Africa

African Ceremonies - Niger, Senegal, and Ethiopia: http://pulseplanet.nationalgeographic.com/ax/features/0900/index.html

African Craft.com: http://www.africancrafts.com/

Africa's Legacy in Mexico: http://educate.si.edu/migrations/legacy/alm.html

African Odyssey Arts and Education Resources: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/artsedge.html

African Savanna - National Zoo: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AfricanSavanna/

African Voices - Smithsonian National History Web: http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
"Included are historical and contemporary objects from the Museum’s collections, as well as commissioned sculptures, textiles, and pottery. Video interactives and sound stations provide selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics."

Africana Collections: http://www.loc.gov/about/books/guides/pdfs/Africa.pdf
This book can be read on line.

The Ancient West African City of Benin: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/beninsp.htm

Art and Life in Africa Project: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart

Art and Oracle: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/oracle/index.html

Artistry of African Currency: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/site/index.htm

The ASPNet Transatlantic Slave Education Project: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001242/124214eb.pdf

Audible Artworks - Selected African Musical Instruments: http://www.nmafa.si.edu/exhibits/aud_art/index.htm

Beyond Black History Month-The African American Studies Toolkit: http://creativefolk.com/toolkit/mathscience.html

Dread History: The African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari: http://educate.si.edu/migrations/rasta/rasta.html

Discover African Art: http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/afr-less.htm

Dylan Pritchett, Storyteller: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cuesheet/pdf/dylanpritchett.pdf

Equiano:
http://www.icdlbooks.org:8080/servlet/BookPage?bookid=vysamzg_001
30005&pnum1=1&twoPage=true&route=title&size=0
The entire book is on this site. "This story traces the journey of a young African boy of the Ibo tribe, from his capture by the Africans to his capture by the whites. It describes his arduous adventure from slavery to being a free man."

Heart of Africa - San Diego Zoo: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wap/heartofafrica/map.html

Homo Sapiens Get Smart in Africa - Carvings Point to Africa as Birthplace for Modern Thinking: http://npr.org/programs/atc/features/2002/jan/modernhumans/020110.modernhumans.html

The Life of Africaner, a Namacqua Chief of South Africa: http://digital.lib.msu.edu/ssb/image.cfm?TitleNo=107&image=001

Nigerian Christmas Song: http://www.musicanet.org/son/00/hifi/00075.ram

A Nigerian Yoruba Naming Ceremony in the Washington DC Area: http://www.folklife.si.edu/vfest/africa/start.htm

Obo Addy: Study Guide and Video - Music and Dance of Ghana
http://play.rbn.com/?url=kennedy/kennedyg2/g2demand/09071999_1800_MSN.rm&proto=rtsp
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/cuesheet/pdf/KDYAO.pdf

Okavango: Africa’s Savage Oasis: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/okavango/index.html
A cyber safari to see the animals of Africa.

Old Man of Olduvai Gorge: http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/oct02/pdf/smithsonian_oct
ober_2002_old_man_of_olduvai_gorge.pdf

Pan-Africanists:
http://www.icdlbooks.org:8080/servlet/BookPage?bookid=thmpnfr_00130004&pnu
m1=1&twoPage=true&route=title&size=0

Pro Cantu Choir, South Africa - Thula, babana, mus kulil by Hofmeyr: http://www.musicanet.org/son/00/hifi/00062.rm

Rababa with Darbuka - Picture and Audio Clip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/features/africa/popup/ninsrababa.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutmusic/features/africa/rams/s14_1.ram

Slave Voyages - The Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001286/128631eo.pdf

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