LITERATURE & CULTURE OF FRANCOPHONE AFRICA & THE DIASPORA

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URL	http://www.651arts.org/
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Description	Promote African music and performing arts within U.S. communities.
Contents	"Since its founding in 1988, 651 ARTS has been committed to developing, producing and presenting performing arts and cultural programming grounded in the African Diaspora, with a primary focus on contemporary performing arts". Network for African performing arts in collaboration w/American performers or companies. Conference information, news.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Discussion Forum
Region:	Other
AATMI Djembé
URL	http://www.aatmidjembe.com/index2.htm
Host	Aatmi djembe
Description	Djembé culture and music
Contents	A site devoted to Djembé culture and music, AATMI Djembé contains information on the history and making of drums and includes several homepages of Djembé performers.
Features	Photography Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
afiavi
URL	http://afiavi.free.fr/
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Description	“All the colors of black music”
Contents	afiavi is a journal dedicated to “all the colors of black music.” The website contains a table of contents of the current issue as well as further information about news in the music industry, archives of the journal (including interviews and articles).
Features	Table of Contents Critical Text
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Caribbean Other
Africa Connector
URL	http://old.law.columbia.edu/africa
Host	Columbia University
Description	Links to a wide range of subjects about Africa
Contents	Hosted by Columbia University, the site contains links to African News, Politics, the Internet in Africa, Science, Health and the Environment, Human Rights, Law in Africa, Business in Africa, Travel and Weather, Development, Communications, Art and Culture, Historic Africa, and more. A few links do not work.
Features	Database(s)
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
Africa Festival
URL	http://www.africafestival.org
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Description	Europe's largest annual festival of African music & culture
Contents	Promoting and making African music and culture widely accessible. Programs, photos and video clips of the festivals. Some references to recordings. Text in German and English.
Features	Video Clips
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Other
Africa Web Links
URL	http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html
Host	University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Center
Description	Annotated Resource List
Contents	List of on-line resources related to African Studies not necessarily covered in Penn African Studies Web site. Includes such categories as Anthropology, Arts & Architecture, Development, Environment, History, Human Rights, Languages, Music & Films, Religious Studies, & Women Issues.
Features	Database(s)
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Other
African Hip Hop
URL	http://www.africanhiphop.com/
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Description	Platform for discussion on African hip hop
Contents	Updates, releases, groups, sound & video, radio, lyrics, gallery, interviews, store, top 10, female mc's, production, links, guestbook, forums, mailing list.
Features	Lyrics Live Radio Discussion Forum Critical Text
Region:	Other
African Music & Dance Ensemble
URL	http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/ladzekpo/Ensemble.html
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Description	Private company
Contents	Created in 1973, the Ensemble seeks to broaden access to the knowledge about Africa's rich cultural heritage across the United States, Canada & Europe. History, Workshops, Coming events, Performers, Current projects, Reviews.
Features	Video Clips Photography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
African Music and Dance
URL	http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/ladzekpo/test.html
Host	UC-Berkeley
Description	Site by C. K. Ladzepko, director of African Music Program at UC-Berkeley
Contents	Includes information about traditional music and dances from sub-Saharan Africa, especially from the Anlo-Ewe people of Ghana. Features sound and video clips as well as photographs. Also contains notes from classes taught by C. K. Ladzepko, director of the African Music Program at the University of California, Berkeley.
Features	Video Clips Photography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
African Music Encyclopedia
URL	http://africanmusic.org/index.html
Host	AfricanMusic.org
Description	Searchable database of African musicians
Contents	Biographical information about African musicians and singers, with links to further sites about the artists. Also features a mailing list, links to books and internet resources on African music. As of May. '08, the site has not been updated since 2005.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Discography Database(s) Current Events Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Caribbean Other
African Music Home Page
URL	http://biochem.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~endo/africa.html
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Description	Discographies of musicians from Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania.
Contents	Discographies of African musicians, sometimes supplemented by short biographies. Categorized by country. Approximately 60 musicians featured.
Features	Discography Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
African Odyssey Interactive
URL	http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/
Host	Kennedy Center
Description	African arts & culture : exchanging ideas
Contents	"To promote an ongoing exchange of ideas, information, & resources between artists, teachers, & students of African arts & culture." Adjunct initiative of the Kennedy Center. Information about African & African American arts & cultural events, resources for learning & teaching about African arts & culture. Links. Mailing list & discussion forum.
