Culture: South Africa

Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore. Check sites listed under 'General' for more information and under 'Search Engines' for more sites.

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.

AfroMix.org (http://www.afromix.org/html/musique/pays/index.en.html)
Provides information on music, bands, artists, labels, biographies, etc.

British Council. (http://www.britcoun.org/)
Offices in Africa are in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Comedy Club (http://www.comedyclub.co.za)
Interviews with comedians, satirical articles on political, social issues in South Africa. and performance schedules.

Discover South Africa (http://www.southafrica.net/)
Official tourism website; links to embassy site in traveler=s home country.

Eloquent Elegance; Beadwork in the Zulu Cultural Tradition (http://minotaur.marques.co.za/clients/zulu/)
Includes information on history of Zulu nation, traditional African beadwork, how to acquire authentic Zulu beadwork; provides numerous illustrations.

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.

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

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.

Parliamentary Millennium Project (http://www.pmpsa.gov.za/)
Photographs of archaeological artifacts are contrasted with Western antiquarian maps of Africa; project is supported by South African Parliament, Cape Town.

SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions -- Africa (http://www.theatrelibrary.org/sibmas/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.”

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

Screen Africa (Strathavon South Africa) (http://www.screenafrica.com/)
Monthly news magazine devoted to South African film, television, video, radio and multimedia industry.

South African Hip Hop (http://www.africanhiphop.com/)
Links to several articles, interviews of current hip hop performers. Links to several African countries.

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.

United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.

Welcome to Africa. No- the Index on Africa (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored by the Norwegian Council for Africa.

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.