African Cultural Arts Program

ACAP Partner Links

http://www.hourglassgallery.com/web_pages/barber.htm
Abayomi Barber works at Hourglass Gallery

Chronos Coffee
Fresh roasted coffee beans

http://www.olasmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/olaonabule
Ola Onabule

http://naijapositive.myfastforum.org
Naija Positive Online Community

http://www.amlappublishing.com/naija/default.html
Naija Konnection Newsletter (AMLAP Publishing)

http://www.Mumbisdesigns.com/
Mumbi's Designs: a unique gift store with a variety of interesting African gifts as well as men's and women's clothing

http://www.maduc.net/liff.htm
Lagos International Film Festival

http://world-food-and-wine.com
World Food & Wine

Get Involved Links

http://volunteer.org.nz/
Global Volunteer Network - Volunteer opportunities world-wide

http://www.global-english.com
Global English - TESOL courses and certification

Arts

Film | Theatre

Dance | Drum Links

Germany
http://www.ahlamdancetheatre.com/
Ahlam Dance Theatre (Germany)

UK
http://www.irokotheatre.org.uk/
Iroko Theatre Company - Traditional African Theatre, Music, & Dance

USA
http://www.fadf.org/
Florida African Dance Festival (Annual)

http://www.kuumbahouse.org/
Kuumba House Dance Theatre (Houston, TX)

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/africandance/
The Maimouna Keita West African Dance Company and School of West in Dance (Brooklyn, NY)

http://home.fuse.net/clymer/medasi/
Medasi African Dance Theatre (Cincinnati, OH)

http://soundsofafrika.com/
Sounds of Afrika Drum & Dance Troupe (Waterbury | Mount Vernon, CT)

http://www.wacongo.com/
Wacongo Drum & Dance Company (Pittsburgh, PA)

Film Festival Links

Australia
http://www.sydneyafricanfilmfestival.org/
Sydney African Film Festival

Burkina Faso
http://www.fespaco.bf/index_en.html
Fespaco Film & Television Festival

Egypt
http://www.cairofilmfest.org/
Cairo International Film Festival

Ghana
http://www.anansefilmfestival.com/
Ananse International Film Festival

Nigeria
http://www.nffo.org/
Abuja International Film Festival

http://www.maduc.net/liff.htm
Lagos International Film Festival

South Africa
http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/Library/Durban_International_Film_Festival.htm
Durban International Film Festival

Tanzania
http://www.ziff.or.tz/
Zanzibar International Film Festival

Tunisia
http://www.jccarthage.org/
Carthage Film Festival

Uganda
http://www.amakula.com/
Amakula Kampala International Film Festival

UK
http://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/
Africa in Motion: Edinburgh African Film Festival Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.cambridgeafricanfilmfestival.co.uk/
Cambridge African Film Festival Cambridge, England

USA
http://www.africanfilmny.org/
African Film Festival New York, NY

http://www.africanfilmfestival.org/
Cascade Fesival of African Films Portland, OR

http://www.paff.org/
Pan African Film & Arts Festival Los Angeles, CA

Zimbabwe
http://www.ziff.co.zw/index.php
Zimbabwe International Film Festival

Theatre Links

General
http://www.africantheaterusa.com/
African Theater USA - Online journal

Canada
http://www.africantheatre.org/index.html
African Theatre Ensemble - Toronto, Ontario, CA

UK
http://www.irokotheatre.org.uk/
Iroko Theatre Company Traditional African Theatre, Music, & Dance

http://www.tiatafahodzi.com/
Tiata Fahodzi African Theatre Company

USA
http://www.africanglobe.com/
African Globe Studios - Home of Live Theatre Arts & Entertainment (Newark, NJ)

http://www.fatellc.com/home.html
Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble (Chicago, IL)

http://www.newheritagetheater.org/
New Heritage Theatre Group (NY, NY)

http://www.ujimatheatre.org/
Ujima Theatre Company (Buffalo, NY)

Music

ACAP Music Partner Links

http://www.Kukulive.com
KUKU Live

http://www.olasmusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/olaonabule
Ola Onabule - Ola's Music & Ola on MySpace

Explore African Music

http://www.africanmusic.org/
African Music Encyclopedia - Artist and music information and extensive links to music sites, journals, newlists, and live music calendars & festivals

http://library.stanford.edu/africa/music.html
African Music on the Net - links copiled by Stanford University

http://allafrica.com/music/
All Africa Music

http://www.notz.com/
Notz - Jazz and African music site/links

http://musicmoz.org/Regional/Africa/Links/
MusicMoz African music links

Listen to African Music

http://www.africanmusicradio.com/amr/
African Music Radio

http://www.sierraleoneradio.net/
African Internet Radio - Sierra Leone

http://www.afropop.org/
Afropop Worldwide

http://www.live365.com/stations/henrys
Soukous Radio Live 365

http://www.afrirhythms.com/index.php
Afriryhthms - streaming net radio

http://www.africaninternetradio.com/
African Internet Radio

http://www.afrodicia.com/
Afrodicia

http://www.afromix.org/html/culture/media/radios/index.en.html
Afromix - A collection of African internet radio stations and music programs