Features	Database(s) Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
African Theater USA
URL	http://www.africantheaterusa.com/
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Description	Site devoted to African theater in the United States
Contents	The ‘African Drama and Dance Theater’ page of African Theater USA features news, events, and reviews of African theater in the United States. Most events are based in New York City. Also contains pages on amateur African poetry, online magazines, and African current events.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Current Events Critical Text
Region:	Other
AfricaSounds
URL	http://www.africasounds.com/
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Description	The latest in African Music
Contents	Information on concerts, CD reviews, DVD reviews, Radio Shows. Interviews, events, photo gallery, links, newsletter.
Features	Photography Electronic Mailing List
Region:	Caribbean Other
Africolor
URL	http://www.africolor.com/
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Description	Music Festival
Contents	Africolor sponsors a month long traveling festival celebrating African music and a label associated with the festival. The site contains this year’s program and information about artists associated with Africolor, including biographies, concert listings, and music clips.
Features	Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
Africultures
URL	http://www.africultures.com
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Description	"The African Culture Website"
Contents	Journal. Artist interviews. Book, music & film reviews. Database on African cinema. Photo library. Conference, festival & concert announcements. Virtual art exhibits. Bulletin board. Weekly/monthly mailing list. Helpful addresses. Radio & TV schedules. Links.
Features	Critical Text Biography Database(s) Discussion Forum Electronic Mailing List
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
Afrik.com/music
URL	http://www.afrik.com/musik/
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Description	Music of Africa
Contents	African music site. Discographies : by artist, style, instrument, region, country, record label, year. Musician's corner : sheet music, lyrics, "fichiers midi". Places to go in Paris : clubs, record stores, radio stations, book stores, restaurants. Discover : articles (about 50 texts on African music). Also contains information about art expositions.
Features	Video Clips Discussion Forum Discography Database(s) Critical Text Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
Afrique Francophone
URL	http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/depts/langlit/french/afrique.html#culture
Host	Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Description	Music & Culture
Contents	Annotated links to Francophone African culture & music on the web. Produced by City University of New York.
Features	Bibliography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
Afriscope
URL	http://www.afriscope.fr/
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Description	Free Parisian bimonthly magazine featuring current cultural news and events related to Africa.
Contents	Access to the magazine in PDF format. Features articles on current political and social stories and events, as well as book and music reviews.
Features	Primary Text
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
AfroMontreal.com
URL	http://www.afromontreal.com
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Description	Live radio and video
Contents	AfroMontreal.com contains several stations of live radio of African and AfroCaribbean music, as well as video and news from Africa and the Diaspora. There are select audio and video clips of the day and music videos of “afro” artists are available. Requires Media Player or Real Player. Features an electronic mailing list.
Features	Video Clips Live Radio Electronic Mailing List
Region:	Caribbean Other
Afropop Worldwide
URL	http://www.afropop.org/
Host	World Music Productions
Description	"Celebrating the musical cultures of Africa & the African Diaspora"
Contents	"Afropop is a radio program, a website, a searchable database, an international musical archive, a team of researchers, & a travel series to Africa & Latin America". Audio, live radio, current events, newsletter.
Features	Live Radio Electronic Mailing List Discography Database(s) Current Events Critical Text Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Caribbean Other
agencetropiques.com
URL	http://www.agencetropiques.ch/
Host	agencetropiques.com
Description	E-zine about Africa and the Caribbean
Contents	Agence Tropiques is a Swiss e-zine about Africa and the Caribbean. The site proposes a just approach to the realities of Africa and the Caribbean. Includes a discussion forum and articles about the arts and humanities as well as issues in the news.
Features	Current Research Current Events Critical Text Country Information Discussion Forum
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Caribbean
algeriades.com
URL	http://www.algeriades.com/
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Description	The latest on the arts & literature of Algeria
Contents	Cultural news & reviews - events, releases & publications - on/about Algeria : Festivals, Literature, Theater, Music & Dance, Visual Art, Graphic Art, Film & Television, History & Society. Links.
Features	Critical Text Biography Database(s) Electronic Mailing List
Region:	Maghreb
Amazigh Music
URL	http://www.azawan.com/
Host	l'association culturelle amazighe (berbère) Azamazigh (loi 1901)
Description	Musical website of the Amazigh (Berber) cultural association Azamazigh
Contents	Music of the Middle-Atlas, Tuareg, Shluh, Kabyle, Shawi, Rif. Audio clips. Artist bios.
Features	Audio Biography
Region:	Maghreb
Bamako-culture
URL	http://www.bamako-culture.org/
Host	afribone.com
Description	Online magazine of cultural events in Bamako
Contents	A place to exchange information about cultural events in Bamako. Divided into categories: news, theater, dance, cinema, visual arts, music, photography, literature and crafts.
