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Africa
Guide
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URL: http://www.africaguide.com |
A complete
and comprehensive guide to every country in Africa, with detailed travel
information, hundreds of relevant links to safaris companies, hotels and
accommodation etc. Containing a wide selection of books and maps, a forum
area and a superb photo library. |
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Africana
Library
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Michigan
State University
100 Library, East Lansing, MI 48824-1000
Ph: (517) 355-2366
URL: http://www.lib.msu.edu/coll/main/africana |
The
African Library contains numerous newsletter and Pamphlets (not recorded
in Magic) relating to Africa. Joseph Lauer is the Acting Librarian he can
be reached at lauer@msu.edu |
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African
Student Union at MSU
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African Student Union
website
URL: http://www.msu.edu/~asu/index.html
PRESIDENT Myra Olaopa, (2000-2001)
E-mail address: olaopamy@msu.edu
Homepage: http://www.msu.edu/~olaopam
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African
Studies Center
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Michigan State University,
100 International Center, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Ph: (517) 353-1700
E-mail: Africa@msu.edu
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/
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The
African Studies Center at MSU is one of the most comprehensive in the United
States. Established in 1960, the Center's main function is to encourage
graduate & undergraduate instruction and research, establish linkages,
recruit students, consult on continuing projects, & economic growth. |
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AFRI-Database
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URL: http://magic.lib.msu.edu/screens/opacmenu.html
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AFRI
database of Africana materials in 18 major U.S. university libraries. Click
on "Search Indexes to Articles", then under "All Resources
Arranged by Subject" on the drop down box select African Studies and
click the GO button. |
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Career
Services and Placement
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Att.: Directory of
International Internships
113 Student Services Building, E. Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 355-9510 Ext. 371
Fax: (517) 353-2957
E-mail: Charles A. Gliozzo Gliozzo@msu.edu
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/InternationalInternships/
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The
Directory of International Internships is an essential reference work for
students seeking international internships. The Directory is a comprehensive
guide to international internships sponsored by educational institutions,
government agencies, & private organizations. |
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Center
for Advanced Study of International Development (CASID)
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Michigan State University
306 Berkey Hall, East Lansing, MI. 48824-1111
Phone: (517) 353-5925 Fax: (517) 353-4840
E-mail: Tom W. Carroll, Dir. tcarroll@msu.edu
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/casid
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Michigan
State University's Center for Advanced Study of International Development
promotes and coordinates the work of faculty and students interested in
international development from the perspective of the social sciences and
liberal arts. |
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English
Language Center
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Michigan
State University
A-714 Wells Hall, East Lansing, Ml 48824-1027 Ph: 517-353-0800 Fax: 517-432-1149
URL: http://polyglot.cal.msu.edu/ELC/admission.html |
The
(ELC) provides instruction to international students who need to improve
their English language skills before beginning academic course work. It
also serves individuals who are not seeking a degree at MSU but who seriously
want to improve their English skills. |
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Institute
of International Agriculture (IIA)
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Professor Donald R.
Isleib,
Associate Dean and Director,
Institute of International Agriculture
324 Agriculture Hall , E. Lansing, MI 48824
Ph: (517) 355-0174
E-mail: iia@msu.edu
URL: http://www.iia.msu.edu/
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The Institute serves to promote, expedite, facilitate, implement, &
coordinate international agricultural and natural resources programs activities
on campus, in Michigan, and overseas. Emphasis is given to stimulating &
assisting faculty & students to develop overseas experiences in support
of their professional programs & domestic responsibilities. In addition,
Institute faculty to advise students on international training, research
& employment opportunities. |
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Institute
of International Health (FHA)
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Institute of International
Health,
B-301 West Fee Hall, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1315
E-mail: II@com.msu.edu
URL: http://www.msu.edu/unit/iih/
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The IIH works with the health-related colleges, as well as with social and
agricultural scientists, nutritionists, and a variety of interdisciplinary
units, to foster and coordinate research, education, and development at
the international level. |
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International
Studies and Programs (ISP)
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Michigan
State University
207 International Center, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Ph: (517) 355-2350 Fax: (517) 353-7254
E-mail: info@www.isp.msu.edu.
