African History Resources

African History Links (Web sites, compiled by PBS,
as a part of "Wonders of the African World")
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/fr_rs.htm

Wonders of the African World (Companion web
site to the PBS special with Dr. Henry Louis Gates)
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/index.html

Yahooligans Africa web site for kids, with extensive
links to many resources related to Africa
http://www.yahooligans.com/around_the_world/regions/Africa/

The Story of Africa (British Broadcasting Corporation web site)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/

African Voices (Companion web site to the permanent
exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History)
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

Africa Geographia (An Introduction to several countries
in Africa, including maps, narrative, and beautiful
photographs, by InterKnowledge Corporation)
http://www.geographia.com/indx06.htm

"My World" PBS Africa for Kids web site
http://pbskids.org/africa/myworld/

List of many links to web sites for kids related to Africa,
with short descriptions about each site (compiled by
DMOZ Open Directory Project. Note that each sites
are recommended for "kids," "teens," or "mature teens.").
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/
Social_ Studies/World_Cultures/Africa/

South Africa (Bi-weekly publication by and for K-12 students)
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/detectives/kids/
KIDS-000927.html

"South Africa: A Country Study" (Information that
is searchable by keyword, about history,
geography, culture, education, population, and
many other topics about South Africa, including
information about apartheid, and the overthrow of
apartheid, from the Library of Congress)
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html#za0027

History of South Africa for kids (from the Encyclopedia.com
web site, with links to maps)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?
target=@DOCTITLE%20South%20Africa%20History

Information about the life of Nelson Mandela, former
President of South Africa, former President of the African
National Congress, and Nobel Peace Prize winner)
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html