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Calabash
Good site for watching the other episodes and to read more about the project
Nomadic Wax
More on the team and the project

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Article Information

Antislaverly.doc
Read about the transatlantic slave trade
Hearing Africa
Guradian newspaper articles on Africa, G8 and special reports individual countries
IPS news
Article: G8 has yet to deliver on aid promises- World Bank
Story of Africa
Early and living history from an African perspective
World History Archive
History of Africa by topic (e.g. economic, culture, working-class, media) or by country

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Africa Statistics

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CIA world factbook

Last updated on 5 June 2007

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Demographics

Geography

Africa is the planet’s second largest continent and includes fifty three individual countries. It contains the world’s longest river, the Nile and the world’s largest desert, the Sahara. The highest point is mount. Kilimanjaro and the lowest is Lac’ Assal, in the country of Djibouti.

Population

877,500,00

Size

30,065,000 sq km 11,608,000 sq miles

Coastline

30,539 km
18,976 sq miles

Percent of Earth’s land

20.2%

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Economy

Poverty lies at the heart to many of Africa’s problems. Most of Sub-Saharan Africa lies in the World Bank’s lowest income category. North Africa are generally better off, the economies are more stable, trade and tourism are higher and Aids less prevalent.

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Industry

Africa is rich in natural resources, such as oil, minerals and timber. However, prevalent corruption, government instability, poor infrastructure and the impact Aids has on the working population often makes trade with the rest of the world difficult.

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News & Media

News

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News

Latest Africa News

Africa-Interactive.net
Africa Interactive foundation’s mission... Read more  is to strengthen media in Africa by stimulating individual African media talent...Less
Afrik.com
News site in French
Afrol.com
African News Agency.... Read more The only independent news agency dedicated exclusively to Africa...Less
AllAfrica.com
News from 125 African news organisations in English and French
East African Business Week
Weekly East African business newspaper.... Read more  Covers Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania...Less
The East African
Articles from the latest issue of the Kenya newspaper.... Read more Part of the Nation Media group which covers Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, news...Less
IRIN News.org
Part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,... Read more provides content about emergencies in Africa....Less
JHR.org
Journalists for Human Rights
Nation Media
In-depth coverage on Africa news, politics,... Read more  regional business news, magazines and sports...Less
OneWorld.net-Africa
Daily world news, views, campaigns,... Read more  events and indepth coverage on human rights and sustainable development...Less
Panapress
Africa, News agency, information, media,... Read more  multimedia in Arabic,English & French...Less
Stanford University
Excellent site for African news links
World Press.org-Africa
Daily world news from African newspapers

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International News

ABYZ News links
Search worldwide news links by country
AlJazeera.net
Middle East based news site in English
BBC News
British Broadcasting Corporation
CNN News
Cable News Network
Google News
Online Search Engine News
Guardian Newspaper
English Daily Newspaper Online World Edition
IndyMedia.org
A collective of independent media organizations... Read more  and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage & a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth...Less
IPS News
Inter Press Service - a leading civil society news agency... Read more  that act as an independent voice from the South, delving into untold stories about globalisation and developement...Less
LiveLeak.com-News
Video site with news reports from around the world
OneWorld.net
Aiming to provide the best online resource for news, opinion,... Read more  events, and campaigns relating to human rights and sustainable development...Less
Online newspapers
Worldwide links to newspapers..... Read more  Search by region and country...Less
Peace Reporter
Reporting conflicts & good news from the world.
Reuters
World renown News Agency
Sky World News
Part of the News Corporation Group
World Press.org
Guide to the international press,... Read more  featuring translations from thousands of newspapers in more than 20 languages...Less

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Television

Africa Television

International Television

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Africa Television

Africast
Live news, sports and entertainment from local broadcasters in several African countries
Afrovision
Videos on music, tv-shows and sports and user videos

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International Television

Al Islam
Muslim Television Ahmadiyya reaching the corners of the earth
AZN Television
The network for Asian American
BBC World
World renown British Broadcasting Corporation
CNN TV
CNN TV Listings
Reuters Video
Reuters News Video
Sky News TV
Upto the minute news reports from Sky News

