PLEASE NOTE: the following information was found in 1985 and has never been updated:

This is a two part message containing the latest version of the guide
to African and African American Internet Resources. The guide is
updated quarterly.

I will be happy to correct and update this list. Please send correction
and addition information to me at Gen_X@access.digex.net. This list
may be freely copied and distributed.

*** Indicates a new entry since the last version of the list
* Indicates that an entry has changed significantly since the last list--
usually an address change
--Nina Brown

World Wide Web

*The Abyssinia Cyberspace Gateway
Http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmullholl/ab_base.html
This is a directory of information, services, and software available for the
Abyssinian cyberspace community. Abyssinia is used as a term for the
collective cultures of the region of East Africa bounded by Djibouti, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Somalia, and Somaliland.

Addis Ababa University Home Page
Http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/ethiopia/aau_home.html
This site has information about the school including the department of
pharmacy, the faculty and alumni. There are links to information about
other schools in Ethiopia.

***Afria Research and Information Alliance
Http://OS2.iaccess.za/afria/index.htm
This is a new information service offering current events and legislative news
about Africa. The site offers the RDP Monitor, a periodical offering economic,
environmental and social information about Africa. The Legi-Link service is
also
made available here, offering legislative updates from Africa. These are
fee-based services.

Africa Commercial Home Page
Http://africa.com/
This is the Web page for Africa.com an organization devoted to
"trade business, and industry in South Africa. They offer WWW pages
to local and foreign companies, and other business services. The site has
been recently expanded to include space for posting your resume, listings
of South African properties and tourism information.

***Africa Update
Http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/africa_update/africa_update.html
This is the quarterly newsletter of Central Connecticut State University's
African studies program. The back issues are archived here.

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
Http://www.lib.virginia.edu/dic/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
This is an electronic exhibition catalog of the Bayly Art Museum at the
University of Virginia. The site has many beautiful images.

***African Family Film Foundation
Http://www.webcom.com/~africa
This non-profit organization is dedicated to bringing "uplifting images of
African peoples to schools, community groups, public and alternative media.
" Look in on the site to learn more about their work.

AfriNet
Http://www.afrinet.net:80/afrinet/main/main.html
Sponsored and operated by Object Oriented Information Systems Inc.
AfriNet is an electronic community for minority owned and operated
organizations and businesses.

*Afro-American Newspaper
Http://www.afroam.org/afroam/afro_home_page.html
The Afro-American is an African American oriented newspaper established
in 1892. It is based in Baltimore and serves the Baltimore, Washington D.C
and Richmond VA areas. This site includes marketing and business news,
and several special exhibits of images and text. These exhibits include a
collection of the memoirs of African Americans who participated in
World War II, profiles of the "Scottsboro Boys" who were accused of
rape in the South in the 1930's and "The Promised Land," an exhibit on the
history of the idea of the Promised Land in African American thought.

***Alchemy of Africa
Http://www.aztec.co.za/biz/africa
This site is a collection of African businesses including a virtual art
gallery,
local information and a shopping mall specializing in sites with
"African appeal."

Anthony's AFRAM Topics
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~ada/AFRAM.html
This is a part of the Drum Web site. It has links to other related sites on
the
World Wide Web including gopher, ftp, and news sites. There is also a
collection of links to job related Internet sites.

Believe in Yourself Inc.
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/selfdex.html
This group was founded in 1994 to provide self-esteem workshops to
groups of all ages. This groups strives to empower children from all
backgrounds, aid distressed families and alleviate the problems of drug
and child abuse.

***Black Information Network
Http://www.bin.com
This site has many interesting links to organizations and small businesses.
Some of the groups included here are the Coalition of Minority Women in
Business and Black Entertainment Television. There site also has discussion
areas, news updates and a collection of "In Search Of..." advertisements.

The Blacklist
Http://www.udel.edu/nero/lists/blacklist.html
This is a list of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered people of African
descent.The list was originally prepared as part of the celebration of Black
History Month 1994.

***Cape Town Weather Watch
Http://emma.sea.uct.ac.za/weather/index.html
Connect to this site for the latest weather information from Cape Town and
surrounding areas.

The Caribbean Connection
Http://mrlxp2.mrl.uiuc.edu/~stuart/caribbean.html
This site is "a link that provides a meeting place for the Caribbean
community."
The site has travel information, links to newsgroups, gophers, and libraries.
Recently updated, the site has more reading materials, information about
Caribbean food and sports and e-mail links to people who have home pages
on Caribbean networks.

Carter Bing's Home Page
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/carter.html
This site features sound clips including African drums, chants, and
instrumental music.

