William Rainey Harper College AFRICA SUBCOMMITTEE of the International Committee

The Africa Subcommittee of the Harper College International Committee provides this web page to assist faculty and others desiring information on the vast African Continent. We hope you find it useful.

Online Information on African Countries Online Maps African Odyssey Interactive "Africa Speaks" online book Local Speakers on African topics Our Books to Africa Program Journals Sub-Committee Members The Geography of Africa Links News from Africa on the Web African Geography Quiz Clipart: maps and flags

African History on the Internet Travel Zimbabwe In-Country Contacts African Women The Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust (WLSA) Environment Publishers Education Human Rights Agriculture Arts

Information on Africa - by country

• 1997 World Factbook
  http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• US State Dept. - Background Notes
  http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/afbgnhp.html
• Country Studies / Area Handbooks
  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/home.backup/cshome.html
•  Lonely Planet
  http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/loc-afr.htm
• National Geographic Society:
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/atlas/africa/africa.html
• http://www.indigo-net.com/channels/ai/countries-AI.htm
• E-Conflict™ World Encyclopedia with National Anthems, Flags, Maps, Weather, News and the Nations of the World http://www.emulateme.com/preview.htm
• 1997 World Factbook
• UPenn http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html
• http://www.stats.demon.nl/africa.htm
• Africa Economic Info.
• CountriesAto Z - Atlapedia Online
• World Bank-country
• http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Community/World-Communities/Africa.html
• Overview of Regions and Countries: http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm
• World Bank Country Profiles: http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.htm

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MAPS:

• Outline Maps of Africa
  • political: http://www.sbgschool.com/teacher_activities/social_studies/africamap.html
  • political: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/afripol.html
  • political: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/COGA/GEOG2002test/gif/Africa.gif
  • political and physical: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/afri2.html
• Political map of Africa: http://www.emulateme.com/africa.htm
• Many maps of Africa: http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/ssagif/
• Online Outline Maps: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html
• Make your own maps from ESRI:
  • ArcData Online Site Map
  • Newsweek Educational Program World Socioeconomic Data
  • World Thematic Map Browser
• The University of Texas at Austin Perry Castenada Library online map collection.
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu:80/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/africa.html
• National Geographic Society maps - ONLINE!
  • Map Machine @ nationalgeographic.com
  • Outline maps: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/main.html?main=atlas
• Long list of maps in alphbetical order: Links to Maps
• The World Factbook Reference Maps: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ref-frame.html
• Maps, maps, maps: CGRER NetSurfing: Maps and References
• Countries of the World: http://www.teachersoft.com/Library/ref/atlas/country.htm
• Maps in the News
• Maps
• Webcrawler Maps: Browse All Maps
• MicrosoftExpediaMaps -
• MAGELLANGeographixOnline Atlas
• "AWorldAtlas" including every continent, country, major city,
• ExciteTravel:Maps

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AFRICAN ODESSEY INTERACTIVE:

The purpose of African Odyssey Interactive (AOI) is to promote an ongoing exchange of ideas, information, and resources between artists, teachers, and students of African arts and culture. It is an adjunct initiative of the Kennedy Center’s African Odyssey Festival program and the Kennedy Center Education Department's ARTSEDGE Program.
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/home.html

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"AFRICA SPEAKS: West African University Students Write About Their Lives "
This is a collection of stories and essays written in English by University students in Niamey, Niger Republic, along with some photos of people and places in Niger.
http://www.uic.edu/classes/engl/engl161-patstoll/afspeaks.htm

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LOCAL RESOURCES - SPEAKERS

Jacque Mott
Harper College Interior Design Dept.
(847) 925-6894
Topics:

• Shona Sculpture
• Zimbabwe - People, Land, Animals
• Zimbabwe and the Economic Structural Adjustment Program
• African Textiles and Costume
• African Art
• Shona Stone Sculpture

Doug Van Nostran
Harper College Director of Grants
(847) 925-
Topics:

• Small Businesses in Zimbabwe
• Informal Businesses and the Economic Structural
• Adjustment Program
• Peace Corp Experience in Africa

Rich Johnson
Harper College, Dept. of English/Humanities
(847) 925-
Topics:

• Peace Corp Experience in Africa
• Oral Traditions of Ghana
• Burkina Faso

Mark Healy
Harper College, Dept. of Economics
(847) 925-6352
Topics:

• Peace Corp Experience in Africa - Kenya
• African Geography

Dawit Teklu
Harper College, Dept of Research
847) 925-
Topics:

• Human Rights in Ethiopia
• Ethiopia - It's Land and People
• Governance in Ethiopia

Martha Simonsen
Harper College, Dept. of English/Humanities
(847) 925-
Topics:

