Purchase a CD copy of Exploring Africa

In response to requests from educators who teach in schools where students do not have high connectivity to the internet, we have created a CD version of all the Exploring Africa modules for access without the need of the Internet. We are willing to send interested educators the CD for a cost of $10 which includes postage. If interested please send cashiers check of money order made out to Michigan State University to John Metzler, Exploring Africa, 100 International Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824.

Other Resources on Africa page

http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/resources.php

A: National Resource Centers for the Study of Africa

The U.S. Department of Education funds the following National Resource Centers on African Studies. National Resource Centers are mandated to provide outreach services to educators at the national as well as state level. In response to this mandate, each of the National Resource Centers for the study of Africa have developed exemplary resources for K-12 educators and students.

You can access materials developed for K-12 students and educators by visiting these centersÕ websites.

Boston University, African Studies Center
http://www.bu.edu/AFR

Indiana University, African Studies Program
http://indiana.edu/~afrist

Michigan State University, African Studies Center

http://africa.msu.edu/

Ohio University, African Studies Program
http://www.ohiou.edu/~african/main.htm

University of Florida, Center for African Studies
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/aleslie/

University of Illinois, Center for African Studies
http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu

University of Kansas, African Studies Center

http://www.kasc.ku.edu/

University of North Carolina, Africa Studies Center

http://www.unc.edu/depts/africa/

University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Program
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/AFR_GIDE.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison, African Studies Program
http://africa.wisc.edu/outreach/index.htm

Yale University, Council on African Studies
http://yale.edu/ycias/african/

B: Other Web Resources on Africa

African Media Program: Developed by the African Studies Center at Michigan State University, the AMPÕs on-line searchable database provides educators with access to information about more than 14,000 Africa related films, videos, and DVDs. Information provided includes basic data on each entry, its quality, appropriate audience (including use in K-12 classrooms) and distributor information.
http://africanmedia.msu.edu/

Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent. Developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this site provides educators with a wonderful database of digitized photos and music recordings from across Africa.
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/

AfricaFocus Bulletin: Selects high-quality analysis of current events from Africa. An online archive is available, along with a listserv distributing current reports.

http://www.africafocus.org/about.php

African Voices: Web-based educational resources based on African Voices, a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

African Odyssey Interactive: The African Odyssey Interactive [AOI] website is an initiative of the Kennedy Center Education Department's ARTSEDGE Program and contains arts and education information and resources for artists, teachers, and students of African arts and culture.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/

Africa South for the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources. The most comprehensive searchable database of Internet resources on Africa currently available to educators. This data-base was developed by Karen Fung, Africana librarian, Stanford University.
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

Art and Life in Africa Online contains information about African art and culture. Some of the material on this site has been adapted from similar material developed for the Art and Life in Africa CD-ROM being produced at The University of Iowa. Additionally, some material is specific to this site (and not found on the CD), as noted below. Links to further resources on the web have been added where appropriate.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/index.html

African Online Digital Library: A portal to multiple websites with multimedia primary materials and educational resources about Africa, published jointly by MATRIX and the African Studies Center at Michigan State University.

http://www.aodl.org/

Pambazuka News: Weekly focus for social Justice in Africa. Features many African non-governmental organizations and commentators.

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/

African Action: The oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. They produce excellent analyses of African issues and U.S. policy towards Africa.
http://www.africaaction.org/index.php

TransAfrica Forum: a very important Washington D.C.-based advocacy group on African and African Diaspora issues.
http://www.transafricaforum.org/

Bureau of African Affairs, United States Department of State
Official U.S. policy statements and documents about African affairs.
http://www.state.gov/p/af/

C: Web-Based African News Services

Africa News Now http://africanewsnow.com

All Africa News Service http://allafrica.com

IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network-Africa)
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc115?OpenForm&rc=1

BBC Africa Service http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/default.stm

D: African Newspapers On-Line

Electronic Newspapers of Africa

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/newspapers.html#F

E: U.S. and European Newspapers with some African Coverage

Christian Science Monitor: http://csmonitor.com/
Guardian (London): http://guardian.co.uk/guardian/
Le Monde (Paris/English Ed.): http://www.lemonde.fr/
New York Times: http://nytimes.com/
Observer (London): http:///www.observer.co.uk/
Washington Post: http://washingtonpost.com/