Channel Zer0
Http://www.gatech.edu/bgsa/blackpages/zero.html
This is a motivational and educational consulting company founded in 1992.

Congressional Black Caucus Information
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/CBC.html
This page includes the CBC's legislative agenda, member reports and various
CBC statements. At this time the latest statement was on the situation in
Haiti.
This site also contains links to the Congressional E-mail address listing and
news media address listing which was currently under construction at the time
of this list.

***The Digital Cafe
Http://www.systems.co.za/cafe/cafe.html
This site was temporarily unavailable during the summer 1995 update. In the
past this site was serving as a meeting place to share news about Africa.
There were several links to a number of other African Web sites.

Directory of Ford Fellows
Http://xerxes.nas.edu:70/1/ford
This is the site of the Directory of Ford Foundation Fellows.

Diversity Page
Http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/diversity1.html
This page has links to resources on ethnic diversity on the Internet. The
site includes a list of resources for Black studies and Arthur McGee's list of
on-line resources for African Americans.

The Drum Homepage
Http://drum.ncsc.org
The Drum organization's mission is "to provide connectivity to the Internet,
National Information Highway, and various state information Highways for
the African and African-American community." The Drum Page has links to
topics like African-American Universities, Africa, African Arts, Civil Rights,
and more.

The Drum Mailing Lists
Http://drum.ncsc.org/drum-lists.html
The Drum organization runs a variety of Internet discussion mailing lists.
Read all
about them at this site.

***Eastern Cape SchoolNet Project
Http://www.escape.school.za/
The home page for a project designed to bring Internet access to schools
throughout South Africa, this site provides information about the goals of
the project, its sponsors and the progress they have made toward their goal.

*ElamWorld Technology Review Online
Http://www.melanet.com/melanet/elam/elam.html
Publication of this journal was temporarily suspended as of the July 1995
update. Normally, this site houses a technology review journal edited by
Stafford Levon Battle and Associate Editor Kenneth L. Thompson.

Ethiopia: A Country Study
Http://rs6.loc.gov/et_00_00.html
Learn about the country of Ethiopia. This site addresses the history of
Ethiopia from historical, social, environmental, economic, political, and
military perspectives. It is part of the country studies/area handbook
program of the U.S. Department of the Army. This is the first in the series.

*Events and People in Black History Page Maintained by Charles Isbell
Http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhcal-toc.html
This site organizes information by month and connects to "This Week
in Black History" which is also maintained by Charles Isbell. It is a
very nice collection of events by day.

***Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html
This site has a collection of information about African Americans in the
sciences.
There is a collection of statistics on the numbers of African American PhD's
in various disciplines. Also included are nice profiles of African American
scientists in many scientific fields.

Federal Information Exchange, Inc. Home Page
Http://web.fie.com/
Federal Information Exchange is a partnership of ten federal agencies under
the leadership of the Department of Energy. The system is known as
FEDIX/MOLIS. FEDIX is "federal agency opportunity information" and
MOLIS is "minority college and university capability information." MOLIS
has information on Historically Black Colleges/Universities, opportunities
for
minorities in the federal government, a scholarship search, and fellowship
information. There is a nice HELP file listed under the menu heading FAQ.

Fisk University
Http://www.fisk.edu/
This site has information about Fisk University.

Harlem Educational Activities Fund
Http://north.pole.org/santa/Groups/Harlem/index.html
This is a non-profit group devoted to enhancing the "life chances" of
promising
children in New York City's Harlem neighborhood. Learn how you can help.

Hawa's Abridged Book List
Http://www.gatech.edu/bgsa/blackpages/book_hawa.html
This page is a bibliography of suggested books. They range from Leroi Jones
to James Baldwin.

***The Hornet
Http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Hornet/menu_Hornet.html
The Horn of Africa Electronic Exchange is based in Addia Ababa, Ethiopia.
The goal of the group is to provide free computer networking services in the
Horn of Africa. This is an electronic bulletin on their progress.

Internet Africa-Home
Http://www.iaccess.za/iafrica/info.html
Internet Africa is an Internet service provider in South Africa.

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
Http://www.memst.edu/egypt/main.html
This is the University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology.
View Egyptian artifacts from their collection, take a tour of Egypt and learn
more about the Institute.

IRC #Blaklife Gifs and Homepages
Http://www.engin.umich.edu/~atb/umich.pub/blaklife.html
This is the Web site of the IRC channel #blaklife. This site has images and
links
to the Web pages of Blaklife regulars. The site also has information about the
Blaklife mailing list and the Blaklife magazine. Look-up the site and then
join
them in IRC.