• African Literature
• African Short Stories
• International Book Fair in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe - It's Land, Animals and People

Katherine Powell
Harper College, Dept of Adult Education
(847) 925-
Topics:

• Morocco; Land and it's people

Zinta Konrad
College of DuPage, International Studies Dept.
(630)
Topics:

• Film Festival of Burkina Faso
• Economic Structural Adjustment Program in Zimbabwe
• Peace Corp. Experience in Ghana
• Trickster in Togo Oral Literature

Mary Knepp
Blackhawk Community College
(309 ) 755-2200 x 245
Topics:

• Adult Education in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe - the Land, Animals and People

Jacki Lopushonsky
Oak Park Junior High
(630)967-0569
Topics:

• Education in Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe - the Land, Animals and People
• Pen Pals to Zimbabwe Program
• Education and the Diabled in Zimbabwe

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BOOKS TO AFRICA PROGRAM:

• Utilize the "M" Bag at your local post office
• Box up books in copier paper size box - this box will be placed in a Bag and shipped at low cost.
• Addresses for Books:
  • Besa School (Grades 1-6)
    P.O. Box 98
    Seke, Chitungwiza
    Zimbabwe

    Belvedere Technical Teachers College (post-secondary)
    Ms. Makawa
    Harvard Rd.
    P.O. Box BE100
    Belvedere, Harare
    Zimbabwe

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JOURNALS:

• African Studies Quarterly - A scholarly, online journal of African studies.
  http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/
• Africa Today, University of Denver
• Africa, Journal of the Italian/African Institute, Rome

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SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Jacque Mott <jmott@harper.cc.il.us>
• Rich Johnson <rjohnson@harper.cc.il.us>
• Doug VanNostran <dvannost@harper.cc.il.us>
• Mark Healy <mhealy@harper.cc.il.us>
• Martha Simonsen <msimonse@harper.cc.il.us>
• Dawit Teklu <dteklu@harper.cc.il.us>

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THE GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA

• http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/g101ilec/ssa/afmenu.htm
• http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/g101ilec/nafswas/nwmenu.htm
• http://www.tamuk.edu/webuser/geo/Geog/Notes/subafr.htm
• http://WWW.accd.edu/sac/EARTHSCI/1303.090/chap8.htm
• http://WWW.accd.edu/sac/EARTHSCI/1303.090/chap7.htm

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LINKS

• http://worldnews.miningco.com/msub3.htm
• http://www.africaonline.com
• Geography World Africa: http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/africa.html
• World Atlas: http://www.graphicmaps.com/aatlas/africa/af.htm
• http://www.sru.edu/depts/artsci/ges/hathaway/afsyl.htm#Africa Web Sites:
• http://www.li.net/~ndonohue/ssaf.html
• MBendi - Africa
• MBendi - Information for Africa
• Yahoo! - Regional:Regions:Africa
• AFRICA ONLINE Home Page
• WWW Virtual Library: African Studies
• Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
• African Studies WWW (U. Penn)
• http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/links.htm

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AFRICA NEWS ON THE INTERNET

• http://www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/covernews.html
• http://www.freenet.mb.ca/community/media/newspapers/africa.html
• http://www.africanews.org/
• http://www.mediainfo.com/emediajs/links-geo.htm?location=africa
• OneWorld: African News
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/default.htm

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AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

• http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/mapquiz/ssa/ssamenu.htm
• http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/afrquiz.html
• http://www.mrtc.org/~twright/quizzes/quizzes.htm#geog

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CLIPART

• flags
  • http://www.delphi.com/dtp/clipart/flags/int/flags_int.html
  • http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/flags/flagcnty.htm
• maps
  • http://www.comm.ru/graf/clipart/maps/africa/
  • http://www.renet.com/othercoolpages/images/MAPS/AFRICA/africa.htm

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AFRICAN HISTORY ON THE INTERNET

• http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
• http://www.africa.com/history.html
• http://cujo.dogpile.com/texis/search?q=%22african+history%22&fs=web&ss=stop&to=twenty
• http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm
• http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history.html
• Africa Historical maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/map_sites/hist_sites.html#africa

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TRAVEL:

Overseas Adventure Travel
625 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
1-800-955-1925

Link to Video

African Adventures

African Travel, Inc.

