Afrikinfo (http://www.afrikinfo.com/)
In French. Constitution, laws, statutes, directory of political parties and government
institutions with biographical facts.
Archives nationales
du Bénin (http://www.unesco.org/webworld/archives/benin/anb.htm)
In French. Describes the collections, publications, a photo exhibition of contemporary
Benin, 1962 photographs.
Benin. Embassy. France (http://www.ambassade-benin.org)
In French. Describes the government, economy, education, tourism, France-Benin
relations, has a biography of the President, a directory of Benin web sites,
etc.
Bienvenue sur Beninensis (http://www.beninensis.net)
In French. This site was provides a wealth of information on history, geography,
politics, economy, education, health etc.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works,
etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
L'Internet au Bénin et en Afrique (http://www.iafric.net/benin/)
In French. Websites from Benin on all subjects.
Musée Historique d'Abomey (http://epa-prema.net/abomey)
In French and English. Includes a history of kingdoms and kings in Dahomey(Benin),
their geneaology, the museum collections, architecture, a bibliography, and history
of the famous appliques cloth.
Speak Fon/Fongbe (http://WWW.Geocities.com/fon%5Fis%5Ffun)
Designed to teach Fon or Fonghe the predominant language of southern Benin. It
has maps with the names of towns in Benin, Togo and Niger.
TRADITIONAL RELIGION
IN AFRICA: The Vodun phenomenon in Benin (http://afrikaworld.net/afrel/zinzindohoue.htm)
Discusses the origin of the gods in Vodoun/Vodun Religion of the people of South
Benin.
Universite Nationale
du Benin (http://www.refer.fr/benin%5Fct/edu/univ-be/univ-be.htm)
In French. Information on faculties, research institutes, etc.
Vodoun: The World's Oldest Spiritual
Tradition (http://www.MamiWata.com/Vodoun.html)
Religious practices of enslaved Africans in Southern United States.
West African Dahomean Vodoun (http://www.mamiwata.com/index1.html)
Site features both Dahomean Vodoun and Mami Wata traditions of West Africa, with
articles on these and other African Traditional Religions in Benin, Togo and
Ghana: bibliography; links to related pages.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
"World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations." Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries. |