Message-ID: <5v4tL1ib4_B@oln-54.oln.comlink.apc.org> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 20:16:00 +0200 From: mailto:awardere@IGC.APC.ORG> Subject: Re: Africa and the Global Information Super Highway To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
MESSAGE FORWARDED BY mailto:g.langmann@oln.comlink.apc.orgIn addition to this you can try to write to APC, one of the largest NGO nets which has partner nets in some African countries. Write to mailto:adminapc@apc.org.
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-- From: Abdi Wardere <mailto:awardere@igc.apc.org>/* Written 11:24 PM Sep 26, 1995 by mailto:frabbani@epas.utoronto.ca in igc:list.africa */ /* ---------- "Africa on the Net: an A-Z" ---------- */ From: Faraz Fareed Rabbani <mailto:frabbani@epas.utoronto.ca>
Cross-posted from H-Africa, with revisions Sender: H-NET List for African History <mailto:H-AFRICA@MSU.EDU> Subject: FYI: Africa on the Internet From: Peter Limb, University of Western Australia <mailto:plimb@library.uwa.edu.au> Date sent: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 **************************************** Editor's Note: The following introduction, by H-AFRICA subscriber Peter Limb, first appeared in the June 1995 *African Studies Association of Australia and the Pacific Review and Newsletter*. The editors thank both Peter and the *Review and Newsletter* for permission to post it to H-AFRICA. (Although this is a long message, it should of great interest to many readers. mep ****************************************
"An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet"
The year 1995 has seen vibrant changes in the electronic coverage of African studies. Whilst researching a recent book, I joined a great many Africa-related electronic groups to gather information and ideas. Here are some of them. The Internet changes almost daily, so I cannot guarantee that these addresses are all still accurate. But I have tried most of these, and found many stimulating.
Abyssinia Cyberspace Gateway can be found at the following world wide web (www) site: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmulholl/acg.html
Africa-L is an Africa-wide bitnet listserv. It is not particularly active, but those items posted are usually important. Address: mailto:listserv@brufmg Internet address: mailto:listserv@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu
Africa Update is at: http://neal.ctstateu.edu/history/africa_update/africa_update.html
[N.B. yes: africa_update is repeated!]
African Agenda is a list (without the discussion format) from Accra and Johannesburg: mailto:AFAGEND@iaccess.za
Afrikaans is an Afrikaans discussion group: send the message "subscribe afrikaans" to: mailto:listproc@oliver.sun.ac.za or gopher to lib.sun.ac.za/Afrikaans
Afrlabor, begun in 1995, is a penetrating discussion group on African labour history, though at times the discussion also touches on industrial relations, economics and related subjects. Areas discussed so far include: Nigerian labour history; COSATU and the ANC; the IMF and African studies. Address: mailto:afrlabor@acuvax.acu.edu and the editor is Carolyn Brown: mailto:cbrown@zodiac.rutgers.edu
Afrique is a new French-language discussion list based at the Universite de Lyon. It has already had a number of interesting discussions, particularly on African politics and philosophy. Address: mailto:listserv@univ-lyon1.fr Type: SUB afrique surname name
Afrlit is a new discussion group on African literatures. Areas discussed so far include: magical-realism in African literatures; Sembene Ousmane. Address: mailto:afrlit-request@acuvax.acu.edu
Amazigh ["Berber"] Network is at: mailto:amazigh-net@ensisun.imag.fr
ANC Gopher. Use the Webb to the excellent ANC Newswire, which includes not only ANC documents and historical sources but daily news reports from news agencies and government statements. Address: http://minerva.cis.yale.edu:80/`~jadwat/anc/ or email to mailto:info@anc.org.za or ancdip@wn.apc.org or simply gopher wn.apc.org
Bit.tech.africana is only for technical matters relating to communications
Botswananet is a healthy group of several hundred members at:
mailto:botswana@mathcs.duq.edu
Burkina Faso** has a group: mailto:aajn@catcc.bitnet
Cameroon has Camnet, a lively list in English or French: mailto:camnet@vm.cnuce.cnr.it
Clari.World.Africa is a commercial news service of African news
Egypt-Net is a sophisticated, well edited [in daily digest form] discussion group with very heavy output. I found it very enjoyable because of the contents page of every issue. Address: mailto:egypt-net-request@cs.sunysb.edu
Equatorial-Guinea-Net or GUINEQ-L in Spanish at: mailto:listserv@vm.cnuce.cnr.it This is a most mysterious group: it has only 11 members and I have never yet had a message! But I did make one contact. [STOP PRESS: correction- I had my first message today, after several months]
Eritrea-L is a well-structured list. Email to: mailto:lists@thames.stanford.edu and then type: subscribe eritrea-l Also DEHAI/EDIN: contact: mailto:dehai-admin@thames.stanford.edu
Ethiopia Gateway: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/dmuholl/ab_base.html
EthioList has a number of vibrant groups, especially ethiopolitics. Contact: Tadesse Tsegage: mailto:txt4@netcom.com Alternatively, contact: mailto:Ethioculture@Netcom.com or ethiohistory@netcom.com
H-Africa is an academic discussion group on African history, edited by Melvin Page and Harold Marcus. It is part of the excellent H-Net family of history groups. Verbiage is edited out by the dutiful editors. Address: mailto:listserv@msu.edu or messages to mailto:h-africa@msu.edu or to the editor, mailto:africa@etsuarts.east-tenn-st.edu
Horn of Africa Bulletin is at mailto:enelson@nn.apc.org
Hornet is an eclectic selection of Addis Ababa bulletin boards: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African Studies/Hornet
Igbo-Net is another favourite. The people are very friendly and encourage learning of the Igbo language and culture. Good on literature. A bit hesitant to discuss politics, as this is left to Nigeria-net. Address: mailto:listproc@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu then add the words: subscribe igbo--net.
