This guide contains bibliographic references and links to internet resources for African Archaeology and Ethnography.

 

Recommended Reading:

African-American Pioneers in Anthropology by Ira E. Harrison & Faye V. Harrison (Editors)1998

An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400 by Christopher Ehret 1998

African Identities: Race, Nation and Culture in Ethnography, Pan-Africanism and Black Literatures by Kadiatu Kanneh 1998

Afrocentrism: Mythical Pasts and Imagined Homes by Stephen Howe 1998

Dancing skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine Dettwyler, 1994

Freedom in Fulani Social Life: An Introspective Ethnography by Paul Riesman, et al 1998

Kinship and Marriage Among the Anlo Ewe by G. K. Nukunya 1999

Manhood and Morality: Sex, Violence, and Ritual in Gisu Society by Suzette Heald 1999

Maroon Arts: Cultural Vitality in the African Diaspora by Sally Price & Richard Price 1999

Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Production of Knowledge in Africa by Toyin Falola 1998

 

 

Links:

  1. African Archaeology: The ultimate reference set for the continent's prehistory.
  2. African Art and Anthropology A comprehensive resource collection of new and used books on the subject of the African experience and art from an anthropological perspective.
  3. African-American Mosaic This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, film, and recorded sound. Moreover, the African-American Mosaic represents the start of a new kind of access to the Library's African-American collections, and, the Library trusts, the beginning of reinvigorated research and programming drawing on these, now systematically identified, collections.
  4. Abyssinian Cyberspace Gateway Welcome to your Internet directory for information, services, and software available for the Abyssinian Cyber Community (ACC). First things first; ``Abyssinia'' as a term is used here to celebrate the collective cutures and peoples encompassed under the broadest region generally associated with the term. ``Abyssinia'' as definable by the information available here, is the geographic region in East Africa bound by the borders of the nations of; (given alphabetically) Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland.
  5. Africa.com Comprehensive listing of Internet and Web resources that are categorized.
  6. Africa Depicted: Historical Images of Africa Site features historical print art of how the Europeans first perceived Africans.
  7. African Development Institute The African Development Institute Inc., is an independent, non partisan policy research institute aimed at initiating practical solutions to Africa's developmental crisis. Through education, research, and policy analysis the organization hopes to be a catalyst for developing the human and material potential of Africans. The organization challenges policies that has lead to the stagnation of Africa's development and offers alternative strategies towards continental self sufficiency.
  8. African Environmental Research and Consulting Group (AERCG) A USA registered non-profit IRS 501(C)(3) Organization with Regional Offices in African and Western countries. The members are comprised of native-Africans and other global citizens who are respected scientists, professional engineers, healthcare practitioners and educators. The consortium works towards improving the quality of life, mitigating environmental hazards and protection of human health in Africa. AERCG works directly with grass-roots organizations in Africa to foster sustainable development in African
  9. Africa: Library and Information Resources Extensive listing of electronic and traditional print resources relating to African studies.
  10. African News On-Line Africa news online is an electronic network operated by Africa News Service, a non-profit agency that has been a leading information source on Africa for two decades. A one-stop source for up-to-date information on all of Africa, with reports from Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies, including dispatches from the Panafrican News Agency.
  11. Africa On-Line Comprehensive site that features business, computing, women issues, and more.
  12. African Primates at Home sounds, pictures, and research summaries.
  13. African Studies WWW at Penn Web site supported by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.
  14. Anthropology 269 - People and Cultures of Africa This Web page is an ongoing semester project being processed by the Franklin and Marshall Anthropology 269 class. The goal of this project is to create an informative Web site that will provide insight into many of the wonderful aesthetics, beliefs and histories of West African cultures.
  15. Archaeological Research in Northeastern Nigeria "Since 1991 the Africa section of the Prehistory Departement of the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University at Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is engaged in research in Northeastern Nigeria, specifically Borno and Yobe States."
  16. Archaeological Sites A brief listing of African dig locations and their significance, that includes maps and pictures.
  17. Archaeology - the past speaking to the future Site features general and South African archaeological resources.
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  19. Contemporary Conflicts in Africa Site focuses on contemporary conflicts in Africa based on historical events, issues of power, and political struggle.
  20. Cultural Expressions Culture is Expressed in many ways. This WEB site serves as a means to express culture and provide a means for spiritual, mental, and material advancement. From ancient African philosophy (Ifa), to modern day technological advancements (Computers), these pages inform.
  21. Enda Tiers-Monde "ENDA is a non-profit international organization, with branches in Africa, and Latin America, and a liaison office in Europe which seeks to promote sustainable development in the developing world. Through its research, training and exchange programs, it strives to integrate the environmental, economic and culture."
  22. Human Rights in Africa Africa is an extremely heterogeneous continent, and human rights violations come in many forms as well. From genocide, slavery, mass disappearances and torture, to denial of freedom of speech or of the press, there is little that will not be found somewhere in Africa.  Site features links to articles relating to human rights in many African nations.
  23. Internet Africa Packed with current news and information about Africa.
  24. John Henrik Clarke Africana Library  ". . .provides a special collection focusing on the history and culture of people of African ancestry. The library supports the curriculum of Cornell University's Africana Studies & Research Center. University-wide the library serves as a bibliographic reference and referral center by providing access to African and African American resources available either in the Cornell University Library or collections at other institutions." 
  25. Madagascar: Up Close and Personal  "This site provides pertinent information about Madagascar for scholars, students of all ages, and tourists. The site provides up-to-date travel and cultural information that is useful for reports and traveling in Madagascar."
  26. Nigeria.com Learn about Nigerian culture and current events.
  27. Ultimate Guide to North African Anthropology Here you fill find the most extensive information and anthropological resources for the region of North Africa."
  28. Universal Black Pages The Universal Black Pages is an information service which resides at the Georgia Institute of Technology but is not affiliated with the Institute.
  29. Virtual Institute of Mambila Studies "The Virtual Institute of Mambila Studies seeks to collate and connect the different research and researchers with an interest in the Mambila people of the Nigeria - Cameroon borderland and their neighbors; their languages and the area in which they live. We take a broad view of Mambila, including other groups speaking related languages such as Kwanja, Vute, Wawa, Nizaa, Njerep (3 speakers at last count!) Twendi (35 speakers), Tep, and others."
  30. Western Kenya (Maragoli) "Ann Nyangasi and Lenah Chagana are two women from Maragoli who believe in family planning. Ann is the community health worker in Igunga and Vihiga Sublocations, and her friend Lenah is a 60 year old widow with a thriving grain trade. Fertility in Maragoli has decline from nearly 10 children per woman in the 1970's to under seven in 1989. Kenya has cut its fertility rate in half over the past two decades."
  31. WWW Virtual Library: African Studies Meta-index of Internet resources.