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Africa

Algeria

ArabNet -- Algeria, History

Djibouti

ArabNet -- Djibouti, History

Egypt

ArabNet -- Egypt, History

General

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
An electronic exhibition catalog. Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia.

African Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

African Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania.

Art and Oracle: A Scholarly Resource of African Art and Rituals of Divination
Explore African art and the rituals of divination exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Included are links to exhibit descriptions, a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.

Creation of the OAU
A detailed version about the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) that is solely based on the accounts of the former Ethiopian Foreign Minister, the late Ketema Yifru, who was once described by the international media as being closer than any other to the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Includes biographies and pictures of the OAU's founding fathers. Also includes a biography of Ketema Yifru and pictures of his former colleagues.

Northwestern University Library - Africana Collection
Founded in 1954 to support the research and curricular programs of the Northwestern University Program of African Studies, the Herskovits Library is today the largest separate library for the study of Africa in existence.

Guinea

The Anglican Diocese of Guinea

Kenya

Kenyan History
Provides a comprehensive account of Kenya's history, divided into 11 sections

National Museums of Kenya
Encompasses a number of museums in Kenya including Nairobi Museum as well as other regional museums.

Liberia

Archival Data On-Line Respository: Liberia-Roll of Emigrants
Also, Liberian Census Data, 1843.

Libya

ArabNet -- Libya, History

Madagascar

History of Madagascar
From European discovery in 1500.

Mauritania

ArabNet -- Mauritania, History

Morocco

ArabNet -- Morocco, History

Morocco and The Moroccan Sahara

Morocco History

Namibia

The Namibia Library by Dr. Klaus Dierks
Comprehensive data collection on Namibian history, engineering and infrastructure.

Somalia

ArabNet -- Somalia, History

South Africa

Albany Museum - Grahamstown, South Africa

Anglo Boer War Museum
Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
The Society includes the publication of articles, letters and reviews likely to be of interest students of the Anglo Zulu war of 1879. Publication takes the form of two quality Anglo Zulu Historical Society journals each year containing articles of a high academic standard. The contributions are detailed, incisive and explanatory.

Durban History

Historia
The journal of the Historical Association of South Africa.

Historical Documents Archive
Contains documents that were either produced by the ANC, about the role of the ANC and its allies in the struggle for liberation or directly concerned with the ANC. African National Congress.

The History of Apartheid in South Africa

A History of Scouting in South Africa

Inventory of the Historic Photograph Album Collection, c.1865 - 1965
The historic photographic collection of the Campbell Collections comprises some 25,000 images, mainly black and white and sepia toned prints, a rich visual documentation of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, mainly of Natal and Zululand. Campbell Collections of the University of Natal.

Iziko Museums of Cape Town - South African Social History
Links to social history museums in Cape Town including the South African Maritime Museum, and The Slave Lodge built by the Dutch East India Company in 1679.

Port Natal Maritime Museum

Robben Island Museum
For nearly 400 years, Robben Island, 12 kilometres from Cape Town, was a place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment. It was here that rulers sent those they regarded as political troublemakers, social outcasts and the unwanted of society.

South African Politics, Culture & Society Internet Resources

The South African War Virtual Library
Boer War.

The Western Cape Oral History Project
The Western Cape oral history project (WCOHP) is committed to the promotion and development of oral and public history in the Western Cape (Cape Town, South Africa).

The Zulu Nation of South Africa

Sudan

ArabNet -- Sudan, History

Tunisia

ArabNet -- Tunisia, History

Zambia

History of Zambia
A short history by Tim Holmes from pre-history to the 1996 elections.

Zimbabwe

The History of Zimbabwe
Precolonial times through 1980. Brown University.

Rhodesia: Unilateral Declaration of Independence Documents, 1965
From the Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham University.

Zimbabwe History

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