History, background, and photographs of adire, adinkra, kente, bogolan,
Yoruba aso-oke, akwete, ewe, kuba, and nupe textiles. The symbolism of images
is often provided. One can purchase textiles as well. Clarke's Ph.D. dissertation
(School of Oriental and African Studies) is on Yoruba men's weaving. Based
in London. http://www.adire.clara.net
In Italian. A quarterly magazine about African culture and society. Has
the table of contents. Topics covered: literature and theatre, music and
dance, visual arts (painting, sculpture, photography), cinema, immigration.
Owned by Lai-momo, a non-profit co-operative. Contact: redazione@africaemediterraneo.it
[KF] http://www.africaemediterraneo.it
Extensive site for the traveling art exhibit from the Field Museum,
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and others. Includes
video, photographs on the history and art of the Royal Palace of the Bamum
(Cameroun), conflict resolution among the BaKongo (Congo-Brazzaville and
Kinshasa, Angola), Benin history through elephant tusks and Benin bronzes,
metal working, use of gold weights, commerce across the Sahara, the market
in Kano (Nigeria), men's hats, combs/jewelry, rock art, a Liberian folk
tale, the role of masks, drums, kora music from Senegal, the elephant as
a royal animal, and more. Has a map
of African languages, an African facts flashcard game, classroom ideas
for teachers.http://www.nhm.org/africa
Clothing, fabric and accessories (hats) for men and women, outfits for couples. "Includes traditional Yoruba Aso Oke wedding attires, elegant outfits in tie-dye and causal clothing apparel for all occasions." Based in London, Canada. http://www.africastyles.com
Has the table of contents and abstracts of articles. One can order photocopies
of articles; $20 for up to two articles. Pay by cheque or money order in
£sterling or US$. Libraries pay $70 per year for subscriptions. [KF] http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/aa/index.html
"videos, filmed in rural villages in Africa since 2001..." "These DVDs are especially useful to those who collect African art, who teach African art history or anthropology,....." Topics include - A Day in the Life of a Village in Africa; Death of an African King: The Funeral of the Omanhene of Techiman; The Beauty Competition of the Wodaabe People of Niger; African Art as Theater (masks); The Talking Drums of Techiman; Brewing Millet Beer in Africa, Countries covered - Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger. Prof. Roy is Professor of Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City. http://www.africanartvideo.com/
Sept. 2010 festival to "bring together all Africans from all cultures, regardless of religious denominations or social strata, in celebration and honor of our mother continent, Africa." http://www.africanculturalfestival.com/
Offers free listing of African events and event related services worldwide.
Businesses can add to their database. Find catering services (African food)
and other services to plan your event. Based in Houston, Texas. http://www.theafricanevents.com/
Sells African foods, especially Nigerian food, in the U.K. Background on foods, how they are prepared. African cookbooks thru Amazon. Garri, Palm Oil, Banga Soup Sauce, Egusi, Ogbono, Maggi Cubes, Indomine, Plantain, Yam, Beans, Cassava Flour, Pounded yam, Curry, Thyme, Close Up toothpaste, Nigerian Indomine. A subsidiary of Bethelgroups Limited, Essex, U.K. http://www.africanfoods.co.uk
Stories of everyday life in Africa, by Stephen Buckley, for the Washington
Post newspaper.Topics include urban young people in Kenya, an Ethiopian
midwife, Senegalese fishermen, wife inheritance and AIDS in Kenya, urban
family obligations in Cote d'Ivoire, child brides in Cote d'Ivoire, effects
of civil war on the Dinka in the Sudan, funeral practices in Ghana. Includes
photos.[KF] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/front.htm/
Annual African festival in Los Angeles, California. African clothing,
crafts, music, film festival, children's activities. http://www.africanmarketplace.org/
Site for a festival in New York of music, dance, and theater from Africa
and the African Diaspora. Has interviews with artists, a directory
of web sites about Dance, Music, Literary Arts/Storytelling, Theater/Performance,
K-12 teaching
resources. [KF] http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html
Promotes access to visiting African performers or troupes in North America
by listing their schedules. Has an alphabetical
catalog by artist which is also arranged by genre (music, dance, theatre),
and by country. There
is a list of agents and promoters and a bulletin board to leave requests.
The service is provided by the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, African Studies
Program.
E-journal sponsored by the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS) and published by Africa Resource Center, Inc. Articles include: Language, Culture, Science, Technology and Philosophy - Art and 'Art' in Africa: Conceptual Clarification, Confusion or Colonization? - Race and Racism in the Works of David Hume. http://www.africanphilosophy.com/index.htm
Site on "philosophy which focuses on Africa, philosophy done in Africa,
and philosophy that is part of the traditional conversation among African
philosophers." Includes links to full text documents, reading lists,
course syllabi, African philosophers,
conferences, journals, topics within African philosophy, etc. Prof. Janz is with
the Philosophy Dept., Augustana University College, Alberta, CANADA.
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/afphil/
Site of the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS).