http://music.calabashmusic.com/world/africa
Calabash Music - Fair trade streaming and downloads

http://africa.si.edu/webmaster/redesign/radio_africa/player.html
Radio Africa - The Smithsonian Global Sound streaming radio

http://www.addislive.com/
Addis Live - Ethiopian Internet Music Radio

Visual Arts

ACAP Arts Partner Links

http://www.hourglassgallery.com/web_pages/barber/
Abayomi Barber works at Hourglass Gallery

Art Museum & Collections Links

http://www.africanart.org/
Museum for African Art - Queens, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=5
Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA): Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas - NY, NY

http://www.caam.ca.gov/
California African American Museum - Los Angeles, CA

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browpage&dept=african
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA): African Art collection and online exhibition - Los Angeles, CA

http://www.princetonartmuseum.org/curators/coll_cura_afri.cfm
Princeton University Art Museum: Gallery of African Art - Princeton, NJ

http://www.nmafa.si.edu/
Smithsonian: National Museum of African Art - Washington, DC

http://www.sil.si.edu/Libraries/nmafa/subject_guide_nmafa.cfm
Warren M. Robbins Library: National Museum of African Art

http://www.sil.si.edu/silpublications/africanart/museumswithcollections.htm
State-by-state listing of museums with African Art collections (compiled by the Smithsonian)

http://www.vmcaa.nl/vm/
Virtual Museum of Contemporary African Art

Art on the Web

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHafrica.html#africa
An extensive link collection of African art, historical to contemporary - compiled by Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe Professor, Dept of Art History Sweet Briar College, Virginia

http://www.caacart.com/
Contemporary African Art Collection - based in Geneva

http://www.africancolours.net/
African Colours - A Guide to contemporary African art

http://www.archives.gov/research/african-art/
National Archives & Records - An extensive collection of African contemporary art images by artist

http://www.asrc.cornell.edu/Nka/intro.html
Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art

http://www.mocada.org/
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Artists

http://rmc2.library.cornell.edu/ContemporaryAfricanArt/
Future location of African Artists database and information re: inclusion in the database - project founded by the Rockefeller Foundation with cooperation from Cornell University and the John Henrick Clarke Africana Library

Writing

Literary Links

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/lit.html
African Literature and Writers on the Internet - A comprehensive link collection compiled by Stanford University

http://www.africaresearch.org/
Africa Research International - Research in African Literature and Culture

http://www.geocities.com/africanwriters/AuthorsB.html
African Writers Index

http://www.nathanielturner.com/index.html
ChickenBones: A Journal

http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/litserv/Webb/contents.html
Passionate Spaces : African Literature and the Post-Colonial Context by:Hugh Webb

http://bowwave.org/AfricanWriters/
USA-Africa Literary Foundation

http://zimbabwe.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=25
Zimbabwe poets - Poetry International Web

Culture

ACAP Culture Partner Links

http://naijapositive.myfastforum.org
Naija Positive Online Community

http://www.amlappublishing.com/naija/default.html
Naija Konnection Newsletter (AMLAP Publishing)

http://world-food-and-wine.com
World Food & Wine

Cultural | Community Links

http://www.naijapositive.myfastforum.org
NaijaPositive Community

http://www.africawired.com/
Africa Wired - African Diaspora online community site based in the San Francisco, CA area

http://www.cafeafricana.com/
Cafe Africana - The main objective of CafeAfricana is to showcase the best of Africa and Africans in the Diaspora. CafeAfricana is about culture, arts, politics, news, community and lifestyle.

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/
Motherland Nigeria - A comprehensive, informative and entertaining site of all things Nigeria, from arts and culture to politics and history, by Olubunmi Boomi.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
Internet African History Sourcebook - compiled by Fordham University

http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/lpca/jlpca/index.html
Journal of Language and Popular Culture in Africa - edited by Johannes Fabian and Vincent A. de Rooij

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/culture.html
African Culture and Society Links - compiled by Stanford University

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/african-diaspora.html
African Diaspora on the Internet - links

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/current2.html
African News/Newspapers - by countr

Folk Tales Links

http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/stories.html
Motherland Nigeria - Stories

http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/africa.html
Tales of Wonder - Stories from Ethiopia & Central Afric

http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/saft/index.htm
South African Folk Tales

