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  Africa Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
Africa (Political) June 1997 (349K) and pdf format (338K)
Africa (Reference Map) 2000 (316K) and pdf format (788K) and pdf format (257K)
Africa, Islam in 1987 (195K) and pdf format (198K)
www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/africa.html   (514 words)

  
 USAfricaonline.com :: THE AUTHORITATIVE LINK ::2005
Africa could generate $70bn if it increased its share of world exports by 1%, South Africa's Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said while calling for trade justice for the continent in Washington in June 2005.
He was one of the last of Africa's so-called "Big Men." A general when he died, he was a sergeant when he came to power after the assassination of the country's democratically elected president, Sylvanus Olympio.
Africa is the only continent to have become poorer in the last 25 years, according to the United Nations.
www.usafricaonline.com   (10526 words)

  
 Internet African History Sourcebook
Africa is both the most clearly defined of continents - in its geography - and the hardest to pin down in historical terms.
Map of North Africa in which figures the Atlas Mountains, the king of Mali ( Mansa Musa), the king of Organa, the king of Nubia, the king of Bablyon, and the Red Sea.
An Orthodox mission society based in South Africa, whose aim is to encourage Orthodox Christians to participate in the global mission of the Church.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/africa/africasbook.html   (4157 words)

  
 NewsHour Online: Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
May 16, 2001 -- AIDS in Africa: Botswana's Efforts In part three of the AIDS in Africa series, Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on efforts by the government of Botswana to treat its infected population.
May 14, 2001 -- AIDS in Africa: Malawi Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Malawi, where nearly 10 percent of the population is infected.
April 25, 2001 -- AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Malawi, where nearly 10 percent of the population is infected.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/africa.html   (5374 words)

  
 African Newspapers and Africa News
Newsweekly that brings news and analysis on political, economic, and cultural events in Africa.
Online presentation of three magazines - African Business, New African and the Middle East.
Africa's largest continent-wide news organization based in Dakar.
www.world-newspapers.com /africa.html   (195 words)

  
 ::. Africa Online .::
Premiership footballer El Hadji Diouf is due to stand trial later in the year accused of spitting at a fan during a match on Teesside.
Africa Online Dating provides a secure, hassle-free environment where people can meet to form new online relationships.
Whether you're looking for new friends, a quick soiree in the world of online dating, or the love of your life, you're sure to find someone special amongst our thousands of personal ads.
www.africaonline.com   (293 words)

  
 Science in Africa, Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine, Home Page
It has rescued a $400 million satellite, received data from scientific packages left on the moon by Apollo astronauts, and even tracked the BIOS capsule with a monkey on board.
Scientists believe that the wonderland of patterns such as the spots on a leopard or the stripes on a tiger can be explained not just by the actions of genes and basic scientific principles, but also by mathematical rules.
As Africa battles its own silent tsunami a a Tanzanian based scientist explores the impact of donations for Tanzania’s efforts to combat malaria, triggered by activist and actress Sharon Stone.
www.scienceinafrica.co.za   (459 words)

  
 USAfricaonline.com THE AUTHORITATIVE LINK |2005|
He was one of the last of Africa's so-called "Big Men." A general when he died, he was a sergeant when he came to power (in 1967) after the assassination of the country's democratically elected president, Sylvanus Olympio.
The trade unionists met on Thursday in South Africa's northern Limpopo province, where they called for a special executive meeting of the Southern African Trade Union Coordination Council, to organise a regional protest campaign to press for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
The NNP is all that remains of the once mighty National Party, which came to power in 1948 and hardened already discriminatory laws under a system of racial segregation known as apartheid, a word meaning separation or being separate - only to dismantle them in the face of global political and economic pressures.
www.usafricaonline.com /home.html   (12284 words)

  
 South Africa Online, portal to South Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
South Africa Online is your portal to South Africa.
There's something in the air in South Africa, and unless you are near Modderfontein, it won't be the sulphuric clouds from a nearby steel mill.
It is the menacing, staring face of the Dark Continent, but smiling gently at you (as long as you tip the guy at the gas station, the waiter, the valet etc).
www.southafricanonline.com   (389 words)

  
 South Africa | South Africa Hotels, Tourism, Flights and Travel Information
South Africa is larger than France and Spain combined and stretches from the temperate Cape to the subtropical northern regions bordering with Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
In the boundaries of South Africa are some of the world's most breathtaking landscapes; canyons, wildernesses showcasing game and cliffs dropping to the ocean.
South Africa is a developed country within the confines of Africa and boasts good infrastructure and roadways; yet exudes a multi-cultural charm that is unrivaled and often misunderstood.
www.southafrica.com   (483 words)