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/
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The Office of the Dean of International Studies & Programs coordinates
and ties together support services for foreign students and visiting scholars,
area study programs & centers, overseas technical assistance projects,
undergraduate and graduate study in other countries, institutional linkages,
development research projects, special international study institutes, and
special foreign training programs. |
National
Consortium
for Study in Africa (NCSA)
|
Michigan
State University
100 International Center, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Tel: (517) 353-1700
E-mail: ncsa@msu.edu
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/ncsa/ |
The
consortium seeks to improve the cross-cultural learning of students and
faculty in the U.S. through study in Africa. This site provides the most
comprehensive listing available of programs for study abroad in Africa available
to U.S. students. |
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Nigerian
Students Association at MSU
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NSC
Webpage: http://www.msu.edu/~wazobia/
PRESIDENT Myra Olaopa, (2000-2001)
E-mail address: olaopamy@msu.edu
Homepage: http://www.msu.edu/~olaopam
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The
members of the NSA have one vision, and that is to promote the socio-cultural
identity and community among Nigerians and other Africans as a whole at
Michigan State University. |
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Office
for International Students & Scholars
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103
International Center, E. Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Tel: (517) 353-1720 Fax: (517) 355-4657
E-mail: oissweb@www.isp.msu.edu
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/OISS |
The
Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS) is here to support
and enhance the international students' and scholars' academic, cultural,
and social interaction at MSU. |
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Office
of Study Abroad
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109
International Center, E. Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Tel: (517) 353-8920 Fax: (517) 432-2082
E-mail: studyabroad@osa.msu.edu
URL: http://study-abroad.msu.edu |
One
university, Six Continents, and Ninety-five academic programs. Learn about
study abroad issues from practical information to cultural adjustments,
and everything in between. This link will also take you to several sites
including passport, health, and travel information. |
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Women
and International Development Program (WID)
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Michigan
State University
202 International Center, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035
Tel: 517/353-5040 -- Fax: 517/432-4845
E-mail: WID@msu.edu
URL: http://www.isp.msu.edu/WID/ |
The
Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University
(MSU-WID) is recognized internationally and links circa 150 faculty and
students interested in processes of global transformation and relations
of gender, class, race, and nationality. |
| Africa
News Online |
URL:
http://www.africanews.org/ |
AFRICA
NEWS on the World Wide Web is the one-stop source for up-to-date information
on all of Africa. You will find news from more than 60 different sources,
including 40 top African news organizations. The site is managed by Africa
News Service, a nonprofit agency which has been a leading source of professional
reporting on Africa in the United States for 25 years. Choose a headline
or visit a regional, country or topical news section. |
| Africa
Policy Information Center |
Africa Policy Information
Center (APIC)
110 Maryland Ave. NE, #509, Washington, DC 20002
Tel: 202-546-7961. Fax: 202-546-1545
E-mail: apic@igc.apc.org
URL: http://www.africapolicy.org/apicinfo.htm
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APIC's primary objective is to widen the policy debate in the United States
around African issues & the U.S. role in Africa, by concentrating on
providing accessible policy-relevant information & analysis usable by
a wide range of groups and individuals. |
| African
Studies Association |
URL:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African
Studies/Home_Page/ASA_Menu.html |
The African
Studies Association (ASA) was founded in 1957 as a nonprofit organization
open to all individuals and institutions interested in African affairs.
