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African Biography on the Internet

• African American Biography on the Internet (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• African writers: voices of change (University of Florida, Gainesville)
  Selected pages from the University of Florida Africana Studies Web site: featuring a biographical dictionary of African fiction writers (including brief lists of major works and short biographical pieces on Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ayi Kwei Armah, Buchi Emecheta, Bessie Head, Alex La Guma, Dambudzo Marechera, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Alan Paton, Okot P'Bitek, and Amos Tutuola).
  
  
• Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, 1938-1997:
  • New Museum of Contemporary Art: "Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti," July 11 -- September 28, 2003 Exhibition---Brief Summary (New York)
    
    
  • Africaman Original. (Carter Van Pelt)
    Originally appeared in The Beat, v. 5/6, 1997.
    
    
  • Special issue of NTAMA: Journal of African Music and Popular Culture on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (September 1998) (Universität Hildesheim, Germany)
  
  
• Eisha Stephen Atieno-Odhiambo, 1947-2009
  • Daily Nation. (Online): "Atieno-Odhiambo: prophet has honour except in his home town" (March 11, 2009)
  • H-Africa Discussion List: "Over My Shoulder: Remembering Atieno Odhiambo," by David William Cohen (February 28, 2009) (H-Net Discussion Network, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  
  
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ -- Web Dossier (2007) (Library, Documentation and Information, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
  
  
• Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1854-1927) et la Mouridiyya
  • Murid Islamic Community in America on Shaykh A. Bamba (New York)
    
    
  • Hizbut Tarqiyyah -- Khâdimu-R-Rasûl: Le Serviteur Privilégé du Prophète (Paix et Salut sur Lui) (Touba, Sénégal)
    • Le site de Hizbut-Tarqiyyah Siège et du Centre Culturel à Touba.
    • Aperçu sur sa vie et son oeuvre -- Le Serviteur Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba
    
    
  • Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (2001) (Touba-Internet, France)
    Une entrée biographique du fondateur de la confrérie et celles de ses sucusseurs, avec quelques oeuvres litteraires choisies, et des autres pertinentes informations.
    
    
  • The Life of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba (1854-1927) (via Official Homepage of Muridiyya Khidmatul Khadim School)
    A biographical sketch and theological presentation on the Islamic Sufi order known as the Tariqa Muridiyya, one of the most important Islamic communities in Senegal, with followers around the world.
    
    
  • For more information on the "Mourides", see also: Passport to Paradise, a forthcoming exhibition at the UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles.
  
  
• Francis Bebey (1929-2001)
  • Association Francis Bebey (Bebey.Com, France)
  • Francis Bebey (Discographie) (Afromix.Org, Fabrice Gaillard, Paris)
  • University of Florida Libraries: Francis Bebey (Daniel Reboussin, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville)
    A very short biographical sketch and excerpted poem.
  
  
• Mongo Beti (1932-2001) on the Web
  • Grioo.Com: Mongo Beti 1932-2001 (mars 2003)
  • "Mongo Beti et nous." par Boubacar Boris Diop (Cercle Social, le 19 février 2002; via << Nouveau millénaire, Défis libertaires >>, Philippe Coutant, Nantes, France)
  
  
• Stephen Biko on the Internet
  • BIKO: Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977) -- 30th Anniversary of the Death of Black Consciousness Leader (South African History Online, Pretoria, South Africa)
    
  • Steve Biko Foundation (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  
  
• Edward Wilmot Blyden: A "virtual museum" on the great pan-Africanist (Eleumuno R. Blyden)
  
  
• Albert Adu Boahen, 1932-2006
  • "How Adu Boahen unlocked Ghana's history," by Cameron Duodu (October 10, 2008) ModernGhana.Com (Accra, Ghana)
  • "In Memoriam: An appreciation of Professor A. Adu Boahen (1932-2006)" by Kwabena Akurang-Parry, Shippensburg University. Posted May 31, 2006. (H-West Africa Discussion Network, H-Net Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  • "Tribute to Prof. Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen" by Kwame Donkoh Fordwor. (June 6, 2006) GhanaHomePage (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  
  
• Amilcar Cabral, 1924-1973
  • Amílcar Cabral: freedom fighter 1924-1973 (Carlos Pinto Santos, trans. by John D. Godinho, Vidas Lusófonas, Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Amilcar Cabral Symposium, 9-12 September 2004, Praia, Cape Verde (via CODESRIA-Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal)
    This web page offers a biography, a bibliography, and related information.
  
