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Indigenous African Science
and Technology |
1. |
History
of Africa (Gloria Emeagwali) |
2. |
African
Food Processing Techniques (Richard Okagbue) |
3. |
African
Textile Techniques (Phillip Shea) |
4. |
African
Metallurgy (Olayemi Akinwumi) |
5. |
Colonialism
and Africa's Technology (Gloria Emeagwali) |
6. |
Mathematics
in pre-colonial Hausaland, West Africa (Ahmad Kani) |
7. |
Psychology:
African Dimensions (Bruce Bynum) |
8. |
Ancient
Egyptian Astronomy(Theophile Obenga) |
9. |
Eurocentrism
and the History of Science (Gloria Emeagwali) |
10. |
African
Fractals-Modern Computing and Indigenous Design(Ron Eglash) |
11. |
Geometry
from Africa(Paulus Gerdes) |
12. |
African
Investigations into Space
and Time ( Astronomy)
(Charles Finch) |
13. |
Rise
of the West |
14. |
Ancient
Egyptian Mathematics (Beatrice Lumpkin) |
15. |
Constraints
on Africa's Growth:The IMF and AFRICA -Structural Adjustment (Gloria Emeagwali)
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16. |
African
Indigenous Knowledge Systems/Curriculum (Gloria Emeagwali) |
17. |
Rewarding
Traditional Knowledge/Benefit Sharing (Anil Gupta) |
18. |
San/Pfizer
Benefit Sharing Agreement on Dietary Drug, South Africa |
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African Indigenous Knowledge Systems
in the African Diaspora |
1. |
African
Rice Technologies in the Carolinas,USA |
2. |
African
American Quilts |
3. |
African
Metallurgy in the Caribbean |
4. |
African
Ironmaking Culture among African American Ironworkers |
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RELEVANT INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATIONS
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a. |
SRISTI-
An Organization Concerned With Third World Indigenous Knowledge( Gupta -
India) |
b. |
LOKA,
An Organization Concerned with Community- Based Research (Sclove - US)
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c. |
National
Research Foundation/ Indigenous Knowledge Systems ( South Africa) |
d. |
Indigenous
Knowledge Worldwide (NUFFIC, Netherlands) |
e. |
Interview
of South African Opsile Npsoane on IKS(IK Worldwide, NUFFIC) |
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OUTSTANDING BOOKS |
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Patricia Carter Sluby,The Inventive Spirit
of African Americans, Patented Ingenuity, Praeger, Westport, Connecticut,2004;
Joseph Inikori, Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England Cambridge
University Press, 2002;
Patrick Bond, Against Global Apartheid, University of Cape Town Press,
2002;
Toyin Falola and Steven Salm, Nigerian Cities, Africa World Press,2003;
Sean Jacobs and Richard Calland, Thabo Mbeki's World: The Politics and
Ideology of the South African President, Zed Books,2003;
Edwin Black, War Against The Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create
a Master Race, New York:Four Walls Eight Windows,2003;
Ehiedu Iweriebor, Nigerian Technology Development Since Independence,
Book Builders, Ibadan, 2004 (available : tel.860 223 7553);
Nina Berman, Impossible Missions? German Economic, Military and Humaniarian
Efforts in Africa, Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska,2004;
Jean- Bertrand Aristide, Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor
in the Age of Globalization,Common Courage Press;
Toyin Falola, A Mouth Sweeter than Salt:An African Memoir,University of
Michigan Press, 2004.
