Women in Africa
The Internet Women's History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html
This site includes information on women's history from around the globe and it has some particularly good links to sites on women's history in Africa.  The sites include ancient Egypt as well as historical information on other African nations and more recent time periods.

The Internet African History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
Much like the site above, this sourcebook includes extensive resources on African history, many of which deal with women's lives.

African Lives
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/front.htm
Part of a series from the Washington Post, this website includes articles that explore the lives of individual Africans and their communities.  Among the articles are features on midwives in Ethiopia, child brides on the Ivory Coast, and families in Abidjan.
 
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