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Culture SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about African culture when you search their database on a word like "Africa" or/and "culture": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about African culture. You should try to narrow your search with words like the name of a country or "cinema". UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in all the world. You should enter the name of a country, region, or any specification you are looking for (like "cinema") to narrow your search results. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to African Culture, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
MediaHere, you'll find links to African and international press, newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about African Culture or Culture in general.
African Cultural MediaOn AfricaNews's Arts and Entertainment Page, you'll find the news articles of over 40 African media of the last month. Probably the best site to keep updated, and with an African point of view. Recommended! Coartnews is a magazine from South Africa. They have a lot of interesting articles about African culture: photography, cinema, visual arts, etc. Recommended!
Media reporting about African CultureAfrica and Middle East-BBC World Service is one of the most important radio services about Africa to the world. News about art, business, sports, science.. Africa Net is a Dutch site with a lot information about art, music, theatre, photography, etc. It doesn't have an English version. African Contemporary Art is a Parisian magazine by Revue Noire in English and French versions. Good design and articles about books, music, films and contemporary African culture in general. African Cultures is a portal web site dedicated only to African culture. Good structure and easy to find information. Africana.com is a new portal web site with a lot of information and serious articles about art, culture, lifestyle, news and much more.
AllAfrica
- Arts & Entertainment is the culture page of
AllAfrica (former AfricaNews), with daily updated news from all the
continent. Djembe Online is the Scandinavian forum for world art, world music, world culture. Articles are in English and Danish. The magazine is produced through volunteer work. The Danish Association for Promotion of African Music, Drama & Art, Couples Without Borders, DanTan and the Danish World Music Association use Djembe as a news bulletin for their members. The Alpha Blondy Gallery offers information about international artist working on African subjects.
In Africana.com you can find a good place to discuss about African themes. Good portal web site. In African Cultures is possible to debate about African culture. This site offers a lot of possibilities and good information. The forum H-West-Africa Discussion Network aims to facilitate discussions about the history and culture of West African peoples. Includes discussion logs and announcements.
GeneralEventsThe AfricaMix Festival is a music festival passing through 16 countries from October 2001 to June 2002, presenting African arts and music to support abused and neglected children in Africa. Informative web site. The museums page of African Cultures offers information about some African museums and articles about exhibitions related with Africa. Durban Art Gallery organizes exhibitions of artists from South Africa and Europe and activities like workshops and film. George VI Art Gallery is a South African center, which organizes exhibitions of South African and international art and a lot of activities. The events page of the National Museum of Namibia offers a lot information about what happens in the country. Pretoria Art Museum, in South Africa, organizes activities and exhibitions of African and European art. Rigby's World of Egypt offers all information about Egyptian art, history, galleries, tours, events and some links
Cultural Organizations ICOM, the International Council of Museums has
a lot of information and links to its committees, other cultural
institutions from around the world and a special page about African
Art History. You'll find a complete list of African objects with all their
dates. But the best information about African culture in these pages is its
special Red List of African
Archaeological Objects: here you'll find ample articles about the
cultural policy of ICOM about these items. Recommended! You
can go directly to its International Committees from here: In the website of the Association for Visual Arts contains information about their activities: exhibitions, lectures and concerts for new artists from South Africa. Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre is a non-profit cultural arts organization composed of highly talented artists. They offers information too about their repertoire and musician events. OWHC, The Organization of World Heritage Cities has a website in English, Spanish and French with a list of the all cities and some information about it. UNESCO is the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Their site contains lots of data about events, programmes, statistics, publications, documents, partners, etc. The site can also be accessed in French, Spanish, Arab and other languages.