The ISAPS holds conferences, publishes the electronic journal, Journal
on African Philosophy, which is "devoted to the analyses of philosophy,
art, literary writing, politics, sociology, legal theory, jurisprudence,
economics, technology, and cultural experiences." http://www.africanphilosophy.com/afphil/index.htm
Slide show and paper by Christopher Roy, Professor of Art & Art History,
Univ. of Iowa. Discusses the techniques of pottery making, the economics
of pottery and the potter's relationship to the community. http://www.uiowa.edu/~intl/links/rft/pottery.html
In English and French. A bi-annual publication of CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal.
Has the table of contents. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/asr/index.html
Professor Bekerie provides information on Ethiopic, Meroitic, ancient
Egyptian, and other writing systems. http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Amharic.html
In English and French. "Fighting against the illicit
traffic in cultural property remains one of AFRICOM's major priorities." Has a directory of museums in Africa. Published
the Handbook of Standards Documenting
African Collections (1996). Issues of AFRICOM News are online. Based
in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.africom.museum/
Afri-Phil - Philosophy of African Society
"A forum for the exchange of views, experiences, techniques, and
professional information pertaining to the teaching and study of the philosophical
thought of African and African-diaspora cultures." The listowners are:
Emmanuel Eze, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Bruce B. Janz,
Augustana University College, Alberta, Canada; Frank Wilson, Bucknell University.
To subscribe, send email to: listserv@bucknell.edu
In the message area put: SUB AFRI-PHIL Yourfirstname Yourlastname
" a one-stop information source about African Caribbeans in the Ottawa
region in Canada." Find African or Caribbean eateries or groceries,
hair salons, other black-owned businesses, events. Maintained by Vusi Moloi.
http://www.afrocaribottawa.com
Has music tour schedules, workshops in dance and percussion, organizations,
a discussion group, articles, race & identity in Cuba, films, photos, etc.
Based in Arlington, MA. http://afrocubaweb.com
Radio program by Georges Collinet of music from Africa, the Caribbean,
and the Americas. Has the program schedules, discographies, how to access
African radio stations with links to African radio web sites, biographies
of African recording artists, a glossary of African musical terms, an annotated
bibliography of books and magazines, tour information, and African recipes!
http://www.afropop.org/
Project "to utilize the pictograms and ideograms encoded in the arts
of the
Akan to decode some aspects of the history, beliefs, social organizations,
social relations, and other ideas of the Akan of Ghana." "The
Project... comprises a World Wide Web site, 'Akan Cultural Symbols Online'
a series of books and catalogues, photo exhibitions; and multi-media CD-ROMs."
A site rich in illustrations of Akan symbols used in architecture, cloth
(Adinkra, Kente, Asafo Flags, etc.), cosmology, economics, knowledge, political
beliefs, gold weights/jewelry, wood carvings. The project is directed by
Dr. George F. Kojo Arthur with Dr. Robert Rowe, Art Dept., Marshall University,
West Virginia. [KF] http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/
Appiah was the Fall 2004 Presidential Lecturer at Stanford University.
Essay by William McPheron (William Saroyan Curator for British and American
Literature), excerpts from Appiah's works, and a bibliography of his books,
essays, articles, reviews, interviews. http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/appiah/index.html
This site introduces a related CD-ROM project and serves as an online
searchable catalog of the Univ. of Iowa's Stanley Collection of African
Art. The Key
Moments in Life section describes events such as infancy, childhood,
initiation, marriage, religion, leadership, elderhood, death and illustrates
them with art in a mini-slide show illustrating front and side views of
each piece. The Countries
Database provides basic facts. A Types
of Art database describes the art of each ethnic group and basic facts
about the group. Peoples include the Ashanti, Bamana, Baule, Bwa, Dogon,
Fang, Hemba, Ibibio, Kongo, Kota, Kuba, Lobi, Luba, Lwalwa, Makonde, Mbole,
Mossi, Pende, Suku, Tabwa, Woyo, Yaka, Yoruba. There is a Peoples
Database. One can search the university's Stanley
Collection of African Art which contains over 500 objects. The Project
is directed by Professor of Art, Christopher Roy. [KF] http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart
"the website of ComMattersKenya Limited, a Nairobi-based arts, culture, communications and media firm......covers fine art, books, music & dance, film, video & television, fashion & beauty, puppetry, storytelling & theatre, entertainment, leisure and lifestyle in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,..." Web magazine founded by Ogova Ondego. Articles on copyright in Kenya, homosexuality, festivals, etc. [KF] http://www.artmatters.info/
Contains "Ethical Guidelines for Good Research Practice."
Organises an annual conference, lists their publications, links to related
organizations. http://www.theasa.org/
An investigation into why certain cultures, places, and periods encouraged
creativity and innovation in the arts, directed by Suzanne Preston Blier,
Dept. of Fine Arts, Harvard. The Project Manager is Michael Roy. Has large
graphics; it's best to access this when you have a fast connection. The
web site is a glimpse of the project which includes narratives (case studies),
an image and ethnographic database, and a geographic information system.
