African History and Geography

Internet African History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
This impressive site includes dozens of links to pages on African history and indicates which sites include primary, secondary, and topical sources.

African National Congress
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
Historical documents from the ANC's own website (http://www.anc.org.za/).  The docuements include primary source texts and photographs.

Country-Specific Pages
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html
This page from the University of Pennsylvania's African Studies Center includes links that will take you to numerous pages for each of several African nations.  On these pages, you will find wonderful full color maps, language information, travel advisories, official documents, and historical links.  There is also an excellent full-color map of the entire continent.  (http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/CIA_Maps/Africa_19850.gif).

K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/K-12/AFR_GIDE.html
This site is intended to assist K-12 teachers, librarians, and students in locating on-line resources on Africa that can be used in the classroom and for research.

Images of the Transatlantic Slave Trade:  A Media Database
http://gropius.lib.virginia.edu/SlaveTrade/index.html
This collection of over 200 pictorial images is intended for the use of teachers, researchers, students, and the general public.  The images provide a glimpse into pre-colonial Africa and the experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas.

Africa South of the Sahara:  Selected Internet Resources
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html
This site contains links to sites by country and region, as well as topic.  It also contains links to African newspapers.  Most of the information pertains to contemporary issues, rather than African history.
 
 
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