  
 Odyssey Online: Africa
Over 1000 languages are spoken in Africa, and hundreds of different ethnic groups live there.
Our museums contain objects made in Africa 4000 years ago and objects made very recently, most were created in the 19th and 20th centuries.
This African section of Odyssey Online will focus on the art sub-Saharan Africa from the 19th and 20th centuries.
carlos.emory.edu /ODYSSEY/AFRICA/ahomepg.html   (204 words)

  
 Africa Travel & Africa Vacation Discount Bookings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Diverse Africa: Egypt and Kenya - 10 Nights/11 Days, US$ 1180/person:- This tour gives you two very different experiences of Africa: the Ancient civilization of Egypt and the classic African safari ….
Kenya Tanzania South Africa Seychelles Zimbabwe Egypt Mauritius Uganda...Other Africa.
Kenya Tanzania Egypt Seychelles South Africa Zimbabwe Uganda Botswana..
www.africapoint.com   (475 words)

  
 Africa Geographic Online
For some, South Africa’s parched interior, the bed of a once-vast inland sea, is simply an inconvenience, something to be traversed as quickly as possible.
In his thought-provoking editorial for the September 2004 issue Africa Geographic, founder and publisher Peter Borchert refers to a press release concerning a pack of wild dogs, who escaped from the Kruger National Park and ran foul of a farmer.
Africa Geographic proudly presents an exciting new monthly award, Unsung heroes, to recognise individuals or small organisations who are working on projects that make a difference in conservation and environmentally sustainable development in Africa.
www.africa-geographic.com   (1404 words)

  
 South Africa Online - Travel, Accommodation, Car Rental, Forex, Weather, News, Web Hosting and Site Listings
South African female traditional leaders cite the over-harvesting of the African potato by urban dwellers as a good case in point to demonstrate the threat that South Africa’s indigenous plants are facing.
However, the initiative by South Africa’s traditional leaders to manage their indigenous knowledge system is expected to further promote benefit sharing between communities and the private sector.
He is also President of the Sub-Saharan Africa Forum for Environment Communicators (SAFE), which aims to promote the conservation and development views and interests of rural communities in the media.
www.southafrica.co.za   (1947 words)

  
 African Studies Ejournals
The online newsletter of the African Mathematical Union = Union Mathematique Africaine recording the activities and interests of the organization on the African continent.
Online highlights only of the current issue of a bi-annual (sometimes quarterly) magazine of news from and about African peoples.
"Sudanic Africa is an international academic journal devoted to the presentation and discussion of historical sources on the Sudanic belt, the area between the Sahara and the Bay of Niger, the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/africa/ejournals.html   (7996 words)

  
 Natural History Museum: Africa: One Continent. Many Worlds
Many Worlds." web site is designed to provide the museum-goer with a rich experience and to provide the educator with the knowledge and tools to bring the experience to the classroom.
The exhibit is a traveling adaptation of The Field Museum's permanent "Africa" exhibit.
Many Worlds." web site is a collaborative project between The Field Museum, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the California African American Museum and the Armory Center for the Arts.
www.nhm.org /africa   (234 words)

  
 Countries by Continent :: Destination Africa - African Countries
Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in both area and population.
Languages of Africa : about thousand languages classified in four major language families:
keywords: countries of africa, population of africa, destination africa, travel africa, capitals africa, central africa, north africa, south africa, eastern africa
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/africa.htm   (165 words)

  
 Afrique francophone
Africa Online, nouvelles ivoiriennes et continentales, francophones et in English.
Africa South of the Sahara (K. Fung, ASA).
Africa Quiz, « le site des jeux sur l'Afrique », quizzes, photos, articles, zone jeunesse.
www.lehman.cuny.edu /depts/langlit/french/afrique.html   (1958 words)

  
 Blair opens up Commission for Africa online - ZDNet UK News
A commission set up by Tony Blair to search for solutions to Africa's problems is running an online debate in an attempt to get new ideas from the public on key issues such as debt, corruption, aid and the causes of conflict.
The prime minister's Commission for Africa wants people to "have their say" on its work and is issuing a series of e-forms for submitting views and feedback.
Simon Mills, who is in charge of the online consultation, said the commission wants to reach a wide audience.
news.zdnet.co.uk /business/legal/0,39020651,39173811,00.htm   (424 words)

  
 Mail & Guardian Online: Breaking news Africa
Fearful residents fled the centre of Khartoum on Wednesday as armed gangs roamed the streets in a third day of violence that threatened to undermine Sudan's tenuous north-south peace deal struck six months ago.
West Africa   Plenty of food -- yet the poor are starving
Southern Africa   SA pilots to be released by Zimbabwe
mg.co.za /articleList.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa   (1025 words)