The case studies are: Asante political expansion, Batimalliba two-story
architecture, Islam and indigenous African cultures, Shawabtis and Nubia,
Yoruba masking traditions, and Ife, an ancient Yoruba city state. [KF] http://baobab.harvard.edu/
"dedicated to the preservation, promotion and fostering the appreciation, revival and development of Ijaw Arts and Culture." Facts about Bayelsa State, proverbs, description of dances / plays with photographs, performances given. http://www.bayelsaartsng.com/
News re gays and lesbians by country, achievements, activities, arts &
culture, a library (books
articles / web sites), commentary (articles
/ letters), funding sources, legal issues (legal
status of homosexuality), religion, workplace, women. Based in South
Africa. http://www.mask.org.za/
"discover,
document, and share information on the vast
and fascinating culinary heritage of
Africa." "Since 1997, a site connecting scholars, professionals
and others who delight in African cuisine and food
history." Full text articles on African food history, restaurants lists. Blog on African cuisine. Slides of "Sub-Saharan African Cuisine and Western Perceptions." Offers workshops/presentations. The owner is Fran Osseo-Asare. Based in State College, Pennsylvania. http://www.betumi.com
Commentary on issues affecting Africa, especially social activist issues and women. Sokari Ekine and other bloggers produce Black Looks. Ms. Ekine writes -
"I started writing Black Looks back in June 2004..." http://www.blacklooks.org
Candice Bradley, Associate Prof. of Anthropology, Lawrence Univ., has
information on Western
Kenya (a bibliography, film, Kenya popular music, Logoli children, links
to Kenya related information, her Jan. 1996 lecture on Africa
and Africans in Conrad's Heart of Darkness, links to resources on African
women, folklore, etc http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/bradleyc/contents.html
CafeAfricana is a center for Arts, Culture, Poetry, Politics, Films, News
and Community. Special interviews such as with the President of the Association
of Moremi Women in Southern California. The site, based in California, is
owned by Funmi Tofowomo Okelola. http://www.cafeafricana.com
A festschrift for E. M. Chilver, appearing in three different
publications, has been produced. The introductions to these three projects
are online. http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/mama.html
Beautifully done exhibit by the Museum of Mankind (British Museum, London)
of the sculpture of Kalabari-born artist Sokari Douglas Camp. Her work draws
on the masquerades of the Kalabari and Yoruba. Includes a Quicktime movie
clip for which you'll need a Quicktime viewer. http://www.sokari.arc.co.uk/home.html
A online digital image archive of cities and buildings around the world.
Includes Kenya. All files on this site are copyright controlled. Maintained
by Meredith Clausen, Professor of Architectual History, Univ. of Washington,
Seattle. Prof. Simon Ottenberg is Africa section consultant and his
collection of images will be added. http://www.washington.edu/ark2/
Abstract submission deadline: 30 November, 2006. This is the Annual Conference of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) / Fédération internationale pour la recherche théâtrale (FIRT). http://www.iftr2007.co.za/
Barend Schweigman, a Dutch photographer, taught photography at a local
institution in Dar es Salaam. He presents an online exhibit of "ordinary
people with their favourite objects in the streets of Dar es Salaam."
Click on each individual to see the objects. In English, Swahili and Dutch.
http://www.africaserver.nl/fahari/
A photojournalism project, directed by David Cohen and Lee Liberman,
to produce a book and traveling exhibition. Feb. 28, 2002, a hundred professional
photojournalists (Pulitzer Prize, World Photo prize winners, etc.) from
25 countries documented a day in the life of Africa. All photographers used
five-megapixel Olympus E-20 and Olympus C4040 cameras. The book is to be
published November 2002. All publishing profits from the project will fund
AIDS education programs in Africa." http://www.ditlafrica.com/
"a nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to the preservation, education, and appreciation of traditional West African music, dance, theater, and culture." Offers dance and drumming workshops. Based in Oakland, California. http://www.diamanocoura.org/
A non-profit which produces ethnography films/videos, based in Massachusetts.
Claims to have the world's largest collection of films/videos on the !Kung
San (Bushmen) of Namibia. John Marshall, President of DER, created the films
The Hunters and N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman. http://der.org/docued
Maintained by Dr Hilgard Stanley Schoeman. Includes A brief history of
the Zulu Nation, A brief history of Traditional African Bead Craft, The
Zulu Beadwork Language (Technical), How to get hold of true Zulu Beadwork.
There are illustrations of Traditional Necklaces, Adornment of the head,
Adornment of the chest, waist and lower body, Adornment of the limbs, Items
worn by Izangoma (specialists in traditional magic). http://minotaur.marques.co.za/clients/zulu/
Mainly non-African entries on mythology, folklore, mysticism. African
mythology is in the Other
Mythologies section. Site maintained by Micha F. Lindemans based in
the Netherlands. Accepts contributed articles. Its bibliography of sources
lacks African-specific titles.
Other Mythologies: http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/areas/
Main page: http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
In Amharic and English. "a privately held media company established in 2008 in Silver Spring, MD" News from Ethiopia, Africa, elsewhere. Diaspora reports. Some free sample programs are online. Subscription programs on Ethiopian history, culture lifestyle, sports, entertainment, tourism, and business. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. http://www.ebstv.tv
Ethnographic Arts Publications
1040 Erica Road, Mill Valley, California 94941
E-mail: eap1040@aol.com
Supplies books, auction and exhibition catalogs, and serials on Africa plus
other areas.