ISIS
Http://www.mit.edu:8001//people/aej/isis.html
This page has art, music and literature "primarily about and for women of the
African diaspora." The site has biographies of Lorraine Hansberry, Phyllis
Wheatley, Sojourner Truth and Mary MacLeod Bethune and links to pages
for Billie Holiday, Angelique Kidjo, Maya Angelou, Judith Jamison,
Terry McMillan, Rita Dove, and Sade

*Jerome Johnson Page
Http://www.ip.net/critic/Artists/Jerome_Johnson
Learn about this African-American artist and view examples of his work.

***John Henrick Clarke Africana Library
Http://132.236.31.11/Afr.html
This is a special collection at Cornell University devoted to the history and
culture of people of African descent. You can search through the resources
including periodicals and multimedia resources.

***Johnny Clegg and Savuka
Http://www.iuma.com/GMO/html/Clegg,_Johnny-s.html
(Note the comma in the address after Clegg is intentional)
Johnny Clegg and the band Savuka are profiled here. Their work is popular
throughout the United States and Europe. This site includes album reviews,
downloadable images and other information.

***K-12 Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet
Http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
This guide is a portion of the University of Pennsylvania's gigantic African
studies
site. This is a good place for teachers seeking information about Africa.
The site includes sample lesson plans, papers and articles, country
information
and more.

*Krannert Art Museum
Http://www.art.uiuc.edu/Kam/
This site has many image files from the museum collection to download and
view. There is also visitor information.

Kwanzaa Information Center
Http://sol.calstatela.edu:8080/www/kwanza.html
This site has a text file with information on Kwanzaa.

***Meanderings: An African American Journal of Politics, Art and Culture
Http://www.webcom.com/~sppg/meanderings/me.html
This electronic journal has many interesting articles on a variety of
subjects.
Check it out.

Melanet: Your Commerce and Information Center
Http://www.melanet.com/melanet/
This is a service of the New Perspective Technologies Company. It is "an
electronic
commerce, resource and research center...where Black business persons may
market
their goods and services to one another as well as the rapidly growing on-line
consumer base."

***Morocco World Wide Web
Http://www.dsg.ki.se/maroc/
A map of Morocco, a history and guide book and cultural information are all
included in this Web page. This is a nice general overview of the country.

National Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)
Http://www.gatech.edu/bgsa/blackpages/bdpa.html
This page gives organizational information, chapter lists, and conference
information.

*National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and
Science, Inc. (GEM)
Http://www.nd.edu/~gem/
This organization works to identify potential minority graduate students and
encourages them to apply to graduate school. They provide each fellow with
financial support, research internships, and counseling and guidance. This
site has
information about the Engineering Fellowship Program, the PhD Engineering
Fellowship Program, Physical/Life Science Fellowship Program and more.

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/NSBE.html
This page introduces this organization, their mission and their activities.

***New Africa Rock
Http://www.iuma.com/GMO/html/new_africa_rock.html
This is the home page of Shifty Records, a company representing some
South African musicians. The site includes sound clips, photos and
ordering information.

***Niger Archaeological Web Page
Http://www.orstom.fr/bani/presentation.html
Written entirely in French, this site describes ongoing work in the field of
physical
anthropology at the Niger Research Institute. The site describes the skeletons
and
other artifacts that have been discovered during archaeological excavation.

North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~carter/ncarrv.html
This is an educational group devoted to eliminating "bigoted violence" in
North
Carolina. They provide assistance to victims and conduct monitoring and
research projects on the problem.

North Carolina Sickle Cell Syndrome Program
Http://drum.ncsc.org/~tain/nccell.html
This site has newsletters from the Sickle Cell Program.

***One Nation Books and Art
Http://drum.ncsc.org:80/~ron/
A commercial site advertising products from Africa, this site has a very handy
search form for finding items.

Paradox Nightclub in Baltimore
Http://ubmail.ubalt.edu/~rmills/pdox0.html
This is a description of the Paradox nightclub in Baltimore, Maryland.
The page has links to other music oriented sites including Jazz, Hip-Hop,
and more.

***Pottery: The Potter's Page
Http://www.aztec.co.za/users/theo/index.html
Information about African pottery and pottery in general is featured at this
site. The author promises that the site will be expanding in the future to
provide an electronic meeting-place for everyone interested in pottery.

***Resources for People of Color
Http://bronze.ucs.indiana.edu/~gillies/color.html
This site has a great collection of links to African American Internet
resources. The site is especially strong in connections to scholarship
information. There is even a searchable database of minority scholarships.

