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Language and Literature: South Africa

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African Voices (http://www.isixhosa.co.za/)
Multimedia courses in Xhosa, and Zulu languages; includes cultural information and reviews from South African newspapers.

African Women Writers (http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMECalphabetique.html)
Alphabetical list of women writers in the languages Afrikaans, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

African Writers: Voices of Change (http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/africana/writers.htm)
African literature site from the University of Florida with links to literature, discussion groups, journals, biographies, study guides and more.

Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethnological site by country name will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken and read in it.

INTEC College Courses (South Africa) (http://www.intec.edu.za/)
Intec College, in Cape Town, South Africa, offering Beginning and Conversational Zulu, and Intensive Xhosa as distance education courses.

Ipheji labakhuluma isiZulu (http://www.geocities.com/ben%5Ffredlund/)
Zulu web-directory, discussion forums and chat room; in Zulu.

Juta & Co (http://www.juta.co.za/)
One of the largest academic publishers in South Africa, specializing in legal, medical, academic, educational publications. Links to the Publishers Association of South Africa and to some annual book awards.

Safundi (http://www.safundi.com/)
Online Journal of South African and American Comparative Studies.

South African Internet Resources (http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html)
Extensive coverage of all topics. Links to all levels of government, national, regional, international associations, societal and environmental issues, etc.

South African Military History Society (http://rapidttp.com/milhist/)
Provides links to related books, museums, tour guides of battlefields, book dealers specializing in military subjects, diaries from the Boer War through WWI, other military history sites.

Towards a National Language Plan for South Africa (http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/reports/langtag.html?rebookmark=1)
Summary of final report of the Language Plan Task Group (LANGTAG), 8 August 1996.

WildNet Africa.com (http://www.wildnetafrica.com/)
Commercial site with many links to: tourism, wildlife and eco-tourism in Eastern and Southern Africa, publications, photographic galleries, videos and feature articles on African societies.

Yamada Language Center, University of Oregon - Afrikaans (http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/afrikaans.html)
Afrikaans language site. Includes an Afrikaans dictionary of 4,000 terms, links to literature, cultural sites and to the South African newspaper Die Burger.

A celebration of women writers (http://babel.uoregon.edu/yamada/guides/afrikaans.html)
“Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women’s writing...We attempt to provide easy access to available on-line information. The Celebration provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers....” Under “Authors & Books” search by name, country, date and ethnicity.

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