Africa Resources: Folktales, Biography, Poetry, Nonfiction

Smithsonian: In this web site, explore objects that attest to Africas striking diversity and long history. Listen as Africans talk about their lives and cultures. Discover your connections to Africa.

Two versions of the web cast are available. Choose the one most suited to your Internet connection speed.

See especially the section "Pen Pals in Africa"
http://www.projectview.org/afvo.penpals.htm

Each link takes you to the official government site for that country if the link is active. Several were not active.

"The Foundation for African Resources is a non-profit program aimed at increasing social awareness and knowledge of Africa by providing information, materials and services to local and national, schools, libraries, media and communities. By providing comprehensive information the Foundation hopes to, motivate individuals and organizations towards positive action and support of sustainable policies, as well as fostering an understating an appreciation of a complex continent."

All Africa Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer, and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C., All Africa is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce, and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users.

Covers a wide variety of topics.

Links include: Art and Life in Africa Online, Searchable Index of Streaming Video, African Pottery Forming & Firing, The Art of Burkino Faso, People Resources (107 African Cultures Profiled), Countries Resources, Databank of Lesson Plans (K-12), and many more.

Links include: Art and Life in Africa Online, Searchable Index of Streaming Video, African Pottery Forming & Firing, The Art of Burkino Faso, People Resources (107 African Cultures Profiled), Countries Resources, Databank of Lesson Plans (K-12), and many more.

Links include: Sites for Kids, Maps & Timelines, Geography & Maps, African Art, Educational Projects, Internet Workshop, History: West, Africa, Ethiopia & Zimbabwe, African Culture, Curriculum Guides, Additional Resources.

Links include: Art and Life in Africa Online, Searchable Index of Streaming Video, African Pottery Forming & Firing, The Art of Burkino Faso, People Resources (107 African Cultures Profiled), Countries Resources, Databank of Lesson Plans (K-12), and many more.

African History from the Dawn of Time told from an African perspective.

Link headings include: The Africa Inquiry Conference 2001, Resources Links for African Studies, Lesson Plans for Teaching Africa, Resource Links for Teachers.