Its mission is to bring together people with a scholarly & professional
interest in Africa. |
| African
National Congress of South Africa |
URL:
http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html |
Links
to learn more about South African business, education, finance, human rights
and much more. |
| Africa
on the Internet |
URL: http://www.igc.apc.org/apic/bp/inet6.html |
Starting
Points for Policy Information, Background Paper |
| Africa
South of the Sahara |
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/
africa/guide.html |
Selected
Internet Resources listed by Stanford University |
| American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
URL:
http://www.aaas.org/international/africa-guide/index.html |
Sub-Saharan
Africa Program User's Guide to Electronic Networks in Africa |
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Association of Concerned African Scholars |
URL:
http://www.prairienet.org/acas/
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Founded
in 1977, the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS) is a group
of scholars and students of Africa dedicated to: formulating alternative
analyses of Africa & US government policy, developing communication
and action networks between the peoples and scholars of Africa and the United
States, & mobilizing support in the United States on critical, current
issues related to Africa. |
| California
Newsreel |
California Newsreel
149 Ninth Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415.621.6196; Fax: 415.621.6522
E-mail: contact@newsreel.org
URL: http://www.newsreel.org/
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California Newsreel is the site for educational videos on African American
life and history, race relations & diversity training, African cinema,
Media and Society, labor studies, campus life and much more. |
| Council
for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) |
CODESRIA
BP 3304, Dakar, Senegal
TEL : (221) 825 98 14 FAX: (221) 824 12 89
E-mail: CODESRIA@telecomplus.sn
URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/AfricanStudies/
codesria.html
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CODESRIA's principal objectives are facilitating research, promoting research-based
publishing and creating multiple forums geared towards the exchange of views
and information among African researchers. It challenges the fragmentation
of research through h the creation of thematic research networks that cut
across linguistic and regional boundaries. |
| Harvard
University, African Links Page |
URL:
http://icg.fas.harvard.edu/~africa/links.shtml |
A variety
of web sites containing information on or about africa. |
| The
International Journal of African Studies |
Submissions
should be sent:
Professor Ebere Onwudiwe, Editor, IJAS,
Center for African Studies, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
45384
To Subscribe Contact:
The National Resource Center for African Studies, (CAS) at Central State
University, Wilberforce, Ohio 45384
| The
International Journal of African Studies (IJAS), publishes original and
assessed research, book & article reviews, & commentary on previously
published articles. IJAS is multidisciplinary, and invites articles of scholarship
on socio-cultural issues, history, and economic and political praxes relating
to Africa, and to African connections through its diaspora. Sub. Rates:
1 yr. Individual US $30, 1 yr. Institutions US $60, 1 yr. African Universities
US $30 published twice a yr. |
| Republic
of Namibia |
URL: http://www.republicofnamibia.com/index.html |
Government
sponsored site, with links to newspapers, important phone numbers, politics,
and more. |
|
Rüdiger Köppe Verlag Publication House |
Non-European
Languages and Cultures
PO Box 45 06 43, D-50881 Köln Wendelinstraße 73, D-50933 Köln, Germany
Tel: ++49 (0) 221 - 4 97 12 33
Fax ++49 (0) 221-499 43 36
E-mail: r.koeppe@ndh.net
URL: http://www.koeppe.de/html/e_index.htm |
The
publisher's catalogue consists of approx. 150 available titles. The programme
concentrates on textbooks & source editions of African languages. They
comprise basic courses, exercise books, grammars, and recordings. In the
field of Cultural Anthropology, the programme focuses on ethnohistory, analyses
of oral literature, ethnographical accounts and mountain research |
| Thesaurus
Linguae Aethiopicae |
Terdiciplinary
Research Project:
(SFB 295) Cultural and Linguistic Contacts in North-East Africa / West Asia
Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz
Joh.-Joachim-Becher-Weg 2 D-55099 Mainz
Tel.: (06131)39-4010, Fax: (06131)39-5409
E-mail: A.Wetter awetter@mail.uni-mainz.de
URL: www.uni-mainz.de/~kropp/about.html |
The
project is part in a larger number of research projects on historical and
linguistic themes. Thus, within the framework of research on topological
change in Ethio-Semitics the following texts are under preparation: the
Axumite inscriptions, new editions of Imperial songs in old Amharic, the
chronicle of Zär'a-Ya'qob, the Ser'atä mängest and related texts, the Haymanotä
abaw (a history of the Ethiopian Church, in Amharic). |
| University
of Cambridge, African Studies Center Library |
URL: http://www.african.cam.ac.uk/library/ |
Most of
the Library's stock is online and can be consulted on the Union Catalogue,
which is part of Cambridge University Library
online catalogue system. A card catalogue in the Library, arranged by
author, contained the complete holdings of the Library until Aug. 1998,
but is no longer being maintained. Retrospective cataloguing is being undertaken
in order that all stock is online. |
| University
of Pennsylvania's African Studies Home Page |
URL: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/
Home_Page/WWW_Links.htm |
If you
are interested in searching for Africa-related materials the University
of Pennsylvania, has compiled an extensive list of links to other sites. |
| Univ.