About the book of photographs taken in 12 African countries over a 17
year period. Includes descriptions of children's lives. Fayemi "studied
photography privately, with Alex Harsely and Richard Sternschuss of New
York and at the New School for Social Research, International Center for
Photography and Zone VI studios." http://www.fayemi.com/
Fesman III, Festival Mondial des Arts Nègre, World Festival of Black Arts, 2009 February 1-21
In French. Third World Festival (the first was in 1966) whose theme is La Renaissance Africaine. A celebration of the art, music, literature, cinema, dance, theatre, architecture of Africa and the African diaspora.
African Press Agency article, April 21, 2008 - Brazil, guest of honour at Dakar world Negro festival
Games
Nierse, Rob
- Introduction to Bao
"This leaflet is meant for people who want to learn about the East-African
game known as Bao, and who want to know how to play this fascinating game.
The most important and most common rules are presented here in a
logical order. Additionally, some notes on tactics and a few sample
games from the Zanzibar 1994 Championship are presented." http://www.gamecabinet.com/rules/BaoIntro.html
Bawo - Simple Perplexity
"bawo is the Malawian version of an ancient African board game
based around a simple counting apparatus. Other names for the game are bao
(Tanzania) and omweso (Uganda). Site has a computer game to plan online
(source code is provided). How to play, rules, FAQ.
http://www.bawo.org.
International Omweso Society (London)
Non-profit society for the Ugandan board game. "Omweso is an ancient
mancala game played in Uganda. Find the official mancala rules used
in the Kampala Omweso tournaments here. Omweso rules are elegant and easy
to learn, but it is said to be the most challenging mancala game in Africa."
Has a research paper by Brian Wernham, links to related sites, sells a video
on the game. http://www.omweso.org
Dr. Gore, researcher on the
Edo Kingdom/Edo people of Benin City, has a 40 page bibliography
on Benin which includes journal articles. http://www.cgore.dircon.co.uk
In French and English.
Directory, with a country
index, of theatre companies, theatre facilities, events, drama departments,
and organizations sponsoring theatrical activities. Based on a print directory
by Media Port and the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (France). http://www.ina.fr/CP/AeC/Theatre/
Keyword searchable bibliography from the U.S. Library of Congress Hispanic
Division. One can find references to Africans and African influence in Latin
America. Covers 1935 onwards. Provides Current Journal Abbreviations: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/journals.html
and Subject Terms (from Volume 50 onward): http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/subjects.html http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/
Syllabus and site for a history course which "uses popular music,
dance, fiction, film, street art, bus slogans, newspapers and other sources
to document African interpretations of the decades since “flag independence”
in 1960." Includes a video bibliography, a Congo
(DRC) timeline. Dr. Hanson teaches at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley,
Massachusetts. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/hhanson/241/
About a documentary film on metallurgy work by the Dogon blacksmiths of
Mali. "In Mali, on the cliffs inhabited by the Dogon, an ethnoarchaeologist
and a cameraman participated in an extremely rare event : the reduction
of iron ore. The experience was filmed and is a unique testimony of a thousand-year-old
technology which has now disappeared." Directed by Eric Huysecom, Department
of Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva and Bernard Agustoni,
of Télévision Suisse Romande. In English and French. http://archeo.unige.ch/inagina/index.gb.html
Published by New Dawn Publishers, Pietermaritzburg. Full text abstracts free. Full text articles require subscription. Libraries pay $30 for 2 issues per year. See also the African Journals Online site. http://www.indilinga.org.za/
Website for the Cultural Property Advisory Committee, United States Information
Agency (USIA), which is responsible for implementing the Convention on Cultural
Property Implementation Act. "This is the enabling legislation for
the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing
the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property."
The site has a list of signatories
to the UNESCO convention. The "USIA accepts requests from countries
for import restrictions on archaeological or ethnological artifacts, the
pillage of which places their national cultural heritage in jeopardy."
http://e.usia.gov/education/culprop/
Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics. Includes
under the topic, Homosexuality, links to mainly contemporary articles. Maintained
by Paul Halsall, Fordham University.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html#Modern Africa
Religious and non-religious structures (residences, markets, street views),
from 26 countries including Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa,
Tanzania, Tunisia. Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Rotch Library web site "Textual & Visual Resources on Islamic Architecture."
http://libraries.mit.edu/rvc/aka/agakhan/index.html
Jewish-Africana
Unmoderated academic discussion list on the interconnections between Judaism
and Jews of African descent, the social and cultural history of African
and African-American Jews, etc.
To subscribe, send a request to: listproc@shamash.nysernet.org
You will be asked to indicate briefly your research interests.
Photographs taken in the 1930s by the late Gwilym Iwan Jones, Dept. of
Social Anthropology, Cambridge Univ., on a web site produced by Southern
Illinois Univ. anthropology professor, John C. McCall with Ursula Jones.