  
• Cheikh Hassan Cissé, 1945-2008
  • Shaykh Imam Hassan Ali Cissé (Zakariya Wright, The Tariqa Tijaniyya, USA)
    
    
  • African American Islamic Institute (Kaolack, Senegal ; New York, Detroit, and Atlanta, USA)
    See also: Noor Ala Noor -- Home Page of the AAII in Detroit, Michigan
    
    
  • Décès de l'Imam Hassan Cissé: le protecteur des enfants et de la mère s'en est allé (le 16 août 2008) Le Soleil. (Online) (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
    
  • Disparition de l'imam Cissé, érudit et humaniste, le 14 août 2008 (Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, via Seneweb.com, Dakar, Sénégal)
    "...Imam de la mosquée de Médina Baye [Kaolack] depuis le 9 avril 1982, Cheikh Hassan Cissé était l'une des figures marquantes des Niassènes, une branche de la Tidjanya."
    
    
  • Veuillez voir aussi: El Hadj Ibrahima Niasse: le grand-père de Cheikh Hassan Cissé
  
  
• Mamadou Dia, 1910-2009
  • Archipo.Com: Profils et Témoignages: Mamadou Dia (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
    
  • Ferloo.Com: "Portrait et destin croisés, Mamadou Dia--Abdoulaye Wade, héros tragiques: l'un est arrivé trop tôt, l'autre trop tard" par Pathé Mbodje (février 2004) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  
  
• Blaise Diagne, 1872-1934
  • Blaise Diagne -- un bref résumé et quelques photos (Senegal-Online.Com, France)
  • "Blaise Diagne, premier député noir: et l'alternance politique fut!" Le Quotidien. (Online), avril 2004. (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • "Blaise Diagne (1872-1934), premier député noir à l'assemblée nationale française" (le 14 avril 2004) (Grioo.Com, Paris, France)
  
  
• Dictionary of African Christian Biography (Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut)
  The site provides information on the project itself and the online dictionary with entries in English, French, and Kiswahili. "The DACB is a multilingual electronic database containing biographies of African Christian leaders, evangelists, and lay workers. Biographies are of those persons chiefly responsible for laying the foundations and advancing the growth of Christian communities in Africa."
  
  
• Birago Diop, 1906-1989: l'écrivain sénégalais (Patrice Birago Neveu et al., Infonie, France)
  Sur ce site, on peux trouver beaucoup de renseignements à propos du auteur de Contes d'Amadou Koumba. (1947) et d'autres livres importants (y compris une page d'interviews qui s'ecoutent avec RealPlayer).
  
  
• Cheikh Anta Diop
  • Cheikh Anta Diop (Revue Ankh, Paris, France)
  • Cheikh Anta Diop, the pharaoh of knowledge (Momodou Camara, Nijii, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • "Cheikh Anta Diop, restaurateur de la conscience noire" (janvier 1998). Fabrice Hervieu Wané, Le monde diplomatique. (Online), janvier 1998. (Paris, France)
  
  
• Cyprian Ekwensi
  • "Cyprian Ekwensi." (2001) (Charles R. Larson, American University, Washington, DC; Extracts from The ordeal of the African writer, pub. by Zed Books, 2001) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
  • "What Cyprian Ekwensi meant to me." (2001) (Kole Omotoso, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
  
  
• Olaudah Equiano:
  • Equiano Foundation Online
    "The Equiano Foundation aims to provide a valuable educational vehicle through which to resurrect, restore, and celebrate the meaningful contribution of Olaudah Equiano to Western, African, and African American culture..."
  • Excerpts from "Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery" Web Site (PBS Online; WGBH Interactive, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts)
    -- Frontispiece of Equiano's autobiography (1789)
    -- A note about Equiano and an excerpt from Chapter 2 of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African" (1789)
  
  
• Brenda Fassie, 1964-2004
  • Music.Org: Brenda Fassie profile
  • SouthAfrica.Info: "Brenda Fassie, Township Madonna" (May 12, 2004)
  • South African History Online: Brenda Fassie: In Focus (2004)
  
  
• Fela (See above)
  
  
• Francophone African poets in English translation (University of Florida, Gainesville)
  This collection of texts provides some basis for studying in English of the works of J.-J. Rabearivelo, Leopold S. Senghor, Bernard Dadié, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Annette M'Baye, David Diop, Francis Bebey, William J.F. Syad, Paulin Joachim, G.F.T. U Tam'si, & J.-B. Tati Loutard.
  
