From York University, Centre for the Study of Black Cultures in Canada, Toronto, Canada. "provides information on African Canadian artists and their work, links to other Canadian resources on the web, and updates about the activities of the Centre." Prominent African Canadians, African Canadian Writers bibliography. http://www.yorku.ca/aconline/
Directory of African student organizations, mainly in North America (Canada and U.S.). From Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources; site based at Stanford University. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/stuorg.html
"a one-stop information source about African Caribbeans in the Ottawa region in Canada." Information from 2003. Find African or Caribbean eateries or groceries, hair salons, other black-owned businesses, events. Maintained by Vusi Moloi. [KF] http://www.afrocaribottawa.com
"a not-for-profit organization founded by a group of Ethiopian-Canadians who reside in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada." Our goal is to contribute toward the improvement of education in Ethiopia. Has a 43 page report, in PDF, The Potential Within: Is the Ethiopian Diaspora a Response to the Nation's Brain Drain? (2005), a directory of higher education institutions in Ethiopia, the Distribution of health training schools by type of their location, education statistics. See also the April 2005 forum on the Brain Drain and Africa. Based in Ottawa, Canada. [KF] http://www.aheadonline.org/
"The online version of Dhambaal Somali Newspaper. It covers news,
current affairs, social and religious issues, literature and issues that
important for Somali in the diaspora." Has a discussion forum,
links to Somali sites. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.dhambaal.com
In French and English. Site of the Togolese Diaspora for Democracy (Diastode), based in Canada. "In 1993, some Togolese living outside of their native land, initiated the creation of a Network to mobilize compatriots of the Diaspora and support the internal democratic movement." Current news from PANA, Reuters, Amnesty, etc., news of Togo-related human rights activities. Has the full text of the book, "Democratisation a la togolaise" (Paris: Harmattan, 1998). The book has a chronologie (15th c. to aout 1998) and a bibliographie. [KF] http://www.diastode.org/
"a non-profit organization established in November of 1999 in Detroit Michigan - USA, by Ethiopian-born Physicians, Dentist, Nurses, Pharmacists, Healthcare and Non-Medical Professionals now living and working in the United States and Canada." Members volunteer one to two weeks each year working in Ethiopian hospitals and clinics. Describes projects, essays such as "Reversing the Brain Drain; A Personal Testimony", speeches such as "Forging Synergy within the Ethiopian Diaspora". Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. [KF] http://www.enahpa.org/
In French. "Le projet profil de la diaspora Togolaise a pour but de collecter et de rendre public des données non nominatives sur le profil des togolais vivants hors du Togo." The iciLome site also has news, statements from civil society organizations, diaspora
organizations. Site based in Montreal, Canada. [KF] http://www.icilome.com/diaspora/
Find the number of people born in Africa, regions of Africa, selected countries from 1995 to date. Also the number of asylum applications by nationality, by year and Acquisition of citizenship by country of former nationality, by year. The number, by state, of African-born populations. Facts about the foreign-born from each African country in each U.S. state. Essays (African Foreign Born in the United States, International Migration in Africa). Number of asylum applicants from individual African countries
to other countries (U.S., U.K. etc.). Number of asylum applicants in United States by individual countries of origin. Based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.migrationinformation.org/
In French. The site is a network for the Niger diaspora worldwide. Members directory. Other diaspora sites (Nigeriens au Canada, in Morocco, in Egypt). Site maintained by Nigerians based in Brussels. [KF] http://www.nigerdiaspora.com/ and http://www.nigeriens-au-canada.com/
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