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Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he takes you on a journey to discover a wealth of African history and culture in Wonders of the African World...... Read more |
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Civilizations in Africa is designed as a learning module in the form of a "research textbook." The module provides more information and in more detail than the average freshman level world cultures/history/civilizations textbook. It is meant to be a resource for students to extract overall background but with enough detail so that students can approach sophisticated and creative assignments on the culture or history of African urban cultures...... Read more |
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The Story of Africa tells the history of the continent from an African perspective. Africa's top historians take a fresh look at the events and characters that have shaped the continent from the origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid. See the rise and fall of empires and kingdoms, experience the power of religion, the injustices of slavery, and chart the expansion of trade between Africa and other continents. Hear what it was like to live under colonialism, follow the struggle against it, and celebrate the achievement of independence...... Read more |
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Introduction to African History and Cultural Life As part of the Kennedy Center's African Odyssey I, ArtsEdge, the Kennedy Center's national arts and education information network, designed and hosted an "African Odyssey Interactive" (AOI) site on the World Wide Web. The site served as the foundation for an evolving learning community that supported the exchange of ideas, information, and resources between artists, teachers, and students in both the U.S. and Africa...... Read more |
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Maps dated from 1808 to 1978 from the Perry-CasteA?A±eda Library at the University of Texas at Austin...... Read more |
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This exhibit puts on display one of the hidden resources of Thomas Cooper Library's Special Collections, a selection from the many books of travel and exploration purchased for the original South Carolina College Library in the early and middle nineteenth century. The exhibition illustrates most of the major phases in the European exploration of Africa, from the late fifteenth century to the late nineteenth century...... Read more |
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The Heart of Africa. Interview with Julius Nyerere on Anti-Colonialism The first issue of The Internationalist in 1970 had as its cover story an interview with President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, then at the very centre of the new movement for world development. Three decades on, Nyerere is, Mandela aside, Africa's most respected elder statesperson, still active in attempts to resolve the current conflicts in Burundi and DR Congo. No-one is better placed to look back on the anti-colonial century. Ikaweba Bunting interviewed him for the NI...... Read more |
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Africa: The Cradle of Civilization Welcome to Africa: The Cradle of Civilization. This is an educational website for the Thinkquest Contest that is directed at the worldwide community. Through this website people all over the world can learn about the beauty of Africa. We unveil the true essence of Africa from the beginnings of humanity to the rise and fall of its great civilizations. This site covers the issues, the events, and topics concerning Africa today and in the past. We invite you to journey to a side of Africa you have never seen before, Africa: The Cradle of Civilization...... Read more |
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