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Radio

Africa Radio

International Radio

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Africa Radio

Africa N1
Paris based African radio station in French
African Hip Hop Radio
AfricanHipHopRadio.com is the continuation of the Rumba-Kali webcast ... Read more  which has been online since 1998 at Africanhiphop.com playing those tunes that you won’t hear anywhere else...Less
African Music Radio
Promoting African Music to the world through the internet
First Voice International Radio
Providing underserved populations with vital information from satellite radio
Ghetto Radio
Revealling the fuller picture of ghetto life and culture in Africa
Trans World Africa
Trans World Radio broadcasts the Gospel of Jesus Christ... Read more  to more than 40 countries in Africa in more than 60 languages and dialects...Less

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International Radio

BBC World Service
Renown British Broadcasting Corporation World Service
Radio-locator
Links to over 10,000 radio station web pages... Read more  and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world...Less
Radio Station World
Global Radio Directory

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Arts & Culture

Art

Culture

Film

Museums

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Art

Adire African Textiles
Site dedicated to African Textiles
African Colours
Gallery for African artists
African Philosophy Resources
Database of African Philosophy
Africa Resource.com Art Gallery
Online exhibition of Africa Art
Art & Life in Africa
Lots of links to African Arts
Art Matters
flaunting arts and culture in Africa

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Culture

Africultures.com
Providing information on and in-depth analysis of contemporary cultural... Read more  expressions in Africa and the diaspora. In English & French...Less
Africa e Mediterraneo
An interdisciplinary journal of African cultural studies,... Read more  published three times a year by the Lai-momo Press. In English & French...Less
African Wildlife Foundation
The leading international conservation organization focused solely on Africa
Behind the Mask
Through journalistic activism, strives to change negative... Read more  attitudes towards homosexuality and same sex traditions in Africa...Less
Cafe Africana
A centre for arts, culture, lifestyle and politics
Internet African History Sourcebook
History site for Africa
Warm Africa.com-Culture
Site covering News, Travel, Culture, Sport & Economy

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Film

Africa Cinemas
A new impetus to the exhibition of African,... Read more  European and French-language films in Africa. In English & French...Less
Africam.com
Africam - always live, always wild
African Film.com
Distributing films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa,... Read more  the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe...Less
African Film Commission
The official organization that promotes the economic development and integration of African film industry
African Women in Cinema
Project by Beti Ellerson, Ph.D. on African Women in Cinema
Columbia Universities Libraries
Links to Africa Films & Videos site
Filmmaker South Africa
Site for South African Filmmakers
SA Film.org
A resource for independent South African film-makers

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Museums

Africom.Museum
International Council of African Museums
Allny.com
Listings of African Museums
Clickafrique.com
Directory of African Museums & Galleries
Museum Online South Africa
Listings of South African Museums
National Museum of African Art
The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution,... Read more  features African art from antiquity to the present...Less
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Home to some truly remarkable collections
West African Museums Programme
Providing services to museums and related institutions in West Africa

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Music

Africa Hit.com
Streaming the best African music videos 24/7
African Music
African music encyclopedia
African Music Hub
A portal for African Music with access to sites,... Read more  information, news, discussion forum and mail lists...Less
African Musicians Profiles.com
Think the title says it all
Afropop.org
African & World music via public radio & the web
BBC Music
Echoes of Africa - Looking at the influence of African music
Dance Drummer.com
Brilliant site about African Drumming with lots of interactivety & videos
ILAM TITLE
International Library of African Music (ILAM)... Read more  - The largest archive of African music in sub-Saharan Africa...Less
Madunia
Promoting African music and supporting local initiatives of African musicians
RootsWorld Africa
Links to African Music
Xplastaz.com
Maasai Hip Hop - African Rap
Zadonu.com
African Music & Dance Company

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Theatre

AfriCan Theatre Ensemble
Making African theatre accessible to the public... Read more  through performances of old and new creations, workshops and staged productions...Less
African Theatre USA
Providing African Theatre, drama, and entertainment, with Africa pictures online
Click Afrique.com
Links to African theatre & Entertainment
EATI.net
Eastern Africa Theatre Institute.... Read more  Promoting theatre from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda...Less
Iroko Theatre Company
Interactive performances in the art of oral storytelling,... Read more  drama, music and dance to help educate and enhance the creative potential, self-confidence and self-esteem of children and young people...Less

