AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

Home

GREAT COMPREHENSIVE SITE

ALMANAC - Lots of stuff

Black History - Arts, Hollywood, Music

MORE BLACK HISTORY

HIGHLIGHTS IN AFRICAN AM HISTORY

Info Please

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Last Updated 04/15/2010

AFRICAN CUSTOMS sites these links need to be copies and pasted into your browser address bar

http://library.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide2.html

 Stanford University: Africa South of the Sahara: TOPICS

 Art, birds, business, culture/society, education, environment, film, health,

history, human rights, languages, law, music, politics, foods, religion, science,

sports, statistics, travel, weather, women, etc.

http://pbskids.org/africa/

 PBS Kids: Africa for Kids

 Thumb piano tunes, masks, Swahili folktale

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/

docs/flagsoftheworld.html

 CIA World Factbook: Flags of the World

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/africa/kids.htm

 California Academy of Sciences: Africa: Just for Kids

http://www.alokli.com/site/video/video.html

 Alokli West African Dance: Alokli Dance Video Clips

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africasong.html

 Penn State: CanTeach

 Songs, chants and games

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Home_Page/Country.html

 University of Pennsylvania: African Studies Center

 Country profiles

http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?coll_package=10081

 Museum of Fines Arts, Boston

 African Musical Instruments

http://www.tradgames.org.uk/features/make-mancala-game.htm

 The Online Guide to Traditional Games

 Make your own Mancala game

Last Updated 04/15/2010

http://www.costumes.org/ethnic/1pages/afrocentriclinks.htm#Masks

 The Costumer’s Manifesto

 African dress & masks

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/continents/africa/

 National Geographic: Africa

 Choose a specific African country to find more information.

http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/south-africa-countryprofile.

html

 Kwintessential: South Africa

 Language, culture, customs & etiquette

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/World-Cuisine/Africa/Main.aspx

 All Recipes: African

http://west-africa.novica.com/

 NOVICA: West Africa

 Clothing, carvings, furniture, ceramics, games, etc.

http://www.pbs.org/wonders/fr_wn.htm

 PBS: Explore the Wonders—Africa

 Wonders of the world

http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/text_folktales_intro.htm

 Phillip Martin: African Folktales

http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/festivals.htm#feb

 South Africa Info.

 South African festivals

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/resources_general.html

 PBS: Africa Resources

 More websites to check out…

http://awf.org/

 African Wildlife Foundation

 Animals, environment, etc.

Last Updated 04/15/2010

http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/pdf/edweb/Masks.pdf

 Pitt Rivers Museum

 Masks

http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/masks.html

 Pitt Rivers Museum

 Masks

http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/maskscarvings.html

 Pitt Rivers Museum

 West African masks & carvings

http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/metalworking.html

 Pitt Rivers Museum

 African metalworking

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/arts_of_africa/

 Brooklyn Museum

 Arts of Africa

http://www.africa.com/

 Africa

 Maps, information on the different African countries, etc.

http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/ethnic.html

 University of Kansas Medical Center: Diversity Calendar

 Scroll down the page, or click on a month to find information on various ethnic &

religious holidays.

http://www.ethiopiantreasures.co.uk/pages/festival.htm

 Ethiopian Treasures: Ethiopian Religious Festivals