African Cultures has a special page of countries. Here they have information like ethnology, history of the country, etc. Egypt The Cavafy Museum, in Alexandria, is a museum about the life and work of the Egyptian poet Constantine Cavafy. Rigby's World of Egypt offers all information about Egyptian art, history, galleries, tours, events and some links. Kenya Jens Finke's Traditional Music and Cultures of Kenya is a delightful and comprahensive web site including hundreds of images and soundclips from Kenya. Covers most of Kenya's peoples, focussing on their traditions, religions and beliefs, social structures and rituals, riddles, stories, fables and proverbs, and of course music and dance. Namibia In the website of the Association for Visual Arts contains information about their activities: exhibitions, lectures and concerts for new artists from South Africa. Durban Art Gallery organizes exhibitions of artists from South Africa and Europe and activities like workshops and film. George VI Art Gallery is a South African center, which organizes exhibitions of South African and international art and a lot of activities. Pretoria Art Museum, in South Africa, organizes activities and exhibitions of African and European art. University of the Witwatersrand Art Galleries organizes exhibitions of South African traditional and contemporary art.
Resource Pages/LinksAfricana.com is a new portal web site with a lot of information and serious articles about art, culture, lifestyle, news and much more. African Community International Center, by African residents in United States, is a practical site if you are looking for some links to, for example, African governments or if you want to keep updated. African Cultures is a portal web site dedicated only to African culture. Good structure and easy to find information. Art and Life in Africa offers lots of interesting articles about African culture in all aspects of it. It isn't frequently updated. The website of National Museum of Namibia contains all information about the museum and events. The most interesting is their links with all museums in the country. Rigby's World of Egypt offers all information about Egyptian art, history, galleries, tours, events and some links.
The AFRICA: One Continent. Many Worlds web site is a collaborative project between The Field Museum, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the California African American Museum and the Armory Center for the Arts. African Art on the Internet is a site from the Stanford University, which contains a lot of serious articles, rapports, conferences about African art. Africana.com is a new portal web site with a lot of information and serious articles about art, culture, lifestyle, news and much more. African Cultures is a portal web site dedicated only to African culture. Good structure and easy to find information. In the page of Anthropology of African Cultures you'll find, for example, anthropological news stories from ABC, CNN or The Washington Post. African History in the Internet is a site from the Stanford University Libraries, which contains a lot of serious articles, rapports, conferences about African history. Art of Africa, by Sue Dickinson offers a general view of the African art: wildlife art, artist and some more. A Touch of Africa,
from the USA, is a website dedicated to sell African art, with a
general point of view.
SubcategoriesArchitectureIn the architecture page of Africans Culture you'll find some interesting articles about African architecture. This is one of few sites where you can find information about it.
CinemaAfrica Cinema in Seattle offers information about African cinema in this town. A lot of interesting facts. African Contemporary Art has a film page with several articles about African cinema and films. In the film page of African Cultures is possible to find some information about African cinema, biographies, library...See it! In African Social Message Films & Videos it's possible find a large list with the principals links about African cinema.
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Cultural PolicyIn the page of The Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at University of Warwick you'll find information about conferences, debates, etc. about cultural policy. ICOM, The International Council of Museums is the biggest international organization to museums and here offers links to a lot of international cultural organizations. The International Network on Cultural Policy is currently composed of 38 countries, and is evidence of a growing interest in preserving local and national cultures. Some African countries like Cameroon, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Morocco and south Africa are here. ITI, The International Theatre Institute is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that was founded by UNESCO and the international theatre community. The ITI has information about national centres in approximately 90 countries. A lot of them are African countries. OUA, The Organization of African Unity. UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations, has a very good web site with a interesting page about African Culture Policy. Recommended! Webster's World of Cultural Democracy has a page about Cultural Policy to find some information of a lot international cultural problems. The Zimbabwe International Book Fair offers the largest and most diverse exhibition of books, magazines, journals, CD-ROM and publishing and printing technology and services in sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa).