United States Tour Operators Association
342 Madison Ave
Suite 1522
New York, NY 10173

Internet:

atilax@aol.com

United Touring Company Ltd.
4 Park St.
P.O. Box 2914
Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone: 793701
Fax: 263-4-756060

Zambezi Trails Safari Specialists
Meikles Hotel
PO Box 825
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tele: 723719
Fax: 705040

Seaplane Safaris Africa
307 Parkway Drive
PO Box 193
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
(Flights over Victoria Falls)

Globus
Group Voyagers, Inc.
5301 S. Federal Circle
Littleton, CO 80123

Gemsbok Safaris
Shop 7 Old Mutual Centre
Jason Moyo St.
8th Avenue
PO Box FM525
Famona, Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Tel: 63906
Fax: (263-9) 70009

Impexo Rent A Car
PO Box 1360
Shope 5, 9 Charter Rd.
Harare, Zimbabwe
Fax: 790581
Tel: 705763

Ngamo Photo Safari
PO Box 467
Bulawayo, Zimbabwi
Tel: (263-4) 61495/77967
Fax: (263-4) 78525

Europcar (Car Rental)
PO Box 3430
Harara Zimbabwe
Tel: (263-4) 752559

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RESOURCES - IN COUNTRY

AFRICAN WOMEN:

Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network
288 Herbet Chitepo Ave
P.O. Box 2192
Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone: 737435/792450
Fax: 721330

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The Women and Law in Southern Africa Trust (WLSA)

Research and action project in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho and Botswana

Objectives:

• Improve the legal position of women in these countries
• Improve research skills of women's law researchers in southern Africa

WLSA Botswana
National Institute of Research
Univ of Botswana
Gabrone, Botswana
Tel: (267) 356364/5
Fax: (267) 314635/ 357573

WLSA Mozambique
Gender Unit
Centre for African Studies
Universidade of Eduardo
Mondlane
PO Box 1993
Maputo, Moambique
Tel: (258) (1) 490828
Fax: (258) (1) 491896

WLSA Zambia
Plot 7422 Sodala House
Light Industrial Area
Off Mumbwa Rd.
Lusaka, Zambia
Tele: (260) (1) 286425
Fax: (260) (1) 288971

WLSA Zimbabwe
PO Box UA 171
Union Avenue
Hara, Zimbabwe
Tel: (263) (4) 729151
Fax: (263) (4) 729152

WLSA Swaziland
Centrepoint
PO Box 182, Veni
Swaziland
Tel: (268) 45006
Fax: (268) 44246

WLSA Lesotha
PO Box 2078 PG
Maseru 102
Lesotho
Tel: (266) 310361
FAX: (266) 310361

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ENVIRONMENT:

Environment 2000 Sister Org- African Environment 2000 in San Francisco
P.O. Box A639
Avondale
Harare, Zimbabwe
Telephone: 339691

Programs:

• Environment 2000 Tree Fund to address issues of deforestation
• Conservation Programs in Schools
• Rhino Adoption/Preservation
• Medical Supplies
• Anti-Pollution Technology
• Endangered Species
• Environmental Labeling Programme
• Recycling and Anti-Littering Program
• Magazine: Greenline

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HUMAN RIGHTS:

Zimbabwe Human Rights Association
PO Box 4111
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tele: 796586
Fax: 796589

Magazine: ZimRights News

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EDUCATION:

Ministry of Higher Education of Zimbabwe
PO Box UA 275
Union Avenue
Harare, Zimbabwe

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]PUBLISHERS

Mamo Press
Senga Rd.
PO Box 779
Gweru, Zimbabwe
Tel: 263-54-4016/7
Fax: 263-54-51991

or

Speke Ave
PO Box UA 320
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 705899

Zimbabwe International Book Fair
PO Box CY1179
Causeway,
Harare Zimbabwe
Tel: (263-4) 750282
Fax (263-4) 751202

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AGRICULTURE

Agritex
Ministry of Lands, Arculture and Rural Resettlement
Agricultural Technical and Extension Services
PO Box 8117
Causeway
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 707311, 794701, 730821/6

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ARTS

The Jairos Jiri Craftshop for Rehabilitation of the Disaabled and Blind
7-8 Parklane Building
Julius Nyerere Way
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 734370

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe
20 Julius Nyerere Way
Harare, Zimbabwe
TelP 704666/7

National Gallery of Zimbabwe
75 Main St.
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Tel: 70721

Motombo Gallery
6 Zimre Centre
114 Leopold Takawira St.
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 792472

OR

Elephant Hills Hotel
Parkway Extension
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Tel: 4793 Ex. 1871

Cold Comfort Farm
Amon Shonge Gallery
5 Cowie Rd. Tynwald
Private Box 6996
Harare Zimbabwe
Tele: 210251-210265
Fax: 210254

Falls Craft Village
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Tele: 4309
Fax: 4395

Stone Dynamics Sculpture Gallery
56 Samora Machel Avenue
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 70258

Chapungu Sculpture Park
1 Harrow Road
Msasa, Harare
Zimbabwe
Tel: (263-4) 486648
Fax: (263-4) 734125

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