Selections from the African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress
Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
Http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/African.American/intro.html
This exhibit spans the range of the Library of Congress collection including
books, periodicals, images, music, film, and sound. This exhibit covers four
sections of the resource guide, colonization, abolition, migration, and the
WPA.
There are many beautiful images and text. This is a wonderful resource.

***SOS Children's Village of Africa
Http://ekhaya.sos.pta.school.za/welcome.html
This is the page devoted to the African Children's Village, a non-profit
organization devoted to child welfare and education.

***South African Broadcasting Corporation
Http://www.sabc.co.za/
This is the address for more information about the South African broadcasting
corporation and general broadcasting information about Africa.

***South African Computer Journal
Http://www.mosaic.co.za/sacj/sacj.html
This journal is designed to provide a forum for the publication of the latest
information and research in the field of computer science and information
systems.

***South African National Gallery
Http://www.gem.co.za/sang
This page gives more information about the gallery including visitor and
tour information, a mission statement and historical information.

***Technology in Liberia
Http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/dex/libtech.html
This is the location for the latest on information technology in Liberia. This
site
describes the Unified Digital Network, a project intended to supply digital
communication services in Liberia.

Universal Black Pages
Http://www.gatech.edu/bgsa/blackpages.html
This page organizes links to African and African American resources. It is
very helpful and complete.

*University of Asmara Home Page
Http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/eritrea/au_home.html
This page has limited information about the University including current
statistics
about enrollment. The page is basically an open call for alumni to contribute
to
the further development of the page.

***Universities in South Africa
Diocesan College Web Server (Http://www.dc.wcape.school.za)
Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Ed.
(Http://www.puk.ac.za)
Port Elizabeth Technikon (Http://www.petach.ac.za)
Pretoria Technikon (Http://www.techpta.ac.za)
Rand Afrikaans University (Http://www.rau.ac.za)
Rhodes University (Http://www.ru.ac.za)
University of Cape Town (Http://www.uct.ac.za)
University of Natal Pietermaritzburg Computer Science Dept.
(Http://www.unp.ac.za/cisbase.html)
University of Orange Free State (Http://www.uovs.ac.za)
University of Port Elizabeth (Http://www.upe.ac.za)
University of Pretoria (Http://www.up.ac.za)
University of South Africa (Http://www.unisa.ac.za)
University of Stellenbosch (Http://www.sun.ac.za)
University of Witwatersrand (Http://www.wits.ac.za)
VISTA University (Http://www.vista.ac.za)

*University of Pennsylvania African American Studies Department
Http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
This may be the preeminent Internet resource for African American studies.
This comprehensive Web site has dozens of links to African and African
American Internet resources. There are K-12 information sources and
wonderful links to African country specific studies. You can also search for
African studies files and multimedia resources.

***University of Wisconsin, Madison African Studies Program
Http://www.wisc.edu/afr
This site has information about the UW African studies program, travel and
study
in Africa information, K-12 African study resources, information on grants
and
scholarships, and links to other resources.

Wanda's Abridged Book List
Http://www.gatech.edu/bgsa/blackpages/book_wanda.html
The site lists suggested books by Cornell West, Nathan McCall and others.

***The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Research Resources
Http://www.pitt.edu/~ian/ianres.html
This site has a useful collection of links to international resources. The
International Affairs Area has a section on Africa. There are also connections
to a variety of African government sites and news sources.

***Yahoo African American Pages
Http://akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/society_and_culture/
minorities/african_american
Yahoo is an excellent subject guide to Web resources. This section of Yahoo
has links to dozens of African American sites.

FTP SITES

Afro-American History FTP
ftp.msstate.edu
/pub/docs/history/USA/Afro-Amer
Many African American history documents including text of the "I Have a Dream
Speech."

*Caribbean Reggae Archive
ftp.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp
/pub/Caribbean/Reggae_Gifs
Large selection of images of various Reggae artists

Diversity Gopher and Telnet Sites
gopher: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
/humanities/socsci/Diversity resources
telnet: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
/humanities resources/social science resources/diversity resources

***Drum FTP Site
drum.ncsc.org
/pub/articles Audio files
/pub/orgs African American community organizations
/pub/lit Literature
/pub/speeches Speeches of African American leaders

The McGee List of African and African American Internet resources
ftp.netcom.com
/pub/am/amcgee/african/my_african_related_lists

***Stellenbosch University South Africa
itu2.sun.ac.za
/pub/South-Africa
Political information and weather images from South Africa.