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AIDS/HEALTH - RELATED
READINGS |
a. |
Leonard Horowitz, Emerging Viruses, AIDS And
Ebola: Nature, Accident OR Intentional? Tetrahedron, Idaho, 2000. Publisher
Contact:298-265-2775 (Fax) |
b. |
Edward Hooper/ Bill Hamilton,THE RIVER- A Journey
To The Source OF HIV AND AIDS
An Illuminating and scholarly text on polio vaccines, designer viruses
and the AIDS Holocaust. Note that the IMF continues to insist on the removal
of subsidies on health in African countries with callous disregard for
the unfolding AIDS pandemic. Water privatization may be good business
for International Water Limited (IWL), a subsidiary of BECHTEL but may
be a death sentence for the sick and ailing. |
c. |
See
the archives of CCSU's"Africa Update" for three issues on the
AIDS pandemic in Africa. |
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For an illuminating insight into Bio- Terrorism
in Apartheid South Africa, see: |
d. |
Chandre
Gould and Peter Folb The South African Chemical and Biological Warfare Program:
An Overview, The Nonproliferation Review. Fall-Winter 2000. |
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Web site address-
http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/
npr/vol07/73/73gould.pdf |
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In the Public Hearings of South Africa's "
Truth and Reconciliation Commission" 1996-1999, some AIDS- related
confessions were made by former supporters of the apartheid regime. Scholars
are reflecting on the full implications of these confessions for understanding
the AIDS pandemic in South Africa and the former frontline states. |
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On Contaminated Polio and Meningitis Vaccines,
note the following:
Dr Haruna Kaita of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ahmadu Bello University,
Nigeria commented on the contaminants identified in the WHO sponsored
Oral Polio Vaccines of February 2004 in the Weekly Trust, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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For an interview of Dr. Tijjani Namiye, the
Advisor to the Governor of Kano State, Nigeria, on this incident,see Africa
Update vol. 1.4.2004 |
f. |
In November 2002, Nigerian scientist Professor
Emitan Abisogun Bababunmi, Professor of Biochemistry secured a US patent
for an AIDS- related drug. His drug arrests skeletal muscle degeneration
and 'slim disease'at a relatively cheap cost. (Pan African News Agency)
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g. |
The Pharmaceutical Company MERCK fails to keep
its promise to reduce the price of its AIDS drug Stocrin, according to 'Pambazuka.org.'
PAMBAZUKA
NEWS |
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African/African American
Scientists/Inventors |
a. |
History
of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA) |
b. |
Mathematicians
of the African Diaspora/Ancient and Contemporary Africana Mathematicians
(Williams) |
c. |
African
American Registry |
d. |
Black
History Inventors |
e. |
Lewis
Latimer, the African American Inventor and Associate of Graham Bell and
Thomas Edison |
f. |
Mark
Dean, Computer Scientist |
g. |
African
American Inventors |
h. |
The
Inventive Spirit of African Americans (Patricia Carter Sluby) |
i. |
African
American Inventors |
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Africana Journals
and Newspapers |
a. |
The
Griot |
b. |
West
Africa Review:The Wonders of the African World Debate etc |
c. |
Comprehensive
Links to Africa- related Electronic Journals and Newsletters- Columbia University
|
d. |
Integrated
Regional Information Networks |
e. |
Africa
Action |
f. |
Caribbean
Newspapers |
g. |
Haiti
Action Committee |
h. |
Radio
France Internationale |
1. |
All
Africa |
j. |
Africalog
|
k. |
NewsWatch Nigeria |
l. |
JENDA: Journal
of Culture and African Women Studies |
m. |
Africa
Intelligence (France) |
n. |
Africa
Online |
o. |
The
East African (Kenya) |
p. |
West
Africa Review (Binghamton University) |
q. |
Africa
Studies Quarterly (University of Florida) |
r. |
Africa
Update(Central Connecticut State University) |
s. |
History
Journals Guide -African Journals etc |
t. |
Pambazuka
News |
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African Regional Sites
Northeast/East Africa |
a. |
Libyan
Resistance to Italian Occupation |
b. |
Northeast
Africa: Somali Web Sites (Jama) |
c. |
Queen
Hatshepsut's Expedition to the Land of Punt,Somalia(Sayed El-Sayed)
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d. |
Ancient
Egypt (Tour Egypt.net/village) |
e. |
Various
sites on Ancient Egypt (Columbia University- Caruso) |
f. |
Egyptology.com
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g. |
Freeman's
Images from Egypt |
h. |
Ancient
Nubia/Sudanese Archeology |
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North Africa - West Africa /Central
Africa |
m. |
West
Africa: Gambia |
n. |
Ancient
Nigeria |
o. |
Korpela's
Nigerian Links |
p. |
West
Africa: Cape Verde |
q. |
West
Africa: Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Abidjan Net)
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Southern Africa |
r. |
Southern
Africa: South Africa (ANC) |
s. |
Angola
|
t. |
Safundi,
The Journal of South African Comparative Studies |
u. |
Zimbabwe
|
v |
South
African Apartheid, Reparations and Human Rights (Africa Update. Fall Issue.
