Other guides and directories

A selection of guides and directories of information sources on Africa on the Internet.

  • Africa: country pages

    Edited by Ali B. Ali-Dinar at African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.

    http://www.africa.upenn.edu/

  • Africa South of the Sahara. Selected Internet Resources

    An Africa directory prepared by Karen Fung for the Information and Communication Technology Group (ICTG), African Studies Association, USA.

    http://www-sul.stanford.edu/

  • African Studies Internet Resources, Columbia University

    A compilation of electronic bibliographic resources and research materials on Africa available on the global Internet, organized by region and country, created by the African Studies Department of Columbia University Libraries.

    http://library.columbia.edu/

  • An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet

    A directory of Africa and of African studies that encompasses Internet sites, discussion lists and any other e-resources of relevance. By Peter Limb, Africana Library at Michigan State University.

    http://staff.lib.msu.edu/

  • Eldis - Gateway to Development Information

    Offers online full text documents, resource guides with subject-focused guides and country profiles. Hosted by Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK.

    http://www.eldis.org/

  • International Resource Network (IRN)

    IR’s International Resource Network (IRN) contains profiles of journalists, photojournalist, researchers, aid workers, field experts and information officers working in, or with matters that concern, the developing world.

    http://www.reporter.no/

  • Open Directory : Africa

    A human-edited directory with links to websites sorted by country or by subject.

    http://www.dmoz.org/

  • IlissAfrica - Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa

    Find literature, internet resources, contacts and further information concerning African Studies.

    http://www.ilissafrica.de/en/

  • The Keele guide to African government and politics on the Internet

    A comprehensive collection of sources within the topics of African gorvernment and politics provided by The School of Politics, International Relations & the Environment Keele University.

    http://www.keele.ac.uk/

  • Electronic Newspapers of Africa, Columbia University Libraries

    Compiled by Columbia University Libraries, this list of online newspapers (available without subscription) is part of a larger, on-going effort -- AFRINUL--"a union list" of African newspapers held by research libraries in North America.

    http://library.columbia.edu/

  • IREON - The international relations and area studies gateway

    The gateway offers bibliographic references, full-text documents and (soon) web sites on foreign and security policy, international cooperation and development policy, European politics and transatlantic relations, regional and country studies worldwide, foreign cultural policy and climate, environment, energy. Operating agency of this gateway is the German Information Network International Relations and Area Studies.

    http://www.ireon-portal.de/

  • Woyaa! - Search Engine and Website Directory

    An Africa-centered search engine (robotic index) for the general public.

    http://www.woyaa.com/

  • African collections at Yale University Library

    The African Collection has a focus on Anglophone southern, central, east, and west Africa; Francophone and Lusophone countries are also represented. It  includes books, periodicals, and newspapers, as well as holdings of maps, photographs, and archival materials.

    http://www.library.yale.edu/