ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

 

 

Re:          Select Sources on Africa/African Diaspora Studies

 

 

A.         Major Websites:

 

1.  www.un.org  -   United Nations website

 

2.  www.africa-union.org  -  African Union was established in summer of

                                                2002 to replace the Organization of African

                                                Unity (OAU).  This website replaces the old

                                                www.oau.org  website.

 

3. www.africarecovery.org – Website of the major public relations part of

                                                  the United Nations that also includes the

                                                  important quarterly journal Africa Recovery.

                                                  (now called Africa Renewal)

 

4. www.africaaction.org   -  Major lobbying/activist organization based

                                               in the United States

 

5. www.oxfam.org   -  Major international organization with significant

                                      coverage of Africa/African issues

 

6. www.hrcr.org -   The human rights/constitutional rights division of the

                                  African Union.

 

7. www.thecommonwealth.org  -  The Commonwealth is a major

                                                          international organization of former

                                                          British colonies now independent

                                                          countries, many of which are in Africa

                                                          and Caribbean regions.

 

8. www.allaboutliberia.com

    www.copla.org (Coalition of Progressive Liberians in America)

    www.fol.org  (Friends of Liberia)   

                                                               

                  Three websites that provide a wealth of information about

                   Liberia and its connection to the African diaspora.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                               2.

 

9.  www.onliberia.org   -  This is a website maintained by Indiana University

                                           which contains an extensive and very valuable

                                           collection project on Liberia.

 

10.  www.sierra-leone.org   -  A major website on a major West Africa

                                                country central to disapora studies. This

                                                website has many links to important

                                                 documents, speeches, Friends of Sierra Leone

                                                 around the world.

 

                            

B.  African Studies Association -    This is the major professional organization in the

                                                           United States for scholars and students of African

                                                            Studies.

 

       Website:   www.africanstudies.org

 

 

        This association hosts annual conferences, and publishes two major journals,

        African Studies Review and African Issues (formerly Issue: A Journal of

       Opinion).

 

             Note:  Issue: A Journal of Opinion “African (Diaspora) Studies,” volume

                         XXIV/2, 1996.

 

        The November Conference focused on the theme “Africa and the African

        Diaspora: Past, Present and Future.” Many of the papers presented are

        available through the association or appear in the journals listed above.

 

 

 

C.   Universities/Area Studies Centers -  There are several African Studies Centers and African/Africana Studies Programs  in a number of universities in the United States which are important sources of information and websites. Below are just a few:

 

1.      Michigan State University – Title VI – African Studies Center

 

                            Website: www.africa.msu.edu/asc_side.htm

 

2.      Boston University – Title VI -  African Studies Program/Center

 

                            Website:  www.bu.edu (Main directory that leads to African

                                                                     Studies Program/Center)

 

                                                                                                                                             3.

 

3.      University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) -  African Studies Center

 

                                Website:  www.ucla.edu  (Directory that leads to African Studies

                                                                             Center)

                                                 www.globalization-africa.org

                        

4.      Indiana  University -  African Studies Program and Resources on African  Studies

 

                         Website:  www.indiana.edu/~afrist/

                                                  

                                           www.indiana.edu/~intprog/area_studies.html#area_studies

 

5.      University of Pennsylvania – African Studies Center

            

                           Website:  www.sas.upenn.edu  (Note: major link to materials on

                                                                                 countries such as Ivory Coast)

 

 

D.    Major Journals on Africa/African Studies/Developing Areas

                 

                   (Note:  Many of these journals can be located on the internet through the

                                ODY Library system, and many of them post full text materials )    

1.      Africa

2.      African Affairs

3.      African Issues

4.      Africa Renewal (Recovery)

5.      Africa Today

6.      African Studies Review

7.      Canadian Journal of African Studies

8.      Human Rights Quarterly

9.      Journal of Contemporary African Studies

10.  Journal of African Studies

11.  Journal of Black Studies

12.  Journal of Developing Areas

13.  Journal of Asian and African Studies

14.  Journal of Modern African Studies

15.  Journal of Third World Studies

16.  Review of African Political Economy

17.  SAIS Review

 

 

 

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18.  Third World Quarterly

19.  West Africa Review

20.  Women and Development

21.  Women and Politics

             22. Women and Health

 

 

                                                                                                                       

E.     St. Lawrence University – ODY Library Resources (Note: See previous link in the African Studies website to fuller listing of ODY resources)

 

            1. Indexes and Databases by Subject / Interdisciplinary/ African Studies/
                Humanities Abstracts, EBSCOhost, Ethnic Newswatch, JSTOR, MLA

                International

 

 

            2. Web Searching  - Search Engines (Google  and Alltheweb)

 

                                               Directories (Internet by Subject, African Studies- Africa

                                                                    Online,  Africa Related Music Dance and

                                                                    Cultural Resources, National Museum of

                                                                     African Art)