Category:Africa
News
Currently, there is a humanitarian emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a failed state with a long-running civil war, fuelled by factions trying to control resources such as diamonds and the coltan in our cell phones, laptops and game consoles. Systematic rape is happnening on an enormous scale. The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo. Harden in the course reader provides background (updated info on Congo Gorillas here),background on current civil war in DR Congo
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
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
People
UCSC alum Nina Grove, formerly of Genentech, works on malaria in Africa.
Articles in category "Africa"
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