Features	Primary Text Country Information Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
basic.ch
URL	http://www.basic.ch/
Host	basic.ch
Description	Live & archived DJ mixes
Contents	Live and archived DJ mixes of popular music in genres such as: hip hop, raga, afro-caribbean, dancehall, techno, electro, dub, jazz, etc. Available in mp3 or real format.
Features	Live Radio Database(s) Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Caribbean Other
BeurFM
URL	http://www.beurfm.net/
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Description	Music of the Maghreb
Contents	BEUR FM, community radio broadcasting in French, Arabic & Berber. Radio of & for North Africans in France. News : current events, reviews, commentary, listener's forum. Music : audio clips, artist bios. Events : releases, concerts, books.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Discussion Forum Discography Critical Text Biography Audio
Region:	Maghreb
Cesaria Evora
URL	http://www.cesaria-evora.com/
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Description	Cape-Verdian singer
Contents	Official site of Cesaria Evora. Includes a biography, discography, sound and video clips and photographs, concert information, and a discussion forum. Additionally, the artist shows Cape Verde from her own perspective.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Discography Current Events Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Cora Connection
URL	http://www.coraconnection.com/
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Description	West African Music
Contents	Maintained by the band Cora Connection, this is a site about West African music in general with detailed summaries of different instruments, such as the kora, balaphone and ngoni. Also includes profiles of African artists, a music catalogue, and profiles of the land and people of West Africa.
Features	Country Information
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
dancedrummer.com
URL	http://www.dancedrummer.com/
Host	www.dancedrummer.com
Description	Interactive resource on West African Drums and Percussion
Contents	Site features: “African Music - Traditional West African Drumming - Percussion Lessons - Instructional Movies, Texts, and Manuscripts - Drum Set Orchestrations - Interactive African Instrument Museum - Online Music Education - Anlo-Ewe History, Ethnology, Ethnomusicology”
Features	Video Clips Primary Text Photography Database(s) Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Dandemutande
URL	http://www.dandemutande.com/
Host	Dandemutande
Description	Zimbabwean music resource
Contents	Site created by Paul Novitski featuring articles about Zimbabwean artists and a large resource database with containing sites about music from all over the world. Also includes a mailing list, gift shop, and updated information about the Zimbabwean Music Festival.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Database(s) Critical Text Country Information Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Caribbean Other
Egyptian news
URL	http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Default.htm
Host	Egypt State Information Service
Description	Online Egyptian newspaper.
Contents	Online journal in French, English and Arabic published by the The State Information Service of Egypt. Created in 2000. National and international news, press reviews, TV broadcasts, audio tracks and documentaries. Sections on Politics, History, Cconomy, Culture & Arts, Women, Society.
Features	Video Clips Table of Contents Current Events Critical Text Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Other
Essaouira Gnaoua
URL	http://www.festival-gnaoua.co.ma/
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Description	Essaouira Gnaoua
Contents	Information about the annual Gnawa music festival in Essaouira Bay, Morocco. Contains archives of past festivals, information about upcoming festivals, and photos and videos of performances.
Features	Video Clips Photography Current Events Biography
Region:	Maghreb
Fela Kuti
URL	http://www.felaproject.net/
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Description	Website about Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Contents	Dedicated to Fela Anikulapo Kuti, this website is an information resource for fans of the Nigerian singer. Includes extensive biography, photos, music clips and discography.
Features	Video Clips Photography Discography Bibliography Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Festival Complet’Mandingue
URL	http://www.completmandingue.com
Host	Complet Mandingue
Description	Dance and music festival
Contents	Organized by DJABOTU BINGHI, Complet’Mandingue is a festival in St. Brieuc, France promoting African culture whose proceeds go to help the development of a village in the North of Senegal. Has information about the 2008 festival as well as on previous years.
Features	Video Clips Photography Current Events Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Fez Festival of World Sacred Music
URL	http://www.fesfestival.com/
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Description	Music festival in Fez, Morocco
Contents	The Fes Festival is an annual music festival featuring several concerts, a symposium, films, exhibits, and various events in the city. The website contains a program of events and booking information for the upcoming festival. Also has archives of past festivals, photos and music samples.