  
 Anglicans Online | Africa
The Lebombo mountains in Africa, after which the diocese is presumably named, are actually named in Zulu and not Portuguese or English; the Zulu word is 'ubombo', and it means 'big nose'.
This remarkable organisation was founded in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1939 by Anglican nun Clare Lawrence, who came from Ekutuleni in Sophiatown at the request of Bishop Wilfred Parker.
Today it is a mission of the Diocese of Pretoria, providing hospice care, an orphanage, a nutrition programme, a guest house/retreat centre, a pre-school, drug rehabilitation programmes, crisis care for women and children, physical therapy, clothing distribution, a primary school and obstetric/gynaecological services.
anglicansonline.org /world/africa.html   (1480 words)

  
 African Studies: Eastern Africa
Demobilization in the Horn of Africa : Proceedings of the IRG Workshop, 1994, Addis Ababa.
This website is a compilation of basic information on the people, the wildlife, and the environment of the region, online papers from the project team, images, and useful links.
Bibliography of the South Asian diaspora and East Africa: an annotated bibliography (2002) Anthroglobe.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/East.html   (3434 words)

  
 IOL: News for South Africa and the World
[ South Africa ] Rob and Sharon Matthews, the parents of slain Johannesburg student Leigh Matthews, have expressed satisfaction with the life sentence handed down to her killer, Donovan Moodley, in the city's high court.
[ South Africa ] Fourteen days ago Daleen Smith was praying that her 10-year-old son would survive a childhood prank which almost cost him his life - now she is celebrating his miraculous survival.
Independent Online is a wholly owned subsidiary of Independent News and Media.
www.iol.co.za   (454 words)

  
 Echoes of Africa Online Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Africa comes to life online with a focus on real people, grassroots wisdom and community level success!
Each monthly issue of Echoes of Africa is built around a theme in African life today, reporting on initiatives, projects and ordinary heroes who are making a lasting impact in the lives of others, in cities and villages across the continent.
With alternative ways for you to reach out to the people you read about, Echoes of Africa is much more than an online magazine...
echoes-of-africa.com   (183 words)

  
 Welcome to AfricaPoliticsOnline.com:The Online Resource On African Politics
For Africa related jobs at the UN and other job portals Check out the:
We provide educational tools for African politics, with African perspectives on African issues.Our goal is to become the primary portal and the meeting point for all your information and educational needs on Africa politics.
We are set as the nitch that bridge the divide between the news and the educational portals on Africa.
www.africapoliticsonline.com   (142 words)

  
 H-Africa Discussion Network
H-Africa encourages discussion of Africa's history, culture, and African studies generally.
Latest Africa Forum: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch African Studies in France ; also French Ed.
Conflict and Co-existence in Africa, 3 - 13 February 2003
www.h-net.org /~africa   (251 words)

  
 Mombasa and the Kenyan Coast welcomes you   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
All that you ever wanted to know about Mombasa - exotic beaches - travel - maps - guides - local news - where to stay - culture - eating places - entertainment and much more.......
The town of Mombasa is a major sea gateway for eastern Africa and is Kenya's oldest and second largest metropolis.
Club Africa is a Loyalty program for Africa Online subcribers enjoying discounts from 5% to 40% in various shopping and entertainment outlets who are their partners.
www.mombasaonline.com   (384 words)

  
 Africa Historical Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
Africa 1829 Entire map - large file (3.4MB)
Africa 1829 - Southwest Africa, Map Legend and Coast of Brazil (883K)
"Africa Religions and Missions" from Literary and Historical Atlas of Africa and Australasia, by J.G.Bartholomew 1913.
www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/historical/history_africa.html   (624 words)

  
 Democratic Republic of Congo DRC on the Internet
The Conflict in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa.
"The main aim of LPCA is to document and further the study of expressions of popular language and culture in Africa." Maintained by Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Amsterdam.
UCB is a member of the Association of Catholic Universities and Higher Institutes of Africa and Madagascar.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/zaire.html   (9512 words)

  
 African Studies Quarterly Volume 8, Issue 2 (Spring 2005)
We are the Poors: Community Struggles in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
Pan-African History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora Since 1787.
Lords of the Fly: Sleeping Sickness Control in British East Africa, 1900 -1960.
web.africa.ufl.edu /asq   (239 words)

  
 THE AFRICAPLANET.COM NETWORK
We work to empower under-served communities in New York City and in sub-Saharan Africa to help them break the vicious cycle of poverty and live healthy lives.
A politically stable and highly popular safari spot in Africa, Botswana is synonymous with great migratory herds, its massive elephant population and some of Africa's best-known safari camps.
Welcome to The Congo Cookbook, a collection of over 150 African recipes from all over Africa, plus information about African cooking, cuisine, culture, food, gastronomy, and history.
www.cameroon.net   (432 words)

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