Depicts the art and culture of the Ibibio, Igbo, Ijo, and Ogoni speaking
poeple (Nigeria). Includes masks, household objects, shrines, musical instruments.
architecture, has links to Nigeria and Igbo sites and McCall's course syllabi.
http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/
In French. Site does not work in older Netscape browsers. Journal of the
Société des Africanistes. Has the table of contents
and abstracts, an index by ethnic group. Formerly Journal de la Societe
des Africanistes. http://africanistes.free.fr/journal/journalindex.htm
Full text articles. Published by Language
and Popular Culture in Africa, an internet project set up by
Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and
Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/lpca/jlpca/index.html
E-journal published by the International Society for African Philosophy
and Studies (ISAPS). The journal is "devoted to the analyses of philosophy,
art, literary writing, politics, sociology, legal theory, jurisprudence,
economics, technology, and cultural experiences." http://www.africanphilosophy.com/afphil/index.htm
Articles on Kanuri history /ethnography by scholars, photographs, current news, primary sources (oral histories), a bibliography, table of contents of the Borno Museum Society Newsletter, biographies of prominent figures. Primary health care project, "Borno Development Initiative." "founded in Maiduguri / Nigeria in 2003. The main aim of the association is to enhance and support the exchange of knowledge and information from and with Kanuri-speaking people and the academic community." http://www.kanuri.net/
Ladybrille - "Where the West Meets Today's African Fashion Industry"
Web site of Uduak Oduok, "an Attorney, Model, Journalist and Fashion Business Owner." See also her blog.with fashion news, interviews with African fashion industry entrepreneurs, African fashion web sites. http://www.ladybrille.blogspot.com/ and http://www.ladybrille.com/
Page of the California-based musician/dancer/teacher, director of the
Congolese dance company Fua Dia Congo. Photos of Ewe
rituals, audio clips, preview of a forthcoming cd-rom. http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/~ladzekpo/index.html
"The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the study of expressions
of popular language and culture in Africa." Hosts the Journal
of Language and Popular Culture in Africa. Maintained by Johannes
Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
University of Amsterdam. http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/
The web site of Carol Lems-Dworkin Publishers has information on the 331
page Videos of African and African-Related Performance: an Annotated
Bibliography, by Carol Lems-Dworkin. 1996. Price: U.S. $57 http://members.aol.com/lemsdworkn/
An NGO to promote "an increased international understanding of Africans,
and life in Africa," supports microfinance
institutions in Africa, "which make credit and savings services available
to the poor, who otherwise have no access to money from banks." Offers
free email subscriptions to their publications.
Photos and accounts of living in Uganda, Gabon, Senegal, Mali, Burkina
Faso, Tanzania by Christina Jordan-Haitsma, an American from California,
who moved to Uganda in October 1998 with her Dutch husband, Epko, and their
two small children,. http://www.lifeinafrica.com/
"Originally established in 1958 as African Freedom Day, Africa Day falls on 25 May each year. Inspired by the rich tapestry of colours and textures of a continent, Africa Day on Trafalgar Square is a free one-day festival celebrating the positive contributions of London’s African communities to life in the capital." London's official visitor site also has a 3 page pdf brochure. http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/culture/africaday/index.jsp
Web site on filmmaker, ethnographer Jean Rouch, his interest in Africa. Biographical timeline, filmography, bibliography, film reviews, interviews, essays, photographs, glossary of "Rouchian" terms, related web sites. Maintained by Jamie Stockholm-Berthe. http://www.maitres-fous.net/
Extensive information provided by Mr. Murungu and others? on mbira music.
Includes biographies and discographies for musicians such as Thomas Mapfumo,
information on Shona and Ndebele religious beliefs, films on mbira music,
etc. http://www.tiac.net/users/smurungu/mbiraindex.html
Online exhibit of Nigerian poster calendars, television and video
movie trailers (with video / audio clips), photographs of Enugu
urban scenes, a Y2K billboard, clothing motifs. Accompanies an exhibit
at the University Museum of Southern Illinois University, January - April
2002. Maintained by John C. McCall, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Christey Carwile-Routon,
doctoral student in anthropology. http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/otherafricas/
In German. African fashion events/exhibitions. Many photographs of beautiful dress designs. Links to related sites. Based in Hamburg, Germany. http://www.modeinafrika.de/
Extensive information on Nigeria - foods
recipes, dress, national anthem, languages, school life, music (with
audio files), history, Nigerian
humor, links to other sites. Has a Kid
Zone with stories, proverbs, games, pictures, artwork, tourist attractions
in Nigeria. By Olubunmi "Boomie", a Nigerian programmer analyst
working in Minneapolis, MN. She grew up in Nigeria and the Midwest U.S.
