External Links: Africa
August 31, 2007
The Africa Guide
Map of Africa and a general guide to the Continent of Africa
PBS - Africa
PBS provides online access to a lot of information regarding Africa, including:
- Geographic regions: Sahara, Sahel, Rainforest, Ethiopian Highlands, Great Lakes, Swahili Coast, Savanna, Southern Africa
- Social issues relating to Urban Africa, Conflict, Environment, Women issues, Africa for Kids
- Introduces African art and culture through features such as Make A Mask, Thumb Piano Tunes, Swahili Folktale, Teacher Tools, African Arts and Music, Where in Africa?, Eco Challenges, Exploring African Culture
National Museum of African Art
Part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Center's collections first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection of the distinguished Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the 135th Street Branch of The New York Public Library. Schomburg served as curator from 1932 until his death in 1938. Renamed in his honor in 1940, the collection grew steadily through the years. In 1972 it was designated as one of The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library and became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Today, the Schomburg Center contains over 5,000,000 items and provides services and programs for constituents from the United States and abroad.
Hours and Divisions
Art and Artifacts Division Mon-Fri: 10-4:45 (by appointment only)
Photographs and Prints Mon-Wed, Fri: 12-5, Sat: 10-5
General Research and Reference Division Mon-Wed: 12-7:45, Thu - Sat: 10-5:45
Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division Mon-Wed: 12-5, Fri-Sat: 10-5
Moving Image and Recorded Sound Mon-Wed: 12-5, Fri - Sat: 10 - 5
Memorial Dedication - African Burial Ground National Monument
A website devoted to the African Burial Ground National Monument in lower Manhattan, with directions for how to get there and a schedule of events for its October 2007 dedication.
African Radio on the Internet
List of radio stations devoted to African music and culture, including stations in Africa.
Exploring Africa!
A website which hosts various educational curricula on Africa.
African Voices
A website created by the Smithsonian Institute. Click on Themes, then Global Africa, then African Journeys, then the dates onscreen, to access an animated map of the migration of African peoples throughout time.
African Studies: African Diaspora
A list of links related to the African Diaspora, assembled by Columbia University in England.
Out of Africa
Vanity Fair article about humanity's origins in Africa and subsequent expansion across the globe.