of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Program |
URL:
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/links.html
|
Two
web sites containing information on or about Africa - Related Links |
| Washington
Office on Africa |
Washington Office
on Africa (WOA)
212 East Capitol Washington, DC 20003
Tel: 202-547-7503. Fax: 202-547-7505.
E-mail: woa@igc.apc.org
URL: http://www.woaafrica.org/
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The Washington Office on Africa (WOA) is a church-sponsored advocacy organization.
WOA was founded in 1972 to support the movement for freedom from white-minority
rule in southern Africa. Today, WOA has an expanded mission which seeks
to address issues affecting grassroots African interests throughout the
continent. |
| Western
Journal of Black Studies |
URL:
http://www.wsu.edu/~wjbs |
A
publication concerned with research, social analysis, political commentary,
literary criticism, and contemporary arts as they are pertinent to the African
and African-American experience |
|
Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
|
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Travel
health information
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|
Council
of Advisers to Foreign Students & Scholars (CAFSS)
|
|
These
international educators have responsibility for program administration
and advising students and scholars from overseas.
|
|
Immigration
and Naturalization Service at the Dept. of Justice
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You
will find a wide selection of forms available by mail or for download
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NAFSA
- Association of International Educators
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NAFSA:
promotes the exchange of students and scholars to and from the United
States
|
| State
Department Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets |
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html |
Travel
Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant
information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. |
| U.S.
Students Abroad (SECUSSA) |
URL:
http://www.nafsa.org/educator/secussa.html |
These
international educators serve the educational needs of students from U.S.
campuses who study, work, or travel abroad. |
| Washburn
University School of Law Library |
www:
http://www.washlaw.edu:80/forint/africa/soaf.html |
(South
African) Constitution, Law & legislation, Government information, Organizations,
& Law School resource links. |
| University
of Dar Es Salaam |
Dar
Es Salaam, Tanzania, E.A.
Ph 255-51-410500-8
URL: http://www.udsm.ac.tz/ |
Est.
in 1970, UDSM is the first University of Tanzania. The University has some
3500 undergraduates and some 200 graduates. It is located in Dar Es Salaam,
the main business city of Tanzania. UDSM also comprises of Muhimbili University
College of Health Sciences and University College of Land & Architectural
Studies which offers architecture related studies |
| University
of Ghana |
The
Registrar
PO Box 25, Ghana, Legon
Tel: 233-21-501967
Fax - 233-21-502701
URL: http://www.ug.edu.gh/ |
The
University of Ghana was est. in 1948 as the University College of the Gold
Coast, an affiliate college of the University of London. Following independence
in 1957, the university was organized as the University of Ghana, in 1961,
began to award its own degrees. The universities outstanding lecturers &
distinguished alumni have earned it considerable national and international
prestige. |
| University
of South Africa |
PO
Box 392, Pretoria 0003, South Africa
Tel: +27 12 429-3111,
Fax: +27 12 429-3221
URL: http://www.unisa.ac.za/ |
The
University of South Africa, the largest university in South Africa and one
of the largest distance education institutions in the world. Unisa offers
internationally recognized certificate, diploma and degree courses up to
doctoral level. |
| University
of Transkei |
Private Bag X1
Umtata, 5117
Tel: +27 (0) 471-302-2744
URL: http://www.utr.ac.za/mainpage.html
|
The
Unitra of today prides itself on its climate of free speech and political
tolerance. It has developed into a respected centre of learning and has
been able to deliver substantial numbers of graduates with qualifications,
and training of relevance to the needs of the region and the country. The
University boasts a student body of over 7000 and an academic staff drawn
from virtually every continent. |
