Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.’ The English language homepage
provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the
globe.
AsylumLaw.org (http://www.asylumlaw.org)
“Run by an international consortium of agencies that help asylum seekers
in Australia, Canada, the United States, and several countries in Europe. Over
95% of the content on this site is open to the public, including asylum seekers
from any country and the lawyers or advocates who represent them.”
Author Database
of the Swahili People of East Africa (http://www.algonet.se/%7Ejhauser/swahili/index.htm)
Compiled by Jens Hauser, the intent is to create a database of all the books
about Swahili “culture, language and ethnicity.”
Bermi Village (http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.carling/bermi/)
“This is the official website of the community of Bermi village in Northern
Tanzania's Rift Valley. The majority of us are from the Iraqw tribe. We are a
peaceful village that works hard to improve itself.”
Derechos Cafe - A Human Rights Hangout (http://www.derechos.net)
Offers documents, web links arranged by region and country, news reports as well
as a directory of human rights organizations.
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.
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.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (http://www.elct.org/)
A helpful source of information about this Protestant denomination's activities
in the broader Tanzanian community including information about AIDS and other
health concerns.
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
“Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.” Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given
country.
INCORE: Conflict
Data Service: Regional Internet Guides (http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html)
Founded in 1993, INCORE (Initiative in Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) offers
a number of publications and services, including internet guides to particular
countries involved in conflict. “Each guide lists sources which have unique,
relevant and preferably substantive content relating to ethnicity and/or conflict
in the country/region concerned.”
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on
the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an “organization of 183 member countries, established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange;
to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.” A
search by country will yield reports on the IMF’s initiatives and programs
in it.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.jha.ac/)
Published at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford,
U.K., this site may be searched for articles in the journal concerning a particular
country.
Language and Popular Culture in Africa (http://www.pscw.uva.nl/lpca/)
“Language and Popular Culture in Africa is an internet project set up by
Johannes Fabian and Vincent de Rooij of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
at the University of Amsterdam. The main aim of LPCA is to document and further
the study of expressions of popular language and culture in Africa. This is accomplished
in two ways. First of all, by making available texts that serve as the medium
of African popular culture and are at the same time part of this culture. And,
secondly, by providing a forum for electronic publication: the Journal of Language
and Popular Culture in Africa. In the future we will also add separate sections
on popular painting and popular music containing sound and image files.”
Maasai Environmental
Resource Coalition (http://www.cs.org/specialprojects/maasai/maasai.htm)
“The mission of the Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition (MERC) is to
advocate for the protection of the Maasai people's traditional lands and to promote
conservation, management, and sustainable use of the ecosystems within which
they live.”
Maasai Language
Project (University of Oregon) (http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Edlpayne/maasai/madict.htm)
In addition to a lexicography, and a database about the language spoken in both
Kenya and Tanzania, there are links to other documents and sites which focus
on the cultural aspects of Maasai society.
Maasai and Agents of Change (http://www.maasai-infoline.org/)
An amazing collection of documents and photographs depiciting life among the
Maasai people. There are categories to explore such as “rituals and ceremonies.” The
author of this site, Kakuta ole Maimai Hamisi, is from southern Kenya.
Michigan State
University. Program on the Lakes of East Africa (PLEA) (http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/pleatop.htm)
(PLEA) is a research, training, and service program of the African Studies Center
of Michigan State University in collaboration with the fisheries research institutes
of Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda. PLEA does research on Lakes Victoria
and Malawi on the Anthropology and Sociology of fisheries management and development,
women and gender, environmental policy, the socioeconomic impacts of species
introductions, and relations of production. PLEA trains African and international
scholars in fisheries socioeconomics and provides bibliographic databases, conferences,
and consultancies.”
Msimulizi (http://www.msimulizi.com/)
“In Tanzania restrictive laws still empower the government or semi-autonomous
bodies to imprison journalists, to ban newspapers or to withdraw licences from
broadcasting stations. Msimulizi.com is dedicated to a free Tanzanian press.
It is named after the first newspaper of the country, Msimulizi (The Narrator,
1888).”
NTZ: An Information Resource for Northern Tanzania (http://www.ntz.info/)
Sponsored by Digital Safaris which maintains web sites for safari and similar
travel companies, this bibliographic database is described by the publisher as
containing 600 books, 200 extracts and 1000 names. “The book list is comprehensive,
and can be reviewed by Author or by Classification. ... . The criteria for inclusion
is that there should be at least one interesting reference to Northern Tanzania.”
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which
contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.
Tanzania Gender Networking Progamme (Dar es Salaam) (http://www.tgnp.co.tz)
"Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has been operational since
1993 as a registered non-governmental organization. During this period the NGO
has built itself into an effective pressure group which promotes gender positive
activism ... It seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the
empowerment of women and other marginalised groups of the community. The organisation
strives to enhance the mainstreaming of gender at all levels of society from
grassroots communities to the highest levels of national policy making and legislation."
Tanzanian Population and Development
Website (http://www.angelfire.com/tn/ppu/)
Available in English and Swahili versions, presents an amazing amount of statistics
and information about the population, factors affecting its growth, and the developmental
impact of this dynamic process.
UNHCR (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/1950)
Offers UNHCR documents and reports as well as press releases from other news
agencies. Searchable by the name of the country of origin or by the name of the
coutnry of destination.
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for
Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
“UNRISD carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems
affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes
to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (http://www.unicef.org/)
“Works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection,
guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child." Site offers reports
and information about the status and living situations of children in many countries.
United Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/)
“ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the information needs of the humanitarian
relief community” Offers news updates to crisis situations around the world
and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.
United States Committee for Refugees
(USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN’s initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR’s site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world.
United States. Agency for International Development.
Development Experience Clearinghouse
(DEC) (http://www.dec.org)
“The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects,
activities, and programs by making ... development experience documents available
to USAID offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions,
developing countries, and the public worldwide.”
United States. Department of
State Report on Human Rights Practices (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/)
This web site lists the reports for 1999-2001.
Zanzibar.net -- the Zanzibar Travel
Network (http://www.zanzibar.net/index.html)
As the name suggests, most of the information is directed to the needs of the
travelers, however, there are essays about the history, culture, and society
of Zanzibar.
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