A General Introduction to A General Introduction to African StudiesAfrican Studies

Jean AllmanJean AllmanHistory DepartmentHistory Department

Washington UniversityWashington University

The Great Rift ValleyThe Great Rift Valley

Early iron working from southeastern AfricaEarly iron working from southeastern Africa

Great ZimbabweGreat Zimbabwe

Ibn Battuta, 1304-1377Ibn Battuta, 1304-1377

Sankore Mosque, TimbuktuSankore Mosque, Timbuktu

Mansa MusaMansa Musa, 1375 Spanish Map, 1375 Spanish Map

Davidson Abioseh Nicol, Sierra LeoneDavidson Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leone

You are not a country, Africa,You are not a country, Africa,

You are a concept,You are a concept,

Fashioned in our minds, each to eachFashioned in our minds, each to each

To hide our separate fears,To hide our separate fears,

To dream our separate dreams.To dream our separate dreams.

Africa on the Web: Recommended Gateway Siteshttp://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html

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

http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/

http://africa.msu.edu/

http://www.newsreel.org/nav/topics.asp?cat=4

http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php

http://www.africanmedia.msu.edu/

http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/index/index.htm

http://allafrica.com/

http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/nalrc/

http://www.africanstudies.org/

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html#africa

http://www.ghanaweb.com/