  
• Athol Fugard, Playwright (Iain Fisher, The Netherlands)
  A brief biographical sketch of this well-known South African writer-director, commentaries on Fugard's plays, and a host of links to related web pages and sites.
  
  
• Oumar Kane (1932-2008)
  • Département d'Histoire de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop: Hommage, Au Mawdo, le Doyen Oumar Kane (2008) par Prof. Boubacar Barry. Phare. (Online), no. 2 (Août-Septembre-Octobre 2008) -- Dakar, Sénégal.
  • Ferloo.Com: "La première hégémonie peule du Pr. Oumar Kane: l'historien nous laisse une riche oeuvre sur le Fuuta Tooro" (le 27 mai 2008) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  
  
• Modibo Keita (1915-1977) (via BamaNet, France)
  Un site pittoresque qui est dédié au premier président de la République du Mali. Le site comprend un recueil des discours de Keita, des photos, et même 17 fichiers vidéos. Remarque: l'auteur de ce site a décidé de fournir un accompagnement de musique.
  
  
• Salif Keita on the Web
  • Opiyo Oloya Interviews Salif Keita (April 23, 1996) (Rootsworld on Africa)
  • Salif Keita -- Un Site Web (M. Lafond, Paris)
    Sur ce site, on peut lire une biographie, une discographie, quelques interviews, un vidéo, et plusieurs photos.
  
  
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 1922-2006
  • Africultures: "Ki-Zerbo, Joseph (décembre 2006)" (Paris)
  • leFaso.Net: Nécrologie de Joseph Ki-Zerbo (décembre 2006) (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  • Grioo.Com: "Le professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922-2006)" (Paris)
  • Hommage du Professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo en 2005 (ENDA--Environnement et développement du tiers monde, Dakar, Sénégal)
    Durant le mois de mai 2005, il y aura lieu deux cérémonies d'hommage à Saint-Louis et à Dakar, au cour desquelles sera diffusé le film de Dani Kouyaté: << Joseph Ki-Zerbo: Identités, Identité pour l'Afrique >>. Voir aussi: le site du réalisateur --et-- le Centre d'études pour le développement que Pr. Ki-Zerbo a établi à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
  
  
• Ahmadou Kourouma, 1927-2003
  • Ahmadou Kourouma at the complete review (December 2003) The complete review. (Online) (USA)
  • << Ahmadou Kourouma, le guerrier terrassé >> (Afrik.Com, Paris, France) ... avec quelques liens aux résumés des ouvrages de Kourouma.
  • Décès de l'écrivain Ahmadou Kourouma, le 11 décembre 2003. Grioo.Com (Paris, France)
  • Ahmadou Kourouma, ou la dénonciation de l'intérieur (1999) -- An African novelist's inside story. Le Courrier de l'Unesco. (Online) March 1999.
  
  
• Mazisi Kunene, 1930-2006
  • "Mazisi Kunene, South African Poet Laureate, Anti-apartheid Leader, and UCLA Professor (August 2006)" (UCLA Center for African Studies, Los Angeles, California)
  • UKZN "Literary Tourism": Mazizi Kunene (August 2006) (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
  
  
• Ellen Kuzwayo, 1914-2006
  • "Ellen Kuzwayo dies (April 19, 2006)" Sunday times. (Online) (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • "Ellen Kuzwayo: tireless campaigner for women's rights in apartheid South Africa" by Shola Adenekan (April 24, 2006) The Guardian. (Online) (London, UK)
  • "Ellen Kuzwayo Tribute" by Radiyah Shakur (April 2006) Black-History-Month (UK) (London, UK)
  • "Bigger than fear -- Remembering Ellen Kuzwayo" by Shaija Patel (May 18, 2006) AfricaFiles. (Toronto, Canada)
  
  
• Lucky Dube (1964-2007)
  Official web site of the very popular South African reggae music artist, with biography, discography, videography, song lyrics, press cuttings, and a few short audio files.
  
