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Revision as of 20:15, 29 December 2008

UCSC Library Resources

African Studies Research Guide A good starting point


Database:

Africa-Wide: NiPAD Available online to UCSC students, faculty, and staff. UCSC access is limited to one concurrent user. Searachable database of information on all aspects of Africa. Topics covered include politics, history, economics, business, mining, natural sciences, environment, development, social issues, anthropology, literature, language, law, music, and tourism. Sources include books, journal and magazine articles, radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, pamphlets, maps, reports, theses and music recordings. Subject area(s): Humanities, Social Sciences.

Maps

UN map of Africa showing effects of Global Warming.


General Websites


Africa Policy Information Center

Bibliography


Video

Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars (TEDtalk).

In this five minute TEDTalk, William Kamkwamba, a 14 year old African discusses how he built windmill video

Other TEDtalks on Africa

Afrigadget site


People

UCSC alum Nina Grove, formerly of Genentech, works on malaria in Africa.

Subcategories

This category has only the following subcategory.

Articles in category "Africa"

The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.