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Organisations

Governmental

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Governmental

Africa Information
African government websites
Finance Wise.com
African Government and Supranational Sites
Keele Guide
The Keele Guide to African Government & Politics... Read more  on the Internet with links to a wide range of African countries...Less
Orenga Politics
Oxford Research Network on Government in Africa
University of Michigan
University of Michigan... Read more  documents centre for Foreign Governments of Sub-Saharan Africa...Less

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Non-Governmental

Actionaid in Africa
A unique partnership of people... Read more  whose mission is to work with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty and injustice globally...Less
ACTSA.org
Action for Southern Africa striving to build... Read more  a better future, working for peace, democracy and development across the region...Less
Africa Resource
An educational portal that develops and distributes educational materials,... Read more  academic research and products on Africa and Diaspora...Less
AJOL.info
African Journals Online.... Read more  A service to provide access to African published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship...Less
Amnesty International-South Africa
South Africa website of Amnesty International
AWF
The African Wildlife Foundation
CUL-African Studies
A wealth of information & links about Africa from Columbia University Library
HOPEHIV
Seeking to offer HIV infected/affected children in sub-Saharan Africa support and hope for the future
IFEX-Africa
International Freedom of Expression eXchange.... Read more  Reporting on violations of freedom of expression from Africa...Less
MSF-Africa
Médecins Sans Frontiéres. Doctors without Borders... Read more  provides emergency medical assistance to populations in danger in more than 70 countries...Less
RECLISA
Reducing Exploitive Child Labour in South Africa.
ReliefWeb-Africa
The world’s leading on-line gateway to information... Read more  (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disaster...Less
Sahims.net
Southern Africa Humanitarian Information... Read more  Management Network - Articles & links to Humanitarian work in Southern Africa...Less
Salesian Society
Internationally recognised leaders in the field of schooling for the poor,... Read more  focusing on the needs of abandoned and neglected children and youths...Less
SARPN
The Southern African Regional Poverty Network... Read more  promotes debate and knowledge sharing on poverty reduction processes in Southern Africa...Less
UNPAN-Africa
United Nations Online Network in Public Administration... Read more  and Finance provides a comprehensive set of e.g. databases covering Governance, statistics, training, web directory...Less

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Education

Braintrack University Index
The worlds most complete education index
ReConnect Africa
An award-winning Human Resources and Training company for companies operating in Africa

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Travel

Travel Links

Africarevealed.com
Information on travel, health, forums and discussions
Africa Travel Resource.com
A family of websites that have been designed to help people make informed travel decisions.... Read more  It is also a travel bureau, which specialises in helping to create interesting and unusual safaris...Less
Go Africa
Info on countries, events, maps and more, travel by interest or country
Go Africa Cycling
Bike around in Africa
Go2Africa
The complete Africa travel guide & reservation service for your African safari.... Read more  Over 10,000 pages of hotels, tours & safaris...Less
Travel Africamag.com
Exploring diverse attractions, wildlife, culture,... Read more  with quality writing and photography. All content is not included in full on the website...Less
Travelinksguides.com
Several links to all of Africa, also divided into countries

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Sports

Africabasket.com
Africa basektball portal
African Football
African Football news from the BBC
Africa Guide
Live African Sports News
African Sport
African Sport e-magazine... Read more  - focusing on any sporting activity which African people paricipate. Especially, football, athletics and boxing....Less
African Studies Center
links to African Sports
African Studies Center
Library, documentation and information on African Sports.
ANOCOA
Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa
Cafonline.com
Confederation of African Football... Read more  Official site of African football in English and French....Less
iafrica.com
Sports news from Africa.
Stanford Library
African Sports links.

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Links

africacncl.org
Official African Government and Embassy, news, governmental organisation
Africa News Intelligence
Coverage of political and economic events in Africa
africansuccess.org
Site showcasing the world what Africans are achieving.
africa.upenn
Links relating to human rights and other issues
edirc.repec.org
Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World
ESTNET
ESTNET stands for ECA Science and Technology Network,... Read more  a research network promoting the dissemination and exchange of information related to science and technology management and policy issues...Less
Harvard University
Links Harvard Africa Research Programme
Index on Africa
A gateway to information on Africa with over 2.000 links... Read more  sorted by country, subject and news. From the Norwegian Council for Africa...Less
mislinks.org
isLinks is a web-based directory offering links to resources for missionaries,... Read more  teachers, researchers, students of mission and mission agencies...Less
Princeton University
African history, educational resources, proverbs, textiles, art, folk tales, music
Stanford University
Selected Internet resources from South of the Sahra
thinkquest.org
Some useful links on wildlife, fun stuff, maps and antropology etc.
unu.edu
Research institutions in and on Africa and other interesting sites
Worldviews.igc.org
Annotated Bibliography on African Issues,... Read more  introductory matters and the texts of the 28 topical chapters in Africa: Africa World Press Guide, a 200-page annotated guide to educational resources from and about Africa...Less

