African Studies WWW: Table of Contents
Below are general descriptions of the top level sections in the "African Studies WWW" database.
About The African Studies at Penn
This section inculdes information about the African Studies Center at Penn, lists of courses,
workshops, and current events at Penn.
The Bulletin Board
This directory includes the following sections:
Almanac & Penn News; Conferences, Lectures & Colloquia;
Current Events & Announcements; Newsletters On-Line; Travel Opportunities, Articles, Papers &
Abstracts; Bibliography; Books On-Line; Governement & Political Documents; Proceedings & Book Reviews;
Publications & Publishers; Audio-Visual Resources, K-12 African Studies; Languages, Courses and
Programs; Organizations, Institutes & Associates; Products and Services; On-line Resources, Bulletin
Boards and Internet Sites, Listservs & Discusssion Groups, Software & Information; Grants &
Fellowships; Job Opportunities in Africa and Elsewhere.
K-12 Africa Guide
The aim of this guide is to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line
resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom, for research and studies. It includes the
following sections:
K-12 Information
Country-Specific Information
The Multimedia Archive
Africa in the Library
Languages of Africa
Environment in Africa
Travel in Africa
African American Resources
General Resources for K-12 Education
Direct Feeds from Africa
This directory inculdes information provided secifically to the "African Studies WWW" from research
and NGO institutions in Africa. it has the following sections:
The African Academy of Sciences (Based in Uganda)
Hornet (inforamtion about the Horn of Africa)
Issues on African Economy, and Telematics
Pan African Development Information Systems (PADIS, Ethiopia)
Southern Africa Database
Country-Specific Pages for Africa
This is an on-going project to provide detailed information for each African country. Current
resources include country-specific flags, maps, languages, embassy and World Fact Book, and U.S State
Department travel advisories for each African country. Many country-specific pages also include
various links to other on-line resources.
Black/African Internet Resources
This directory includes Arthur McGee's online list of information storage sites (FTP, Gopher, Telnet,
WWW, BBS, Database, etc.) that contain a significant amount of information relating to or of concern
to Black or African people, culture, and issues around the world, either in files or conferences. This
directory also includes the "African Studies WWW Links" which is an updated list of alternative
resources related to African Studies that are not officially included on Art McGee's list of
Black/African Related Resources.
Multimedia Archives
This section includes some of the multimedia collections that can be used in the classroom, it
includes:
CIA Maps (GIF)
Egypt (GIF)
Elmardi, African Artist (GIF)
Ethiopia (GIF)
Face Masks- B&W (GIF)
Flags (GIF)
Horn of Africa (GIF)
Map & Satellite (GIF)
Miscellaneous Africa (GIF)
Smithsonian Africa (GIF)
Vatican & "the Orient" (GIF)
Wildlife (GIF)
What's New on the African Studies WWW
Recently posted African Studies related information.
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