Acacia: The Internet:
Out of Africa (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/divide/)
"The Acacia initiative is an international program to empower sub-Saharan
communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies
(ICT's) to their own social and economic development." Includes a
newsletter, a 2001-2005 prospectus, a map of the digital divide, and more. Text
in English and in French.
The Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)
Good site for school children.
Peace Agreements Digital Collections (http://www.usip.org/library/pa.html)
The Peace Agreements Digital Collection in the Jeannette Rankin Library of the
United States Institute of Peace strives to contain the full text of agreements
signed by the major contending parties ending inter- and intra-state conflicts
worldwide since 1989. Agreements are held of the following African countries:
Angola, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, DRC-Rwanda, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau.
Liberia, Mozambique, Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan-Uganda.
SIBMAS
International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
-- Africa
(http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/index.html)
"...lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to
the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television,
cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided,
but also information about collections found within the institutions." |