  
• Patrice Lumumba, 1925-1961
  • Belgium. Chambre des représentants: Documents parlementaires, les conclusions, et le rapport de la Commission (2001) d'enquête parlementaire chargée de déterminer les circonstances exactes de l'assassinat de Patrice Lumumba et l'implication éventuelle des responsables politiques belges dans celui-ci, novembre 2001. (Brussels, Belgium)
    Sur ce site, on peut lire les documents en format HTML ou en format PDF.
  • The Galleries at Moore: "A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art", Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 15-October 29, 2000 Organized by The Museum for African Art, New York; Guest curator, Bogumil Jewsiewicki.
    This site is about the exhibit and events surrounding it; plus related links.
    
    
  • Grioo.Com: La dernière lettre de Patrice Lumumba (novembre 1960). Le 5 novembre 2003. (Paris, France)
    
    
  • Lumumba -- Zietgeist Films (New York)
    Promotional site: Video clips from the recently-released film, schedule of showings in the USA, information about the film's director, Raoul Peck -- including an audio clip from an interview. There are also brief summaries of Patrice Lumumba, the struggles of the Congolese people in Congo (Zaire), and information about the making of the film ; plus promotional links.
    
    
  
  
• Baaba Maal -- Site Officiel (via Palmpictures.Com)
  This promotional web site --in English or in French-- features a discography, press releases, interviews, color photos and slideshows, video and audio files, boutique, and concert information.
  
  
• Wangari Maathai -- 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
  • BBC News: "Kenyan collects Nobel peace prize (December 10, 2004)...and related stories. (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 -- Wangari Maathai (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Official website of Prof. Wangari Maathai (Nairobi, Kenya)
  
  
• Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006
  • Afrik.Com: "Le prix Nobel de littérature Naguib Mahfouz s'en est allé" (August 2006) (Paris)
  • Al-Ahram Weekly: "A master and his mantle" (August 2006) (Cairo, Egypt)
  • BBC News: Obituary--Naguib Mahfouz (August 30, 2006) (London, UK)
  
  
• Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008
  • Afropop Worldwide: Reflections on Miriam Makeba (November 2008) (New York)
  • Mail & Guardian (Online): "SA mourns Miriam Makeba" (November 15, 2008) -- Obituary (November 11, 2008) (South Africa)
  • The Sowetan. (Online): "Courageous to the end" by Pallo Jordan (November 20, 2008) -- "Miriam Makeba's Final Journey" and "A heartfelt Farewell to Mama Africa" (November 15-17, 2008) (South Africa)
  
  
• Djibril Diop Mambety (1945-1998) (via Senegalaisement.Com, Paris, France)
  Ce site offre une brève biographie du cinéaste et une filmographie. De plus, il y a un lien à un interview de la Revue Noire.
  
  
• Nelson Mandela
  • "The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela": an intimate portrait of one of the century's greatest leaders. ("Frontline"/WGBH Television and Boston/PBS Online)
    The web site contains a synopsis of the television program, photos, interviews, anecdotes, a chronology, and information about ordering the video and transcripts and the teachers' guide.
  • The Mandela Page (The African National Congress, South Africa)
    An archive of electronic documents about and by Nelson Mandela, from the African National Congress and other sources; includes speeches, book excerpts, and photos.
  • << L'enfance d'un chef >> (Nelson Mandela) Les Africains du Siècle. (Jeune afrique l'intelligent, Paris, France)
  
  
• John Matshikiza, 1954-2008
  • Mail & Guardian (Online): "John Matshikiza dies in Jo'burg" (September 16, 2008)
  • Articles by John Matshikiza in openDemocracy. (London, UK)
  
  
• The Thabo Mbeki Page (The African National Congress, South Africa)
  An archive of files containing a short biography, photos, speeches, statements and writings of the new (June 1999) President of South Africa.
  