GastronomyAfrica Online - Kenya has some good East African recipes. The African Cookbook is one large documentation of fine African cooking. Here you will find a wide variety of traditional recipes. In the food page of African Cultures you`ll find a lot information of African recipes. Well organizated, you will learn about some typical food from somes countries. African Recipes Page from the University of Berkeley has a list of recipes. African Recipes - The Congo Cookbook - has a large variety of African recipes, presented in a very delicate way for the American/European reader. This is a perfect place to start if you want to learn something about African cooking and read some interesting features asides. Well organized, and you can look up recipes by region or ingredient. The Bergkelder, situated in Stellenbosch, is one of the most important winery in South Africa. Boschendal is the largest state in South Africa and famous for their wines. Clos Malverne tell us about Devon Valley, winery located in the heart of Stellenbosch, in South Africa and is owned by Simon Pritchard who produced his first wine in 1988. The winery has a reputation for well structured, deeply colored and intensely varietal Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage. The Food Museum has a list of several food staples from tropical and temperate climates, with basic lexical information. Well organized, but basic information. They are still working on it, it may seem. The Gambian Food & Dishes Page by NiiCa has some recipes to famous Gambian and West African dishes, including Chicken Yassa and Chicken and Beef Benachin. "Goodcooking's Africa Pages has some typical African recipes. The website on Klein Constantia wine tell us about its history. Klein Constantia estate, part of the farm that produced the Constantia wine prized by Europe's aristocracy in the 18th century, is considered one of South Africa's premier crus, its wines winning both local and international awards.
LiteratureYou can find some articles about African literature or interesting interviews in the artscene page of africana.com The page of literature of African Cultures is a well organized site to find articles, biographies and a lot of information about African literature. African Journals Online is a pilot project to promote African-published scholarly journals by means of the Internet. The site is managed by INASP and received initial funding from UNESCO. African Postcolonial Literature in English is a website with bibliographies and information about the literature and the history of the African English-spoken countries. APNET, the African Publishers Network, promotes indigenous publishing in Africa. APNET brings together national publishers associations from 27 countries. APNET is a pan-African, non-profit making network with a Secretariat in Harare, Zimbabwe. Also a page in French. The Electronic African Bookworm is developed by Hans Zell Publishing Consultants in Oxford as part of their Web site, this extensive links section has been designed specifically for use by the book professions in Africa, and by African writers and scholars, particularly those who may be new to the Web. Femmes ecrivains et litterarure africaine is a good site about African female writers. They have interviews, unpublished texts in French, tittles, authors, bibliography, etc. English version. In Great Epic Book you can found the best complete library about Africa. They maintain and constantly expand an excellent African reference library, currently in excess of 2500 volumes. Research in African Literatures is published four times a year and is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide. It serves as a stimulating vehicle in English for research on the oral and written literatures of Africa TimBookTu - Stories, Poetry and Essays with an African-American Flavor TimBookTu is a site featuring stories, poetry and essays dedicated to giving greater exposure to up-and-coming writers and poets who wish to express
Museums & Exhibitions
ICOM, the International Council of Museums has a special page about African Art History. You'll find a complete list of African objects with all their dates. Recommended! The museums page of African Cultures offers information about some African museums and articles about exhibitions related with Africa. African/Edenic Heritage Museum, in Washington, has his own website, but it doesn't have too much information. Africaserver always offers new, special web-exhibitions of African artists, mainly paintings. You can also access older exhibitions. The site is recommended as the best one combining traditional art and modern, Internet technology to present it - all in an African perspective. In the website of the Association for Visual Arts contains information about their activities: exhibitions, lectures and concerts for new artists from South Africa. The page of The Museum for African Art from New York offers practical information about exhibitions, etc. The Nok Museum of African Arts is an internet based museum. The museum will maintain an electronic collection of works held by other museums and private collectors. Good website. Recommended!Egypt Egyptian Museum contains information about the best of the Egyptian art. Kenya Madagascar Namibia South Africa George VI Art Gallery is a South African center, which organizes exhibitions of South African and international art and a lot of activities. Pretoria Art Museum, in South Africa, organizes activities and exhibitions of African and European art. University of the Witwatersrand Art Galleries organizes exhibitions of South African traditional and contemporary art.