Indian Ocean Newsletter is sometimes available on AFRICA-N [see above]. Contact: mailto:arm@utoronto.bitnet
InterAfrica Group NGO Networking Service is a bi-monthly round-up on regional issues: contact: mailto:IAG@padis.gn.apc.org
Malawi-Net or should I say Nyasanet is a really nice group. I must re-subscribe! Contact: mailto:nyasanet-request@unh.edu
MISA-Net is produced by the Media Institute of Southern Africa. Contact Bruce Cohen at mailto:wmail@is.co.za The Free Press Newsletter is at gopher wmail.misanet.org and the following web site has hyperlinks to all the MISA articles for 1995: http://history.cc.ukans.ed u/carrie/news_main.html then go to news by region and to sub-Saharan Africa
Mozambique Peace Process Bulletin at: mailto:misa-info@misanet.org
Nigeria has Naijanet: contact: mailto:naijanet@mit
Namnet is a discussion group on Namibia. Tim Dauth, a postgraduate student in the History Dept. University of Western Australia, is a frequent contributor [when he is not researching in Namibia]: mailto:namnet-request@lisse.na
Nuafrica is perhaps the most lively discussion group on African affairs. Members, who include many famous academics, have passionately debated such issues as ebola; the IMF and African studies; changes in South Africa; etc. Because it is not regulated or censored there is a very free exchange of ideas, but there is very little flaming. Address: mailto:nuafrica@listserv.acns.nwu.edu
Oromo-net**, I think, is at: mailto:makobili@netcom.com
Publishers:
African Imprint Library Services: mailto:afrcarimp@delphi.com
Africa World Press. The address is: mailto:AfricaWPress@nyo.com
Hogarth Representation [West African books]: mailto:100265.51@compuserve.com
Zimbabwe International Book Fair: mailto:margaret.ling@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Rhodes University gopher is at: gopher.ru.ac.za
Rwanda info can be found at: http://www.intac.com/Pubservice/rwanda/
Scottish Churches Sudan Group Newsletter is a useful publication for recent news. Contact: mailto:mam@festival.edinburgh.ac.uk
soc.culture.african was one of the earlier African news groups, and is still worth watching: mailto:soc-culture-african@cs.utexas.edu
soc.culture.berber
soc.culture.egypt is a new "nn" group, with interesting book notices.
soc.culture.nigeria
soc.culture.somalia is another interest news group.
soc.culture.south africa is a news group which, like za.politics has declined in interest for this reviewer, and now consists mainly of petty arguments and very basic questions about South Africa.
Somalia News Update is at: mailto:bernhard.helander@antro.uu.se
Somalia Association for Peace & Democracy contact: mailto:majordomo@igc.apc.org then type: subscribe sapd-somalia
Southern Africa Review of Books email version, sample available from the editor, Rob Turrell at: mailto:robert.turrell@humboldt.uni-ulm.de And a Web page is under construction for the paper at University of Cape Town
Sudan is at http://www.african.upenn.edu or gopher.upenn.edu or ftp.upenn.edu
The editor of Sudan Newsletter is mailto:mayodavi@student.msu.edu
Sudan-l is at: mailto:listserv@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu
Sudan News and Views Contact: mailto:yasin@gn.apc.org
Sudanese is lots of fun; find it at mailto:sudanese@crsa.bu.edu
Sudanic Africa is an academic electronic journal with useful book references. Address: http://www.hf-fak.uib.no/institutter/smi/sa/sahome.html
A Swahili language list can be found at mailto:Swahili-l@macc.wisc.edu or kuntz@macc.wisc.edu
Tunisia-Net** is at: mailto:listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
University of Pennsylvania African Studies Web has many sections; http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
Weekly Mail can be located at http://www.is.co.za/services/wmail/wmail.html and you can subscribe electronically: mailto:wmail-info@wmail.misanet.org
Wisconsin African Studies is at: gopher.doit.wisc.edu then follow the path to African Studies; courses: 1. African Studies or: http://www.wisc.edu/afr/
Yoruba** has oduduwa-net.
za.politics is a news group that started off as a lively group but apparently has lately been taken over by yuppies. Address: mailto:za-politics@quagga.ru.ac.za
Zaire-l is mainly Zaireans in the US. Address: mailto:listserv@ilstu.edu
Zambia-List is at:
mailto:Zambia-list@acuvax.acu.edu
and the Zambian newpspaper Post is at:
GUIDES: see Karen Fung's Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources at: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ASA/karen_Guide.html and Arthur McGee's list: mailto:amcgee@netcom.com
notes: * membership restricted, e.g. to language speakers or nationals ** not tried by this reviewer
Notification about new lists can be sent (electronically) to: mailto:plimb@library.uwa.edu.au or by snailmail to: Peter Limb, Reid Library University of Western Australia Nedlands 6009 W.A. Australia