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Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: African History  - http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history.html  Annotated directory of links to web resources.  Africa's Science and Indigenous Knowledge Systems  - http://members.aol.com/afsci/africana.htm  Perspectives on Africa's indigenous knowledge systems, with extracts from scholarly works in different disciplines.  Internet African History Sourcebook  - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html  Annotated link list (Fordham University).  Leo Africanus: Description of Timbuktu  - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/leo_afri.html  Excerpt from 1526 book "The Description of Africa," at Washington State University history site.  Historical Maps of Africa  - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_africa.html  Maps dated from 1808 to 1978 from the Perry-Casteñeda Library at the University of Texas at Austin.  Jewish Roots in Africa  - http://www.ubalt.edu/www/kulanu/africa.html  Brief essay by George E. Lichtblau on the history of Jews throughout the African continent.  Exploring Africa  - http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/sccoll/africa/africa.html  An exhibit of maps and travel narratives from Leo Africanus to Chinua Achebe.  People's History in South Africa  - http://chnm.gmu.edu/rhr/skotnes.htm  Article from The Radical Historians Newsletter examining the search for ethnic histories in South Africa.  Building Bridges to Afrocentrism: A letter to my Egyptological Colleagues  - http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/30/049.html  Three-part article by Ann Macy Roth exploring ethnographical issues in African history.  The Black Man's Burden: The White Man in Africa from the 15th Century to World War I  - http://www.boondocksnet.com/editions/morel/  E. D. Morel's 1920 study of the devastating impact of European interventions and colonialism in Africa, from the slave trade beginning in the 15th century through the partition of Africa leading up to World War I.  African History  - http://www.suite101.com/articles.cfm/african_history  Articles covering the range of African history.  Civilizations in Africa  - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CIVAFRCA/ABOUT.HTM  Culture and history resource text learning module.  The Story of Africa  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/  An introduction to African history from an African perspective, with illustrations and sound recordings. Produced by the BBC World Service.  The Economic History of Colonial Africa: Selected Bibliography  - http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/africa/econbibl.html  A bibliography of selected histories of African culture and civilization.  Brief History of Africa  - http://web.indstate.edu/cimt/classes/websites/yasuo/History.html  An overview of the major periods of African history, including early history, Africa to the 1400s, the arrival of the Europeans, colonial times, and modern Africa.  De West-Indische Compagnie in West Afrika  - http://home.wanadoo.nl/jj.clement/  Introduction to a three-volume history of the Dutch West-Indische Compagnie (WIC) on the Gold Coast of tropical West-Africa. (1698-1728). English text despite dutch title pages.  Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African prince  - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=GroGron&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed  Full text of 1774 autobiographical document of Gronniosaw, of the city of Barnou.  Africa Since 1945  - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook53.html  Collection of links from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook, emphasis on southern Africa.  Africa: History Links  - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/About_African/ww_hist.html  African Studies Center links page, University of Pennsylvania.  Selections from the Rex B. Grey Collection  - http://library.tamu.edu/cushing/onlinex/africa/  Exhibit from the Cushing Memorial Library featuring books chosen for their importance as reflections of European attitudes toward Africa before colonialism was fully entrenched.  EAWC Chronology: Early Islam  - http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/ispage.htm  Timeline of early Islamic history.  Trans-Saharan Trade  - http://www.hf.uib.no/institutter/smi/nsm/meec.html  Trans-Saharan trade and the West African discovery of the Mediterranean world, a paper from the Third Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies.  History and Cultural Profiles  - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/history/ao-guide.html  An introduction to African history and culture by Kenyan scholar Malaika Mutere. From the African Odyssey Interactive project of the Kennedy Center.  The Saharan Trade: A Link Between Europe and Africa  - http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/sh/?tqskip1=1  Historical examination of Saharan trade routes.  The Infography about Africa -- European Imperialism  - http://www.infography.com/content/576222437236.html  Books and articles recommended by a professor who specializes in research about the colonization of Africa.  The Afrocentric Debate Resource Page  - http://apu32.com/pkm/afro.htm  Provides resources for those interested in the African-centered historical approach and the "Black Athena" debate.  H-Africa: African History and Culture  - http://www.h-net.org/~africa/  H-Net discussion group dedicated to the history and culture of Africa. Features subject overview, thesis abstracts, reviews, bibliographies, essays, links to related resources, and subscription information.  Africa: The Cradle of Civilization  - http://library.thinkquest.org/C002739/AfricaSite/1Main.shtm  An interactive educational site that explores Africa's history from the dawn of mankind to modern day.  WebChron - Africa South of the Sahara  - http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/Africa/Africa.html  Chronology of African history.