Gophers

African and African American Studies
Riceinfo.rice.edu
/Information by Subject Area/Anthropology and Culture/African and African
American
Studies/

African Area Studies
Gopher.lib.virginia.edu
/Area Studies/Africa

*African National Congress Gopher
Wn.apc.org

African Studies Gopher at University of Pennsylvania
gopher.upenn.edu
/PennInfo via the Gopher -> PennInfo Gateway/PennInfo/Interdisciplinary
Programs/African Studies

Harvard Committee on African Studies
Kudzu.harvard.edu
/Harvard University Gophers/Harvard International Studies Gopher/Harvard's
Committee on African Studies/

J.S. Geriche Library University of Stellenbach
Lib.sun.ac.za

***Rhodes University Gopher South Africa
gopher.ru.ac.za

*University at Buffalo African-American Studies Department Information
Wings.buffalo.edu
/academic and departmental info/school of arts and sciences/African American
studies

University of Cape Town
gopher.uct.ac.za

University of Natal, Durban
Gopher.und.ac.za

University of Pretoria
Gopher.up.ac.za

***University of South Africa
gopher.unisa.ac.za

***University of Witwatersrand in South Africa Computer Science Dept.
Gopher.cs.witz.ac.za


Mailing Lists/Electronic Journals

AAASMSP
Listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu
Minority perspectives on ethics in science

AASNET-L
Listserv@uhupvm1.uh.edu
Sponsored by the African American Student Network

AFAM-L
Listserv@mizzou1.missouri.edu
The African American Research Forum

AFRICA-N
Listserv@vm.utcc.utotonto.ca
African News and Information Service

AFRICANEWS
Africanews@igc.apc.org
African News Online (Africa News Service) Newsletter

AFROAM-L
Listserv@harvarda.harvard.edu
African American life and culture

AGE-L
Listserv@uga.cc.uga.edu
African Global Experience

BTO
Listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu
Black Technical Organizations discussion group

CUBA-L
Listserv@unmvma.unm.edu
Cuba Today in Spanish/English. There is a $60/year subscription fee. The fee
is $30/year for students.

ENLACE
Listserv@uprbib.upr.clu.edu
This is a source for Caribbean related mailing lists. Send the message LISTS
to the
above address.

***ETHIOPIA
Eedn-postmaster@rpi.edu
Ethiopian discussion list. You must fill out a profile form in order to join
the
list. You can request the form from the above address or you can fill it out
on the Web at the address: Http://www.rpi.edu/~demeke/ethweb.html

IBADS
Listserv@tome.worldbank.org
Information Bank on African Development Studies at the World Bank.

*KENYA-BIZ
Ayisi@afrique.com
Business in Kenya

*KENYA-NET
Kenya-net-request@afrique.com
Kenya discussion. This list is restricted to Kenyans and other east Africans.
There is a $20 subscription fee. Send a message with the word INFO in the
body to the above address. You will receive a form in reply. Fill in the form
and return to become a subscriber.

***KENYA-NEWS
info@afrique.com
This list is a news digest from Kenya without discussion. There is a $20
yearly subscription fee.

***LEONENET
Listserv@mitvma.mit.edu
This list is for the discussion of Sierra Leonean issues.

NYASANET
Nyasanet-request@unh.edu
Malawi Discussion. You must fill out a request form in order to become a
subscriber. Send an information request to the above address or fill out the
form on the group's Web page: Http://spicerack.unh.edu/~llk

***Promisel
Listserv@listserv.syr.edu
This is a list for the discussion of the African American migration and the
Promised Land.

SISTAH-NET
Sistah-request@hamp.hampshire.edu
Black lesbians network. You must send information to the above address
asking to be a subscriber.

*TSSNEWS
Amiri@cse.psu.edu
News of the Tunisian Scientific Society.

TUNISNET
Listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
Tunisia Network

WORLD-L
Listserv@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu
Non-Eurocentric World History


Newsgroups

***Alt.Music.African

Bit.Tech.Africana

Clari.News.Hot.Somalia

Clari.News.Issues.Civil_Rights

Clari.World.Africa

*Clari.World.Africa.South_Africa

Soc.Couples.Intercultural

Soc.Culture.African

Soc.Culture.African.American

Soc.Culture.Caribbean

Soc.Culture.Maghreb

Soc.Culture.South-Africa


Commercial Online Services

***NetNoir
America Online (Keyword: NetNoir)
This new offering on America Online is described as a "cybergateway" to
Afrocentric culture. Currently, the site has four departments including music,
sports, education and business. There are plans to add up to eighteen more
departments at a later time. The chat portion of the service is quite lively
as are
the bulletin board discussions.

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