MusicAfrica Fête '99 is the renowned world music tour showcasing diverse African music and rhythms and returns to the US with an 18 city tour. You can found some articles about African music in the artscene page of africana.com. In the music page of African Cultures you'll find a lot of articles about African music, and they have too a interesting African Musicians Guide. Here you can see information abut musicians like, for example, Joussou N'Dour. Besides African Cultures have a special page about African dance. The African Music Encyclopedia offers all complete information about the music of all Africa: musicians, instruments, countries, etc. African Percussion celebrates the music of Ghanaian group, The Kusun Ensemble and features West African Percussions Nii Tettey Tetteh. They have information about instruments and studying hand drumming in Ghana. Africassette Music is a worldwide retailer of African and World Music on compact disc, cassette tape, & video. They are also a record label, releasing 'Afro-Atlantic' music. Regularly updated listing of old and new music and online ordering. Afromix has a lot of links to sites with information about African music. It offers also a list of musicians, instruments and countries. Ancient Future offers a lot of possibilities. They have information about international music, with a lot of services and links. Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre is a non-profit cultural arts organization composed of highly talented artists. They offers information too about their repertoire and musician events. In the page Classical Reggae Interviews you'll find an unique collection of multimedia photo interviews of some of the world's famous reggae musicians. Cora Connection is a well structured site with interesting information about music, instruments and more in West Africa. Da Mad Rappers Web site offers news, forums, online hiphop shop, etc. Only hiphop. The Drums and Percussion Page has some links, but not too much information and it isn't updated frequently. Earthshaking Music is a new site about international music, but with special interest in African music. They have a lot information about instruments, education and performance. East African Music offers some musical information about only in Tanzania and Kenya. But they has too a page about African cinema. Not too much extended, but interesting facts. Gamton Records/Publishing is a Gambian World Music label located in Germany. It represents music groups like Senegambigha ( African Trance Percussion ). Jammin Reggae Archives is a good site with a lot of information and links with the reggae world. Kayaga African Entertainmet is a site about dance, music, drama and storytelling from East Africa. MiXite is a Dutch site with a lot of practical musical information, like bibliographies of musicians of all countries, agenda, etc. But they haven't a English version. In National Songs of the World you can find a lot of lyrics to national anthems of African and other countries. RealWorld is an American record company, featuring artists from all over the world, including many African. Delicate website with online ordering. Rumba-Kali or Africanhiphop.com is the organ of the non-profit organization Madunia in Holland and their site intents to serve those interested in hip hop and the cultures of Safica and of African origin. Their ample Sound Archives contain loads of mp3s and some videos with African music! Free sound!! Shona Spirit offers some basic information about the mbira or thumb piano. In the page of Zou Archive you'll find everything about what's happening in the zou community: news, top 10, links, MP3s, etc.
ArtistsAfrican Musicians Guide is an interesting guide about African musicians like, for example, Joussou N'Dour, etc. Afromix has a lot of links to sites with information about African music. It offers also a list of musicians, instruments and countries. Alpha Blondy is an important reggae musician from Ivory Coast. Here you'll find all information about him. The Alpha Blondy Gallery offers information about international artist working on African subjects. Baaba Maal is a uniquely talented singer from Senegal. You can know all about him in this site. Baaba & Me is the website about this musician from Senegal. Biography, discography, news. Experience Hendrix is the official Hendrix' website with biography, magazine, merchandise, guitar competition, guitar school, concert guide..... Jammin Reggae Archives is a good site with a lot of information and links with the reggae world. Mamady Keita is the site of one of the most important musicians in Guinea. It offers information about his biography, discography, music and instruments. The Senegalese singer Pape Seck, which died in 1995, has a website dedicated to him, written by Christina Roden. In the page of Samite of Uganda you'll find information about music from East Africa, with biography, tour dates and instruments.
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Plastic ArtsICOM, the International Council of Museums has a special page about African Art History. You'll find a complete list of African objects with all their dates. Recommended! African Colours is an online resource for contemporary African Art. Smart design and a lot of content. Has special "Yellow Pages" on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, presenting selected artists. African Contemporary Art has a page with a list of artist (painting, sculpture, installation), but it doesn't have too much information and the connection has some problems frequently. African Cultures has an art page with a lot articles about art from all Africa and some information about museums. African Pottery Forming and Firing Techniques is an educational site, which offers photos with detailed descriptions of the forming and firing techniques used by African potters. Kheto Lualuali is a Mozambican artist with a virtual exhibition. You'll find here his biography and artworks in seven different phases. English, Portuguese, French. Tribal Eye (Oldbeads) is a large website presenting and selling beads, a showcase of African culture and handicraft. You can go directly to their comprahensive Africa Pages. Recommended.
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