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/africa.html
Zulu Folk Tales

http://www.afro.com/children/myths/myths.html
Folk Tales from Africa & Around the World

http://www.phillipmartin.info/liberia/text_folktales_intro.htm
Liberian Folk Tales (Audio & Coloring Sheets)

http://www.allfolktales.com/folktales.php
All Folk Tales - Folk Tales from West Africa

http://www.nathanielturner.com/africanfolktalesstillinfluence.htm
African Folktales Still Influence Modern Thought By Van G. Garrett

http://www.aaronshep.com/indexes/geography.html#Africa
Aaron's Storybook - Folk Tales from Africa Index

http://webinstituteforteachers.org/99/teams/tales/folktales.html
African Folk Tales in the Clasroom

http://kids.learnoutloud.com/Kids-Free-Stuff/Literature/World-Classics/West-African-Folk-Tales/23654
LearnOutLoud - African Folk Tales Free Downloads & Podcasts (Published by LibriVox, Narrated by Lizzie Driver)

Food | Recipes Links

Cuisine Links

http://world-food-and-wine.com
World Food & Wine

http://www.ethiopianrestaurant.com/
Ethiopian Restaurant - Ethiopian Restaurant Listing & Food Guide

http://funkymunky.co.za/safood.html
Funky Munky Guide to finding South African foods & goods by country

http://www.betumi.com/
Betumi: Traditional + Contemporary African Cuisine - A 'blog journal containing a treasure trove of recipes, links, and African cooking and eating resources.

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/africanrecipes.html
African Recipes and Food Links - compiled by Stanford University

http://www.africanchop.com./
Recipes, restaurant and market listings, and links to African food resources compiled by Elizabeth Jackson.

Recipe Links

http://www.betumi.com/
Betumi: Traditional + Contemporary African Cuisine - A 'blog journal containing a treasure trove of recipes, links, and African cooking and eating resources.

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/africanrecipes.html
African Recipes and Food Links - compiled by Stanford University

http://www.africanchop.com
Recipes, restaurant and market listings, and links to African food resources compiled by Elizabeth Jackson.

http://ile-maurice.tripod.com/
Recipes from Mauritius by Madeleine Philippe

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/about_cb_wh.html
The African Cookbook - Recipes from Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, and Island of Zanzibar edited by Bea Sandler

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dr_ibrahim_ighneiwa/food.htm
Libyan Cuisine and Recipes

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/africa/ethiopian/
Recipe Source - Ethiopian Recipes

http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/africa/morocco/
Recipe Source - Moroccan Recipes

http://funkymunky.co.za/recipes.html
Funky Munky's Traditional South African Recipes

http://www.sudan.net/society/recipe.html#Recipes
Menus & Recipes from The Sudan

Travel

General | Magazines

http://geocities.com/smstrvbgns
Simee's Travel Bargains

http://africatravelmag.com
UK-based magazine Africa Travel

http://Mbendi.co.za
Mbendi.co.za

Festivals in Africa

Botswana
www.maitisong.co.bw
Maitisong Festival

Burkina Faso
http://www.fespaco.bf/index_en.html
Fespaco Film & Telvision Festival

Egypt
http://www.cairofilmfest.org/
Cairo International Film Festival

Ghana
http://www.anansefilmfestival.com/
Ananse International Film Festival

http://www.panafest.org/home.html
Panafest - Pan-African arts & culture festival (every two years)

Mali
http://www.festival-au-desert.org/index.cfm?w=296&lng=2
Festival au Desert

http://www.festivalsegou.org/homepage.htm
Festival on the Niger

Malawi
http://www.lakeofstars.co.uk/index.html
Lake of Stars Festival

Morocco
http://www.fesfestival.com/en07/index.htm
Moroccan Sacred Fez Music Festival & Tour

Nigeria
http://www.nffo.org/
Abuja International Film Festival

http://www.maduc.net/liff.htm
Lagos International Film Festival

http://www.nibf.org/
Nigerian International Book Fair

South Africa
http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za/Library/Durban_International_Film_Festival.htm
Durban International Film Festival

Tanzania
http://www.ziff.or.tz/
Zanzibar International Film Festival

Tunisia
http://www.jccarthage.org/
Carthage Film Festival

Uganda
http://www.amakula.com/
Amakula Kampala International Film Festival

Zimbabwe
http://www.ziff.co.zw/index.php
Zimbabwe International Film Festival

Helpful Travel Information Links

http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html
US State Dept. Travel Advisories

http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/brochures/brochures_1218.html
Tips | Embassies: Sub-Saharan Africa
US State Department

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/destinat.htm
Vaccinations & Travel Health Topics
CDC

http://www.gonomad.com/traveldesk/0103/stjohn_africatips.html
First-aid Items & Safety Tips
GoNomad.com

http://www.traffic.org/wildlife/wildlife.htm
Souvenirs: What NOT to Buy Traffic.org

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9670&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Languages Spoken (by Country)
UNESCO

http://goafrica.about.com/od/specialinterest/a/womentips.htm
Tips for Women Travelling Alone
GoAfrica.About.com

http://goafrica.about.com/b/a/257480.htm
Cell Phone Use While Travelling Africa
GoAfrica.About.com