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com
A rich resource. "interviews with over 300 people who live
in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer
a personal perspective on change and development." To access the interviews,
one needs to register and fill out a questionnaire. Interviews from Lesotho,
Kenya, Ethiopia, gathered by the Oral Testimony Programme of the Panos
Institute. Topics discussed include agriculture, community, conflict, culture,
development, economics, education, employment, environment, family life,
festivals, food security, forestry, gender, health, history, identity, industry,
crime, land, migration, politics, spiritual beliefs, tourism, etc. [KF]
http://www.mountainvoices.org/
Exhibit which "brings together fifty spectacular examples of male attire from across the continent, from Morocco to South Africa, representing over a century of fashion." http://www.newarkmuseum.org/powerdressing/powerdressing.html
One can purchase styles for men and women including wedding outfits.Based
in Brooklyn, New York; owned by Jonathan Adewumi and Gboyega Adewumi. http://melanet.com/nff/
"Dedicated to the preservation of cultural and artistic traditions" of nomadic people (Tuareg, Woodabe) in Niger. "Our goal to preserve artistic traditions focuses on the arts produced by women's co-operatives and music." Projects provide water wells, schools, microfinance, health, cultural preservation (sells a cd of the music of Tuareg musicians, Tidawt.) Video on the projects. [KF] http://www.nomadfoundation.org/
Site for ethnographers, on the northern Mandara mountains of North Cameroon
and North East Nigeria. Has a bibliography on the ethnography of the Northern
Mandaras which includes journal articles and Ph.D. theses, a detailed list
(with literature sources) and map of the ethnic units and sub-units, a bibliography,
research issues, and photographs. Site based in London. [KF] http://www.mandaras.info
NGO, created, in 2002, as a partnership of the African Union, UNESCO, and Ford Foundation.
Monitors cultural trends and national cultural policies and enhances their
integration in development. Has the full text of their newsletter, OCPA
News, meeting
reports, documents (such as - Language Policies in Africa [1997] (121 p. in PDF), South Africa's White Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage 1996 (MS Word doc), the African Renaissance, South Africa and the World, by Thabo Mbeki).
National cultural policies,
and working papers, etc. Full text issues of their cultural newsletter, OCPA News. Based in Maputo, Mozambique. [KF] http://www.ocpanet.org/
In French and English. "a new vision of the African continent far from the usual afro-pessimism of the Western Media" The African Middle Class, African Lights (cityscapes at night) and African DJs (portraits of African radio DJs. Covers Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Mauritania, Sao Tome, Senegal. Maintained by Philippe Sibelly (from Marseille, now based in London). http://www.theotherafrica.eu or http://www.lautreafrique.eu
Software program and 200 page book (history, cultural significance), to
play oware (wari), a game popular in West Africa. For adults and children
grade 4 and higher. Requires an IBM compatible computer. From Sapient Software
based in Bolinas, Calif.. http://www.svn.net/rkovach/oware/
Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Massachusetts,
1998. Includes full text papers on Philosophy
in Africa (Polygyny in Africa: A Male's Post-Original Sin or
Rejection of the Primeval Monogyny and Affirmation of Sexual Inequality,
by Zekeh S. Gbotokuma, Das Projekt einer globalen Ethik und die afrikanische
Philosophie, by Anke Graness, The Meditations of Zara Yaquob, by
Teodoros Kiros, Ubuntu: An African Assessment of the Religious Other,
by Dirk J. Louw, and Who Counts as a Sage? Problems in the Further Implementation
of Sage Philosophy [H. Odera Oruka], by Gail Presbey.) http://www.bu.edu/wcp/
"an online community for Africans, both in Africa and throughout
the Diaspora. It was started in the United States on December 1, 2004 with
the goal of promoting African-centered love and friendship." Requires
registration which is free. http:// www.panafricansingles.com
"Africans and Blacks have always had their own philosophical perspectives
on the world. But only in the last two decades have these perspectives coalesced
into a full-fledged movement: Africana Philosophy." Edited by Dr. Emmanuel
Eze, DePaul University. Formerly called, African Philosophy. Libraries
pay $150 p.a. http://philosophia-africana.com
"study of social and economic change in East Africa through the lens
of alcohol." Making beer, selling it, taxing it, controlling it, beer
wars, etc. A research project of the African Studies Centre, Cambridge University.
http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/ASC_home_page/pombe/title.htm
Site for the print journal. Full text articles
are online. Quest was founded in 1987 at the Department of
Philosophy, University of Zambia. http://www.quest-journal.net/
Site of an FM Paris radio station. Lists some events in Africa and France.
One can sent email to selected entertainment/arts figures and political
figures. http://www.africa1.com
Online site of the magazine. The table of contents of the magazine, in English or French, with
a small sample of articles. Each issue focuses on art, photography,
cinema, dance, theatre, or a geographic area. http://www.revuenoire.com/
Thirteen videos (in Quicktime) of women in the market place, pounding
millet, braiding hair, getting water from a town well, Mopti blacksmiths,
boys playing with an innertube, Bobo and Bwa mask dances (Burkina Faso),
etc. To hear the audio, requires a sound card and speakers / or headset.
Christopher Roy is Professor of Art & Art History, University of Iowa.
[KF] http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eafricart/streamingmovies/index.html
Arts Africains - Owner Aicha Gomet sells crafts, mudcloth, drums, etc. Clothing sales only from Newark visits. Based in Newark, California.
KALW, 91.7 FM Radio
- Thursday, 9 pm features "Kumpo Beat" ("For three hours every
week, Henri-Pierre Koubaka hosts this program of African music, philosophy,
and folk culture.") http://www.sfusd.edu/programs/kalw/kalw.htm Bissap Baobab - San Francisco restaurant connected with Little Baobab nightclub. http://www.bissapbaobab.com/ KPFA 94.1 FM Radio
- Africa Today with Walter Turner, Mondays from 7-8 pm.
