"A database of approximately 250 researchers on Africa
in the Nordic countries in the social sciences and humanities." The
Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet provides and manages
the database. http://www.nai.uu.se/research/africanists/
In English and Dutch. Its Africans in
Holland is a directory to "locate African expertise and African
entrepreneurs in the Netherlands." "How to find Ethiopian
restaurants, African journalists, a Nigerian consultant, an Eritrean travel
agent, a Somali scientist, a Congolese choir, a Gambian artist, a Moroccon
organisation or a Ghanaian fashion designer?" http://www.africaserver.nl
The American Historical Association,
the main scholarly association for U.S. historians provides a Directory of History Departments and Organizations (for AHA members only). http://www.historians.org/
Has "entries for over 230 people in Universities across Scotland." It
is searchable by name, university, country of expertise, or field of expertise.
Has a page with Institutional Profiles for most Universities. Hosted by the
Univ. of Edinburgh, Centre of African Studies. http://www.ed.ac.uk/~direct/menu.htm
"The James S. Coleman African Studies Center at UCLA is establishing
a directory of individuals and organizations located in the southern California
area that are involved - in one way or another - with Africa. We hope that
this initiative will help facilitate more regional interaction and cooperation
on matters pertaining to the African continent." http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc/resource/dirform.htm
Finding email addresses from
a discussion list which uses the Listserv program.
Use the Review command with any discussion list you belong to to find the
email addresses of those on the list. If there are many people on the list,
you will receive back a very long email message however.
Send email to the listserv address, that is, the address used to subscribe
and unsubscribe. For ex. you would send email to: listserv@listserv.xxx.xx.edu
Do not send it to the discussion list's address, that is, do not send it
to: AfricanList@listserv.xxx.xx.edu
Leave the Subject area blank.
In the Message area put: review NameOfTheList
For ex. - review AfricanList
Finding email addresses from
a discussion list which uses the Majordomo program.
Use the Who command with any discussion list you belong to to find the
email addresses of those on the list. If there are many people on the list,
you will receive back a very long email message however.
Send email to the Majordomo address, that is, the address used to subscribe
and unsubscribe. For ex. you would send email to: majordomo@list.xxx.xx.edu
Do not send it to the discussion list's address, that is, do not send it
to: AfricanList@list.xxx.xx.edu
Leave the Subject area blank.
In the Message area put: who NameOfTheList
For ex. - who AfricanList
"a free and open resource database of links to higher education
facilities worldwide for researches, students and others..." http://www.findaschool.org/
In German, English, French. Maintained by the Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg (University Library Frankfurt/Main, Germany) and the GIGA Information Centre (German Institute of Global and Area Studies) : Bibliothèque Afrique (Hamburg, Germany). Online catalog of their library holdings and the African Studies Centre, Leiden library. Includes Internet Resources and the Database (in German) of German Junior Researchers in the African Studies. [KF] http://www.ilissafrica.de/
Find phone numbers and home addresses for people living in
the U.S. and Canada - as long as their number is publicly listed. Select
the Find People - United States and Canada entry. Once you
have the address you can get a map of where they live! http://www.infospace.com/
A searchable database of individuals in African Studies who have submitted
their names to the directory. Enter the name or a keyword in the form, or
browse the entire list. It is maintained by Dr. Joseph Caruso, the African
Studies Librarian at Columbia University (New York). http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/directory.html
Includes a very well organized email directory of Liberians abroad, links
to home pages of Liberians and Liberia-related sites. Maintained by Ciata
Victor Baptiste. http://www.gis.net/~toadoll
"The Mande
Studies Association is a multidisplinary group with interests in the
Mande region of West Africa." Has a members directory. http://www.oswego.edu/other_campus/stud.org/mansa/member1.html
Provides, through the Nexus database,
a directory of South African researchers. Click on Research
Networking. Also locate women scholars in South Africa . Click on Women
in Research. [KF] http://star.nrf.ac.za/index.html
In French. Database of biograhies of prominent Burundi men and women. Find people by profession or name. Produced by Base International, a Bujumbura company. http://www.ninde.org/
Keyword searchable database of anthropologists and other scholars in the
physical and social sciences, as well as the humanities. Includes art historians,
linguists, archaeologists, organizations, journals, laboratories, electronic
databases. Has links to other directories. Maintained by Hugh Jarvis. http://wings.buffalo.edu/WEDA/
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