  
• Es'kia Mphahlele, 1919-2008
  • Mail and Guardian. (Online): "Leaving the forefront of African lit" (November 1, 2008) -and- "Mphahlele, first black professor at Wits, dead at 88" (October 28, 2008) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • National Library of South Africa: Tribute to Es'kia Mphahlele, 1919-2008 (Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa)
  • The Sowetan. (Online): "The godfather -- Mphahlele taught blind to read a-z in braille" (October 29, 2008) (South Africa)
  • Urban spectrum. (Online): "Eye on Africa: the African literary journey of Esk'ia Mphahlele," by James Ainsworth (Jan. 2006) Vol. 19 ; no. 10. (Denver, Colorado)
  
  
• Youssou N'Dour (Promotional sites)
  • I Bring What I Love -- 2009 Feature Film Release (USA)
  • AfroWeb Profile of Youssou N'Dour (CHEZ.Com, France)
    In English, select "Biographie"; "k7"; "Disques"; "Textes"; or "Images & Son"--includes audio files.
  • Youssou.Com -- Official Site
    As of October 1, 2002: Still to be launched; link to Jololi web page.
  
  
• El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (1900-1975)
  • La Faydha Tijaniyya et Son Imam Baye Niass (Prof. Gane Samb Lô, Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Sénégal; via GeoCities.Com, USA)
    Un recueil des ouvrages par Imam Cheikh Ibrahima Niass en français et un portail sur sa vie et ses enseignements, avec beaucoup de liens vers d'autres sites.
    
    
  • Jamiyatou Ansaroudine: une initiative de l'Association "Les talibés de Baye en France" (Colombes, France)
    
    
  • Medina Baay Historical and Social Research Committee Archive Project (Dr. Joseph Hill, University of Rochester, New York)
    Click on "Search and Browse Archive" for directions on required log-in. The website includes excerpts from the working catalog, photographs, and other background information about Medina Baay and the committee's work. "This is a database of interviews, meeting transcripts, photos, recordings, and other information collected by members of the Medina Baay Historical and Social Research Committee in Kawlax (Kaolack), Senegal. The organization was founded and led by Joseph Hill who created this site. Medina Baay...is the headquarters of the 'Ibrahimiyyah' branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order and was founded by Ibrahim Ñas, usually called Baay Ñas in Wolof." ***Note: Netscape or Firefox are the best browsers to access this site.
  
  
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
  • Documentary Film Network--Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992) UCTV History (USA)
    A British film (45 minutes) about the history of the Volta River Project and Kwame Nkrumah; with selected British, American, and Ghanaian testimonies--mostly very critical of Nkrumah; includes footage of Nkrumah speeches and press conferences; plus, further developments under Rawlings.
    --See also: Documentary Film Network Home Page
    
    
  • Modern History Sourcebook: Kwame Nkrumah: I Speak of Freedom, 1961 (Paul Halsall, Fordham University, New York)
  • Kwame Nkrumah 1965: Neo-colonialism, the last stage of imperialism (Marxists Internet Archive, Freemont, California)
  • Nkrumah InfoSite (Zizwe Mtafuta-Ukweli, R4R Productions)
    A site dedicated to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, with texts, illustrations, bibliographies of Nkrumah's writings, and downloadable photos (JPGs); plus links to related sites.
  
  
• Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999)
  • Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  • The Nyerere Educational Resource Centre (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • The African National Congress Historical Documents: Julius Kambarage Nyerere and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle (ANC, South Africa)
    A few documents by Nyerere and news articles and statements in memorium.
  • Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, Chairman of the South Centre, 1995-1999 (Geneva, Switzerland)
  
  
• Ben Okri, 1959-
  • Ben Okri, An Urhoboman, As a Literary Icon (Urhobo Waado, Urhobo Historical Society, Prof. Peter Ekeh, State University of New York, Buffalo)
  • Ben Okri Web Page (Robert Bennett, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara; via Prof. George P. Landow et al., Brown University, "Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English", via National University of Singapore)
    This collection includes a biographical sketch of this Nigerian author, teaching tips, quotations, and texts; plus links to related sites and a bibliography.
  
  
• Gamal Abdel-Nasser Home Page (Mohammed Fat'the Bakr & Mohammed Ismail Abuel-Hawayel, Cairo, Egypt; via GeoCities)
  Biographical sketch, photo album, poetry, speeches (MPG files), and related links.
  