"A weekly half hour news program providing information and analysis
about Africa and the African Diaspora. Africa Today seeks to update listeners
on contemporary developments in Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and
the United States. The program utilizes an interview and discussion format
to explore political, social, economic, and cultural themes relative to
the African experience." http://www.kpfa.org/1pro_bio/1b_afric.htm
Oriki Theater - http://www.oriki.org Scintilla Productions - Elouise Burrell, vocalist, dancer, percussionist. Based in Oakland, California. http://www.scintillapro.com/ Tropical Paradise Restaurant - Berkeley, California. http://themenupage.com/tropicalparadiserestaurant/index.html
An annotated guide by Dr. Schmidt (former Africana Librarian, Indiana
University) to print and electronic database resources. In Phyllis M. Martin
and Patrick O'Meara (eds.), Africa.
Third edition. ( Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1995, pp. 413-434.) " The author would
like to point out that this essay, published in 1995 and written a year
before, does not reflect some more recent publications and web resources."
http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/african/schmidt.html
Has over 400 Krio proverbs, Krio stories, lorry slogans, a directory of
current Sierra Leone newspapers, radio and TV stations, a list of historical
newspapers, and more. Pages by Peter Andersen. http://www.Sierra-Leone.org
Autobiographies of artists, photographs of their art work (jewelry, baskety,
paintings, pottery, sorghum models, woodwork, textiles), bibliographies
The site, by Prof. Silverman, is based on an art exhibit for the 12th
International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, 1994. Has links to Ethiopian
art, food, literature, language, and other sites. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~etoc
"Adji and fatim From Senegal opened Sister-Sister African Hair Braiding
and Weaving Salon in Houston Texas in December of 1997." Salon owners are Adji Marre and Fatim Marre. http://www.sistersisterbraids.com/
Has a guide to
the collections (includes fieldnotes, manuscripts recordings, photographs),
with brief descriptions of collections such as the Aidan William Southall
and Marshall Barron Clinard Material Relating to Nutrition and Crime in
Kampala, Uganda; Peace Corps Volunteers Papers, etc. There is a guide
to their film archives and links to other ethnographic archives. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/
The National Museum
of African Art Library site provides links to African art related resources.
Their catalog, SIRIS is a great resource; search the
Smithsonian Libraries and their Archives &
Manuscripts catalogs. Unlike most library catalogs, they
includes citations to journal articles. Accessing their catalog thru - TN3270
siris.si.edu or telnet siris.si.edu is possible (To exit
type: stop) but not as easy as using the web
interface.
"In my thesis the focus is on masks of West African origin,
and further exploration of the masking tradition in African culture. The
objective is to view the masquerade from a postmodern perspective,
and incorporate modern computer technology in preserving this ancient art
form." Sowunmi uses the computer as a "medium of artistic expression,
through three dimensional modeling and animation." [KF] http://www.tutu-inc.com/thesis/cover.htm
Plays presented - Tings Dey Happen, Les Blancs, Farewell to a Cannibal Rage, Oda Oak Oracle. Casts. With a film series hosted by Prof. David Anthony (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz). Sponsored by Stanford University's Departments of Drama and Continuing Studies. Artistic Director is Rush Rehm. Producer is Amanda Gelender. http://www.stanford.edu/group/summertheater/festival.html
Describes the revival of Sukuma traditional arts and culture taking place
among traditional doctors, chiefs, artists, and dancers. Covers history,
politics, and religion in Usukuma, Sukuma dancing, dance societies and ties
to Denmark, healing practices, chiefs and royal history, a history and tour
of the Sukuma Museum. Has many photographs including historical photos.
By Mark and Aimee Bessire. M. Bessire was a Fulbright Fellow and Consusltant
to the Museum. http://photo.net/sukuma/
Site, in French and English,
of Tamarin Art Inc. Long Beach, New York. Interesting examples of popular
culture in Africa. http://www.tamarin.com Exhibits include:
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria.
Kings of Africa - Photographs of reigning African traditional rulers
by Daniel Lainé, with biographies for each ruler. From the book by Lainé,
Rois d'Afrique (Paris: Arthaud, 1991, 156 p.).
Fode Camara - Senegalese contemporary painter
Gallery - a selection of African art and ethnographic objects
In English, Portuguese, Danish. "founded in 1995 in Pemba, Northern Mozambique to promote art and culture" Stages productions of drama, music, dance where traditional art expressions and culture are incorporated into modern settings and preserved for the future. Tambo International Art Camp and Festival - Celebrating Cultural Diversity - brings artists together from different cultural backgrounds to promote their different cultural heritages to communities, inspiring each other..." Video clips. http://www.tambo.nl
In French and some in English. Documents on the life and work of Tempels,
author if "Bantu Philosophy" (1945). Contains "an exhaustive
bibliography of Tempels's own publications, and secondly a bibliography
of publications on Tempels and on Bantu Philosophy," full text papers
on ethnographic issues in the Belgian Congo, on African philosophy, full-text
papers on Tempels and on Bantu Philosophy by others. Most documents
are prepared by Prof. Dr. A.J. Smet (Passionist Fathers), Professor Emeritus
of the Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa. "Ce site web est une
projet de Dr. Michael Meeuwis de l'Université d'Anvers en Belgique."
