Africa Web Resources:

 

 

http://www.worldinfozone.com/

 

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/explore/index_flash.html  shows the geographic regions of Africa, the people that live there, animals & natural resources, stories of children from the area, video clips, slide shows, etc. also has a lot of links.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia provides a lot of general information on any countries history, politics, geography, economy, culture, etc. Go to this site and type in your country in the search bar on the left.

 

http://www.arab.net/djibouti/  overview, history, economy, geography, and travel in Djibouti.

 

http://www.topix.net/world/djibouti  Current events and news in Djibouti.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070579.stm Economics and politics in Djibouti.

 

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1172&l=1 This site has tons of news articles on Burundi on political parties, peace movements, current events, and refugees in the country. Also contains several other African nations in the pull down menu. A great site for current events.

 

http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=Burundi

Great resource for current events in Burundi provided by the United Nations. You can also use this site to search for other African nations.

 

http://www.afrika.no/index/Countries/index.html This site has a list of African nations to click on that brings up current event articles on that nation. Each nation has a list of categories ex. Sports and media, politics, tourism, women and gender, etc. It then brings up a list of other sources of information based on a specific country.

 

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html The CIA’s information on any country. Select your country from the pulldown menu, and click on the categories on the right.

 

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/6268.htm A general information site on Seychelles.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1070461.stm

Information on the politics, current events, and media in Seychelles.

 

 

 

http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ashanti.htm A guide to ethnic groups in Africa.

 

 shows the geographic regions of Africa, the people that live there, animals & natural resources, stories of children from the area, video clips, slide shows, etc. also has a lot of links.

 

 

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:UPgk3mQAthAJ:www.anderson1.k12.sc.us/schools/pvms/Faculty%2520and%2520Staff/6th%2520Grade/Holcombe/Student%2520page.htm+webquest+for+Ghana,+Mali,+Songhay&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 This is a huge web quest designed by 6th grade teacher on Africa. It has a lot to do with the history of Africa's ancient Empires if you’re covering this at all. Team members have jobs as a archaeologist, sociologist, geologist, and historian.

 It has a site devoted to African drummer dances and music in the quest too. http://www.dancedrummer.com/perf.html

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/index_section6.shtml Information on African religions.

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/contents.html Info on the land, people, and wildlife in Africa.