  
• Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Africa (Prof. George P. Landow and his students at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; via National University of Singapore)
  • A compilation of documents, mostly by students, on African authors (including some biographical information), African literary themes, bibliographies, and discussions of postcolonial literary theory arranged on a Web site.
  • Home Page (General)
  • Chinua Achebe
  • Ama Ata Aidoo
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Buchi Emecheta
  • Nadine Gordimer
  • Chenjerai Hove
  • Yvonne Vera
  • Charles Mungoshi
  • Femi Osofisan
  • Ken Saro Wiwa
  • Wole Soyinka
  
  
• Post Colonial Studies: African Literary Figures (Department of English, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • "The Postcolonial Studies website (PS) is a project in progress." Note: The documents at this site are produced by students.
  • Home Page (General: introduction, authors, theories, etc.)
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Assia Djebar
  • Buchi Emecheta
  • Frantz Fanon
  • Bessie Head
  • J. Nozipo Maraire
  • Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Nawal el Saadawi
  • Olive Schreiner
  • Huda Shaarawi
  • M.G. Vassanji
  
  
• Salif Keita on the Web (See above)
  
  
• Tayeb Salih, 1929-2009
  • "Sudan's top novelist dies in London at 80," Sudan tribune. (Online), February 18, 2009.
  • "Tayeb Salih: acclaimed author of Season of Migration to the North," The Guardian. (Online), February 20, 2009.
  • "Farewell to Tayeb Salih: one of Africa's most illustrious literary figures," by Mustapha Marrouchi, February 26, 2009. --via Pambazuka news. (Online)
  
  
• Oumou Sangare on the Web
  • Afropop Worldwide: Oumou Sangare (World Music Productions, New York)
    A biographical sketch, audio files, interviews, discography, and related information.
    
    
  • VH1.com on Oumou Sangare (USA)
    A brief profile, discography, and current engagements; plus links.
  
  
• Thomas Sankara, 1949-1987
  • Bendré. (Online): Chronique d'une tragédie organisée ...le destin tragique de Thomas Sankara (octobre 2004) -- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Paris, France: 2002-- (y compris quelques photos)
    
    
  • Thomas Sankara WebSite (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
    Un site en français qui comprend les discours, quelques interviews, des photos, et liens.
  
  
• Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa: The Life, 1941-1995 (Remember Saro-Wiwa, PlatformLondon, London, UK)
  
  
• Ousmane Sembène, 1923-2007
  • 28ème Festival International du Film d'Amiens: Hommage à Ousmane Sembène, du 13 au 22 novembre 2009 (France)
    Le site propose une filmographie complète, une biographie, et un fichier vidéo avec des petits extraits des films de Sembène.
    
    
  • Africultures.Com: Ousmane Sembène -- Biographie et filmographie -et- << Le problème est plus mental qu'économique >> -- Entretien de Samba Gadjigo avec Ousmane Sembène à propos de Moolade. (Paris)
    
    
  • Ousmane Sembene--"Senegal's most admired film maker of the century" (Prof. Samba Gadjigo, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts)
    
  
  
• PSK Profils Sénégalais (Papa Samba Kane, Dakar, Sénégal)
  Essentiellement, c'est une galerie de portraits pour le Sénégal sur "les figures emblématiques de son histoire récente." Ces profils ont paru à l'origine dans Le Cafard Libéré entre 1987 et 1996.
  
  
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) sur Internet
  • African Studies Centre Library, Leiden University: Web Dossier on Leopold Sedar Senghor (2001) (Leiden, The Netherlands)
    "...an overview of publications by and on Senghor that can be found in the ASC library and includes a selection of links to websites on Senghor. The introduction gives background information on the man and his work."
    
    
  • Archipo--Les Archives Politiques: Profil de Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Archives Vidéo et Sonores (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
    
  • Commune de Verson: Léopold Sédar Senghor--Chronologie, Bibliographie, Fonds Senghor (Basse-Normandie, France)
    "...un hommage au célèbre versonnais, au poète et homme de culture, ancien président de la République du Sénégal, membre de l'Académie française, promoteur de la francophonie et chantre de la négritude."
    
    
  • Ethiopiques -- revue negro-africaine de littérature et de philosophie. (Online): Hommage à Senghor (Numéro 69, 2003)
    
    
  • France. Assemblée nationale: Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1906-2002 << Négritude, francité, et civilisation de l'universel >> (Paris)
    Le site est une exposition virtuelle sur Senghor et l'Assemblée nationale pendant la durée de la IVe République en France. On peut lire les documents en ligne d'une petite archive numérique des lois, des interventions, des rapports, et des lettres...y compris un essai biographique avec beaucoup de photos et de vidéos.
    --Veuillez voir aussi: Actes du Colloque sur << Léopold Sédar Senghor: La Pensée et l'Action Politique >> à l'Assemblée nationale de France, le 26 juin 2006, organisé par la section française de l'Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. 269 pages en format PDF
    
    
  • JoalFadiouth.Com -- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) (Germantown, Maryland, USA)
    Un hommage à Senghor, son village natal, une liste des évènemments en 2006, et quelques liens utiles.
    