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Democracy in Dakar, Episode 3: Election Day

Election Day. Sunday, February 25, 2007 in Senegal, West Africa.
Episode 3 takes place on election day and follows the hip hop group Sen Kumpe as they head to the voting station in their neighborhood Medina in Dakar to vote. The episode continues in the immediate aftermath of the election, as people are sensing that Abdoulaye Wade may have won a slim majority and avoided a run-off election. Sen Kumpa close this episode with their track "Niawa

Nomadic Wax have been in this West African country and produced a unique documentary series, called 'African Underground: Democracy in Dakar'. The episodes all show the presidential election and how local hip-hop is shaping politics. They have to date produced six episodes on the 2007 election process. The videos will be made into a full length documentary.
The Democracy in Dakar Project is an interactive multi media project founded by Nomadic Wax/Notable and co produced with Sol Productions.

This video is an example of when relative democracy and freedom of expression is implemented in a country. Despite noticeable problems (poverty, high unemployment and censorship) Senegal is sometimes considered a model country in Africa. (According to Reporters Without Borders, Senegal’s media politics had in 2006 ‘noticeable problems’. Out of Africa’s 53 states, it was only Mali’s and Benin’s media that in 2005 qualified to have a 'good situation').

Africa as a continent is often associated with corruption, poverty, famine and HIV/Aids. Although there is more to Africa than that, it is fair to say that the continent suffers severely from weak civil society organisatons, lack of independent judiciaries and a lack of freedom of expression.

It was in Africa our culture as we know it started and it has played a significant role in shaping the world in which we live today. Ironically, although most evidence today points at Africa as being the cradle of humanity, most countries are young and its citizens are struggling to build nation states and to establish functioning democracies. Ghana was the first country that gained independence in Africa. This West African country celebrated its 50th birthday in March this year, an indication on how young many of the African countries actually are.

Parts of Africa is known to have been central to early world trade. East Africa was in the first millennium AD part of the Indian Ocean trading that included Persia, India and China. Scholars in North Africa exchanged ideas long before Europe's Age of Exploration set in at the 15th century. The continent was the birth place of human cultural development, some evidence being the pyramids and the early settlements around the Nile.

The last centuries have proved not to be as prosperous. Colonisation, plagues, coups, wars and ethnic cleansing is haunting much of Africa today.

Many people around the globe have turned their eyes towards Africa the last couple of years. People have slowly started to realise that it is no longer feasible to let Africa and Africans continue to struggle for survival. In June 2007 there was a follow up summit in Germany of the 2005 Gleanagels meeting in Scotland where leaders of the G8 countries (Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, US and Russia) promised to eradicate poverty in Africa (For more information on this, see Ghana or Topics – economics).

The constitution in Senegal guarantees press freedom, and although self-censorship is often implemented, people can and do criticise poor governance and want to make changes. This documentary is evidence on that it is possible for people in Africa to make their voices heard outside of the continent, and that people are interested in its development. Followed by the 2007 summit, more eyes than ever are looking at Africa. Should we want Africa to once again be a continent that can develop and prosper on its own, we need to act upon these positive factors now. Waiting too long could have detrimental effects on the whole of Africa, the cradle of humanity, and indeed, the rest of the world.

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Ghana

Damned by Debt Relief
Provocative documentary criticising debt relief and the 2005 make poverty history campaign

Kenya

Game of Life
MYSA film highlighting the link between AIDS & sexual promiscuity

Umoja, the village where men are forbidden
Documentary on gender discrimination in Kenya

Good Fortune
Why is foreign aid still failing communities.

Swaziland

Family Vilakti
Xanthe Hamilton"s film follows four orphans fending for themselves. Shot in Swaziland in 2005

Tanzania

X Plastaz
Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki’
African Hip Hop featuring the late mc Faza Nelly

Mama Nancy, Lushoto
A 30sec vox pop about what Nancy would do if she had 10 million shillings

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