Africa News
Online
Current news
from all over Africa. Also includes arts, entertainment, science,
environment and women’s news.
Art and Life
in Africa Project
Information
about African Art and Culture. All of the material on this site
has been adapted from similar material developed for the Art and
Life in Africa CD-ROM being produced at The University of Iowa.
Africa South
of the Sahara
This site contains
many links with information on countries south of the Sahara.
This is a good source for current events and late breaking news.
Drifters
Drifters is
the tour company our groups travelled with. Their site has good
information on all their various African tours.
Into Africa
Adventures
Article on
the town of Louis Trichart and Venda, with links to African Adrenalin
and Into Africa Adventures. Lots of good travel information can
be found on these sites.
"Rhodesians
Worldwide"
Rhodesians
Worldwide on the World Wide Web is the electronic equivalent of
the printed magazine "Rhodesians Worldwide", created to facilitate
communications between people who at some stage lived in Rhodesia,
and is now known as Zimbabwe.
Rhodesian Government
in exile
The Rhodesian
Government in Exile is preparing for a return to power in the
near future, and is forming a shadowy cabinet of bold, fearless
men, ready to grab the reins when the time is ripe. If it cannot
be done peacefully, we will return to the bush and wage a new
Chimp-urenga, or Gorilla war.
“Those
were the Days”
Trevor Hemans
has electronically published a little book to record some of the
incidents and experiences in the life of a District Commissioner
in Rhodesia and Zimbabwe during the 36 years between 1946 and
1981, which saw the phasing out of the colonialist era and the
coming into being of the new nation of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Independent
Online
Excellent online
newspaper highlights both national and local news as well as feature
stories. I enjoyed reading it prior to my trip to get a flavor
of what Zimbabwe might be like.
Zimbabwe Page
Links to many
online resources related to Zimbabwe
Resources
South Africa,
Culture Shock, A guide to customs and etiquette
by Dee Rissik, 1994, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company.
A good overview of modern South Africa with
a lot of background on the people who make up the population,
including Black, Colored, White (both English and Dutch descendants),
Indian, and Chinese. This book has good tips on cultural practices
and would be invaluable if you were moving there.
Under African
Skies
Edited by Charles
R. Larson
1997, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Short stories written by a variety of African
authors. Of particular note: “Why don’t you carve other
animals?” by Yvonne Vera of Zimbabwe; “Effortless Tears”,
by Alexander Kanengoni of Zimbabwe;I’m not talking about
that, now”, by Sindiwe Magona of South Africa; “Mrs.
Plum” by Es’kia Mphahlele of South Africa; and “The
Prisoner Who Wore Glasses”, by Bessie Head from South Africa.
Last Days in
Cloud Cuckooland: Dispatches from White Africa
by Boynton, Graham, NY: Random House, 1997. DT1957.B68 1997
This book which is in The Library at College
of DuPage is an excellent first hand account by a young writer
born in Rhodesia, forced to leave as the country became independent.
He fled to South Africa and now resides in New York.
Field Museum,
Chicago, Illinois
The Field Museum
has an extensive Africa exhibit. It is a comprehensive look at
the cultural and natural history of Africa, focusing on certain
areas at certain times in history. It’s really well done
and informative.
Art Institute,
Chicago, Illinois
The Art Institute
has an African Art collection and often has special exhibits.