    
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Page spéciale (iSenegal, Paris, France)
    Un page de liens aux sites qui rendent hommage à Senghor.
    
    
  • Organisation internationale de la Francophonie: 2006, Année Senghor -- Centenaire de la naissance de Léopold Sédar Senghor (Paris)
    
  
  
• Walter Sisulu (1912-2003):
  • African National Congress: Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu -- Biographies and Obituary, May 5, 2003 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  
  
• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, c1873-1905 (Composer of South Africa's national anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika")
  • Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (via African National Congress)
  • "Searching for Enoch Sontonga" by Lucille Davie (23 September 2002) SouthAfrica.info (Big Media Publishers Ltd., published for International Marketing Council of South Africa)
  
  
• South African History Online -- People (Pretoria, South Africa)
  Biographies, lists, resources, and "in-focus" features on selected South African figures in South African history--political and cultural, contemporary politics and society.
  
  
• Wole Soyinka, 1934--
  • Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate (Nobel E-Museum, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden)
    A brief biographical sketch, Soyinka's Nobel lecture, and related information.
  • Wole Soyinka, 1998 (Peter Blank et al., Website editors, Stanford University, The Presidential Lectures and Symposia in the Humanities and Arts, Stanford, California)
    This site includes excerpts from published works and the Fall 1998 Stanford lecture by Wole Soyinka, a contemporary Nigerian author and world public intellectual; plus biographical information, related links, and a bibliography.
  
  
• Tajudeen Abdul Raheem, 1961-2009
  • Justice Africa: In Memoriam: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 1961-2009 (London, UK)
  • Pambazuka News: "Tajudeen Abdul Raheem: A Giant is Lost on African Liberation Day" (May 25, 2009) (Oxford, UK)
  
  
• Ali Farka Touré (1939-2006)
  • BBC News Online: "African star Ali Farka Toure dies," March 7, 2006 ; plus related stories -and- photos/discography (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • RFI Musique: "Ali Farka Touré: La disparition d'un grand artiste," le 9 mars 2006 ; Décès d'Ali Farka Touré: le musicien légendaire est mort des suites d'une longue maladie," le 7 mars 2006; plus: biographie (Radio France International Online, Paris)
  
  
• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database--Voyages Database (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  The site provides free access to selected data on thousands of slave ship voyages; plus scholarly essays and maps. "[The database] is the culmination of several decades of independent and collaborative research by scholars drawing upon data in libraries and archives around the Atlantic world. The Voyages website itself is the product of two years of development by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists, cartographers, computer programmers, and web designers, in consultation with scholars of the slave trade..."
  
  
• Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)
  • "Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin of Ethiopia: a short walk through his literary park" by Negussay Ayele (Ethiopians.Com, California)
  • "An Ethiopian hero: Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)" by Richard Pankhurst (OpenDemocracy.Net, London, UK)
  • "Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin Playwright: list of plays & biographical information (Doollee.Com, UK)
  
  
• Philippe E. Wamba (1971-2002)
  • Philippe Wamba APF Reporter. (Online) (Alicia Patterson Foundation, Washington, DC)
    A short obituary for the author of Kinship: a family's journey in Africa and America (1999).
  • Mark Mathabane's review of Kinship in "Books & Reading: Book Reviews", September 26, 1999 (WashingtonPost.Com, Washington, DC)
  • "Memorial service for Philippe Wamba..." (October 17, 2002) Harvard University gazette. (Online) (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • Philippe E. Wamba Memorial Fund for Road Safety in Africa (Harvard African Students Alumni Network, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  
  
• Norbert Zongo, 1949-1998
  • Biographie sur Norbert Zongo et le Centre de Press Norbert Zongo, 2007 (Ouagadougou)
  • LeFaso.Net: Dossier "Affaire Norbert Zongo" (Ouagadougou)
  • Reporters sans frontières: "Affaire Norbert Zongo: un nouveau témoignage accablant pour la garde présidentielle," décembre 2003 (Paris) Format PDF