http://www.aequatoria.be/tempels/HomeFra.html
"...supports tribal survival, the defense of human rights and cultural
autonomy of indigenous people" Has "photographers...who want to
offer their work in support of tribal survival. Reproduction of our images
is available - at a minimal charge - to all those whose intent is to present
positive support for cultural survival." Photos are from Ethiopia,
Namibia, Niger, the Sahel. Photographers include John Watson. Has a list
of "culturally sensitive tours." http://www.tribalphoto.com/
8 page background paper 010 (November 1997) from the Africa Policy Information
Center (Washington, D.C.). Topics include Zambia, Hutu, Tutsi, Zulu identity,
the Yoruba people. http://www.africapolicy.org/bp/ethnic.htm
Article published February 1, 1995 by Africa News Service. http://allafrica.com/stories/200101080391.html
See also
1. messages
from a 1995 discussion on H-Africa on tribal/ethnic/language groups
- http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/threads/tribal.html
2. 1997 H-Africa messages of a discussion on tribe vs. ethnic group; see the October
1997 Log where most of the discussion is located
"T-Shirt Travels takes us on to our local charity bin to the remote
fishing villages in Southern Africa to introduce us to a people desperate
to do anything to make ends meet. Focusing on Zambia, this journey investigates
the second hand clothes business and seeks to understand the growing inequalities
that exist between the first and third world." Has Suggested Readings,
distribution sources, related web sites. http://www.tshirttravels.com/
Photographs of Ghana. Includes downtown Cape Coast, Cape
Coast Castle, Elmina Castle, Asafo Shrine-Elmina, Kakum National Park, Government
House 1998, architectural drawings 1999, local street signs / billboards
1999, historic photos of jails, churches, government buildings, children,
Panafest 1999, boat building, Ko-sa Beach Resort, two early maps."
For the Panoramic Images - Click on the far right symbol, place the
cursor on the photo and hold the mouse button down to see a panorama of
each photo. "a collaborative effort by the University of Virginia Library,
the United States branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites
(ICOMOS), and Ghanaian institutions to document the unique cultural landscape
of the Cape Coast,..." [KF] http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/CapeCoastArchive/
van Binsbergen is a Professor at Erasmus University, Rotterdam and a
certified spirit medium/ diviner/ priest in the sangoma tradition of Southern
Africa. He is Chair of the Theme group on globalisation, African Studies
Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. Topics and photos on urban life,
traditional healing, girl's puberty rites, divination
and mankala board games - in Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Zambia.
The Institute "seeks to collate and connect ...researchers with an
interest in the Mambila people of the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland and their
neighbours..." "...research is primarily of an anthropological
and linguistic nature..." The site has a Mambila
Riddle Machine, an interactive introduction to Mambila riddles using
QuickTime for the video portion. Has reports on David Zeitlyn's research
on kinship and language and his annotated version of C. K. Meek's early
ethnological work in the region, and Bruce Connell's comparative study of
Mambila dialects. There is a bibliography
of anthropological, linguistic, and related research on Mambila. The
site has a short story by Jonathan W. Mangbon, (from Mambila L.G.A.) "Drink
and the Innocent Policeman" and the History
and Customs of Ntem by P. M. Kaberry and E. M. Chilver. The site was
established by Zeitlyn (Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology,
The University of Kent,) and Connell (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
University of Oxford.) http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/dz/
KRPS, a non-commercial, public FM radio station licensed to Pittsburg
State University, (Pittsburg, Kansas) presents a series on Life
in a Tanzanian village. During August 1997 - July 1998, John Couper,
who teaches communications at the university, lived in the village of Ilakala.
He describes weddings, the role of music, how children live, a traditional
doctor, a local market, the local economy. Includes audio clips. http://www.krps.org
Dr. Wahlman, the Dorothy and Dale Thompson/Missouri Endowed Professor
of Global Arts, Department of Art and Art History, University of Missouri-Kansas
City, Kansas City, MO has a site with her syllabus, exhibits of African
beadwork, African charms, African art from many areas. http://iml.umkc.edu/art/faculty/wahlman/
High quality adinkra symbols with their meanings. Larger versions of the
symbols can be supplied on request. Includes adinkra Valentine cards, an
annotated list of books (plus books for children) and adinkra related sites.
Created by Jean MacDonald of Well-Tempered Web Design in Portland, Oregon,
a volunteer to Ghana with Geekcorps. http://www.welltempered.net/adinkra
NGO working to help the San, who are "sometimes still referred to as ‘Bushmen'". Concerns the San living in Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, and Angola. Free on-line publications - intellectual property rights, education, youth, cultural rights, annual reports. Links to related sites. Based in Windhoek, Namibia. http://www.wimsanet.org/
In English, French, Portuguese. Third World Festival. The first World Festival was held in Dakar in 1966. The second Festival was held in 1977 in Nigeria. Sponsored by the African Union. History & video. Brazil is the guest of honour. http://blackworldfestival.com/
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