crisis Group produces regular analytical reports containing practical recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers."
• Stopping Guinea's slide (June 2005)
• Guinée: incertitudes autour d'une fin de règne (19 décembre 2003)
  Voir aussi, le rapport en anglais.


• Kaba Bachir -- Portail de la Communauté Guinéenne (Bruxelles, Belgique)
  Un nouveau portail guinéen qui offre des liens aux actualités, aux dossiers sonores de la radio, et un répertoire des informations les plus utiles pour la communauté guinéenne.
  
  
• Web Resources for Mande languages. Web Resources for African Languages. (Jouni Filip Maho, Partille, Sweden)
  
  
• Mandekan. (Online): Numeros sélectionnés et Tables de matières. -- Paris: LLACAN--Langage, Langues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire, 1981-
  Un bulletin spécialisé des études linguistiques mandé...paraît environ 2 fois par an.
  
  
• "A Preliminary Report of Existing Information on the Manding Languages of West Africa" (2004). By Terrence D. Sullivan. -- Dallas, Texas: SIL International, 2004. (PDF format)
  
  
• Mandinka and Wolof Resources (via The Gambia Resource Page, Momodou Camara et al., Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • Word Search
  
  
• MANSA: Mande Studies Association (via Department of Anthropology, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas)
  • The website includes information about the association's publications and activities, its by-laws, a selection of photographs on Mande culture and daily life, a cultural map; plus related links. "[Founded in 1986] MANSA was organized to increase and encourage communication between scholars interested in all topics of study involving the Mande peoples of West Africa, and the neighbors with whom they interact on a regular basis."
  • MANSA Membership Directory (2004)
  • Actualités de la recherche au Mali. (Online)
    -- Bamako, Mali: Institut de recherche pour le développement, 2001- (Format PDF.)
  
  
• N'ko -- The Mandingo Language Site (Mamadi Baba Diané, Washington, DC)
  A site --in English, French, Arabic, and Mandekan in N'ko script-- about the N'ko script, with links to the major web sites on the subject in France, Belgium, United States, and Africa. There is also a list of books published in the N'ko script.
  
  
• Partnership Africa Canada: Destabilizing Guinea: diamonds, Charles Taylor, and the potential for wider humanitarian catastrophe (October 2001). By Lansana Gberie Occasional paper; no. 1. -- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: PAC, 2001. (PDF format)
  
  
• Pular on the Web
  • Nanondiral Winndereyankeewal Hakkeeje Aade = Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
    -- Dakar, Senegal: United Nations Information Centre ; via United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998. (HTML or PDF version)
    
    
  • Pular Resources: Midho Waawi Pular! = Learner's guide to Pular (Fuuta Jallon) (Herb Caudill and Ousmane Baesseko Diallo, Washington, DC)
    A downloadable (PDF), introductory guide to Pular as spoken in Guinea and southeastern Senegal...originally compiled for U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers.
  
  
• Radio KanKan -- La@ Voix de Siguiri (via Köln, Germany?)
  Un site pour la diaspora guinéenne en Europe qui offre des actualités culturels sélectionnés -- surtout sur la musique, des interviews, et des extraits des émissions.
  
  
• République de Guinée -- Site Officiel (via ETI--Equipements et Techniques Informatiques, Conakry)
  
  
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Guinea (Geneva, Switzerland)
  See Research/Evaluation...Country and Legal Information Search.
  
  
• United States Agencies on Guinea (Washington, DC)
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Guinea (2008)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State
    Guinea Country Report on Human Rights Practices: 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
    
    
  • United States Embassy in the Republic of Guinea, Conakry
    Contact information for US citizens and US-Guinean matters, and general information on Guinea.
    
    
• West African Music Pages (Prof. Eric Charry, Wesleyan University, Middleton, Connecticut)
  • West African Music Page (especially Mali and Guinea)
  • Guide to the Jembe (An essay about this type of drum, its place in West African traditions and current trends; with a map, photos, and links)
  • Guitarists (Baaba Maal, Ali Farka Toure, and others)
  • Harps & Kora Music (videos, .MOV format)