Timeline of Negritude
(http://french.about.com/library/bl-negritudet.htm)
This About.com document is useful, since it helps to put historical events in context. The timeline starts with 1517 and goes to 1983.

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html)
A website from the University of Virginia giving basic background information about African art. Also provides useful vocabulary words to be used when critiquing art as well as several images from an exhibition.

National Museum of African Art—Smithsonian
(http://www.nmafa.si.edu/pubaccess/index.htm)
A website on the Smithsonian’s collection of African art. The database is easy to search, providing both text and images. The museum’s current exhibitions are also available for viewing.

Francophone Africa—University of Portsmouth
(http://www.hum.port.ac.uk/slas/francophone/frac-in0.htm)
This site has links containing information on virtually every African country as well as a section devoted to African newspapers and radio stations found on the internet.

Literature and Culture of Francophone Africa and the Diaspora—Brown University
(http://dl.lib.brown.edu/francophone/engcat.html)
Another sight full of information on literature, music, and visual arts.

The African Music Encyclopedia
(http://www.africanmusic.org/)
Web site dedicated to traditional and modern African music. Provides useful glossary for those not familiar with African musical genres.

The Harlem Renaissance
(http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/harlem_intro.html)
This site gives a brief history of the Harlem Renaissance and examples of the movement’s literature (full text) and art. A useful site to see the influence of the Harlem Renaissance on Negritude. Attention! Some links are outdated.

African Women & Literature
(http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMEChome.html)