2002) |
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General/Archival Sources Related
to Africa |
a. |
Brown's
World History Archives ( Africa Related) See his excellent resource on Haiti.
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b. |
Internet
African History Sourcebook (Peter Halsall - Fordham) |
c. |
African
Primary Sources (Green/Tschabrun- Calif State Univ) |
d. |
Explaining
Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade(Gloria Emeagwali/West Africa Review)
|
e. |
Cora
Agatucci's Links on African Music/Film ( Central Oregon) |
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Africa Related
Institutions/Organizations
/Programs |
a. |
Namibia
Resource Centre and Southern Africa Library |
b. |
African
Studies - Stanford University (Karen Fung) |
c. |
US
Foreign Policy and Africa (APIC) |
d. |
African
Studies at UPenn |
e. |
African
Studies Association (ASA) |
f. |
Racism
and the Black World Response Symposium Website |
g. |
Linguistics
Association of SADC African Countries |
h. |
US-Africa |
i. |
International
Directory of African Studies Scholars (Columbia) |
j. |
Congress
of African Historians (Mali) |
k. |
Council
for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
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Specialized Aspects
of African Studies |
a. |
African
Literature of French Expression |
b. |
African
Philosophy (Janz) |
c. |
Sudanic
Africa |
d. |
Feminism
in Africa |
e. |
Assoc.
of African Women Scholars (Nnaemeka) |
f. |
African
Women's Rights (APIC) |
g. |
Interview
of Dr. Molara Ogundipe- A Leading Nigerian Feminist Theorist |
h. |
Films
and Videos on Africa (Caruso,Columbia Univ) |
i. |
Africa
Film and TV |
j. |
The
IMF, AFRICA and ASIA -Structural Adjustment (Gloria Emeagwali) |
k. |
African
Royalty |
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African Cinema |
a. |
FESPACO:African
Film Festival(Official) |
b. |
Films
and Videos on Africa (Caruso,Columbia Univ) |
c. |
Africa
Film and TV |
d. |
African
Cinema: Interview with Souleymane Cisse |
e. |
California
Newsreel |
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Black Scholarly/Popular/Commercial
Sites -in random order
|
a. |
Afrocentric
Voices in Classical Music |
b. |
Black
History Month: Black Firsts |
c. |
The
Griot |
d. |
The Black Engineer |
e. |
Black
History.Com |
f. |
Afro-American
Almanac |
g. |
The
Black World Today |
h. |
Black
Enterprise |
i. |
Vibe
|
j. |
Ebony
|
k. |
Black
Collegian |
l. |
Resources
on Malcolmn X |
m. |
Black
Facts Online |
n. |
Mosaic
Books |
o. |
The
Global African Presence |
p. |
Jeune
Afrique |
q. |
Black
Voices |
r. |
Mypheduh
Films(African/African-American) |
s. |
California
Newsreel(African/African-American) |
t. |
Black
Madonnas |
u. |
Black
Electorate.com |
v. |
Polio
Vaccines and the Origins of AIDS in Africa |
w. |
AfroAmerica
|
x. |
Afronet
|
y. |
Top
Black Sites |
z. |
Black
Stocks |
a1. |
Afropop/
African Music |
a2. |
The
AfroCuba Website |
a3. |
Black
Commentator |
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SOME AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES |
a. |
Bayero
University, Kano, Nigeria |
b. |
National
Association of Nigerian Students |
c. |
University
of Jos, Nigeria |
d. |
Cheikh
Anta Diop University, Senegal |
e. |
Dar
Es Salaam University, Tanzania |
f. |
Makerere
University, Uganda |
g. |
Kenyatta
University, Kenya |
h. |
Eduardo
Mondlane University, Mozambique |
i. |
Zimbabwe
University,Zimbabwe |
j. |
Botswana
University,Botswana |
k. |
University
of Swaziland |
l. |
Lesotho
University, Lesotho |
m. |
University
of Cape Town, South Africa |
n. |
Medical
University of South Africa |
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Africa Related Publisher/Multimedia
Resources |
c. |
Pacifica
Radio Archives |
d. |
History
Notes Digest |