Features	Photography Electronic Mailing List Discography Current Events Biography
Region:	Maghreb
Greenotation
URL	http://www.brooklynx.org/neighborhoods/panafrican/
Host	brooklynx.org
Description	Musical system for writing African music
Contents	Developed by Doris Green, Greenotation is “an innovative musical system for writing African Music. It was created because music for the percussion instruments of Africa could not be written with Western musical notes.” Includes an explanation of Greenotation, descriptions of instruments, a bibliography, and information about “Traditions”, a journal about African performing arts.
Features	Biography Bibliography Table of Contents
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Greenstar World Heritage Music
URL	http://www.e-greenstar.com/Music-Sample/
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Description	A selection of free downloads of MP3 music
Contents	Greenstar World Heritage Music presents a selection of free downloads of MP3 music, recorded in traditional villages in developing countries There are four complete CD Titles with online selections available. They come from: West Bank, Palestinian Authority; Blue Mountains, Jamaica; Parvatapir, Andrha Pradesh; Partiensah, Ghana.
Features	Photography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Caribbean Other
History of Jazz dance
URL	http://www.offjazz.com/jz-hist01.htm
Host	Off jazz
Description	Off Jazz Dance World
Contents	Off Jazz is a site devoted to jazz in all its forms. It has an explanation of the African roots of jazz, with a detailed analysis of African music.
Features	Video Clips Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Ile en Ile
URL	http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile/musique/
Host	l'Association d'île en île, Lehman College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
Description	Highlighting the rich heritage of the world's islands
Contents	Links to sites on music of the islands, musical instruments, singers & musicians.
Features	Database(s)
Region:	Caribbean
Ingénieuse Afrique
URL	http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ingenieuse.afrique/index.html
Host	Wanadoo
Description	West African festival
Contents	Festival dedicated to the promotion of West African art and culture. Includes programs and pictures of current and past festivals.
Features	Current Events Photography Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
International Library of African Music
URL	http://ilam.ru.ac.za/
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Description	African music & the oral arts in Africa.
Contents	Serves as an information & co-ordination center for research on African music. Has published over 250 records & the journal "African Music". Sound/text archives. Publications. Links. Download audio. Photos. African instruments. Digitisation & Web Audio Project.
Features	Discography Database(s) Bibliography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Mali-Music.com
URL	http://www.mali-music.com/
Host	Mali-Music.com
Description	Malian music site
Contents	Resource about Malian music including information about artists and genres of music such as: Mali Style, Mali Classic, Mali Tradition, and Mali Hip-hop. Information about buying CDs and audio clips is also available.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Discography Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Master Musicians of Jajouka
URL	http://www.jajouka.com/
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Description	The Master Musicians of Jajouka
Contents	Information about a band that plays the music of Jajouka, a musical tradition passed from father to son for 4000 years. History of the music and the village, discography, photos, discussion board and listserv.
Features	Table of Contents Photography Electronic Mailing List Discussion Forum Discography Biography
Region:	Maghreb
Mondomix
URL	http://www.mondomix.com/
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Description	All colors of music
Contents	Music from around the world, database of artists searchable by continent and country. Includes reviews, videos, radio, downloadable mp3s, discographies, articles about different artists, and news articles about major events in the music world. Some pages are available only in one language.
Features	Video Clips Live Radio Discography Database(s) Critical Text Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Caribbean Other
moroccanmusic.com
URL	http://www.moroccanmusic.com/
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Description	"A Mile In Our Shoes...A Musical Journey Through Morocco" is a collection of 9 songs recorded during 3 weeks in June of 1997.
Contents	A site that showcases the CD "A Mile in Our Shoes... A musical journey through Morocco". Includes information on the CD, various music festivals, and links to other sites about Moroccan music.
Features	Video Clips Table of Contents Photography Country Information Audio
Region:	Maghreb
Musics and Cultures of Africa and the Caribbean
URL	http://www.afromix.org/index.fr.html
Host	Afromix
Description	Portal of African and Caribbean Cultures. News, Music, arts and culture, society, travel, events.
Contents	Music database, with more than 3000 artists and 8000 albums. The "Arts" section covers cinema, theatre, dance and photos, with articles about recent events. Covers all of Sub-Saharan Africa & the islands of the Indian Ocean. Composed of thematic maps including information on : theater companies, production spaces, festivals, organizations.
Features	Lyrics Discussion Forum Discography Database(s) Current Events Critical Text Bibliography Biography
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Numibia
URL	http://www.numibia.net/index.htm
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Description	Ancient, traditional and contemporary arts in Africa
Contents	Database about sub-Saharan African art developed by l’école du patrimoine africain. Searchable categories which are not yet all populated include: architecture, culinary arts, graphic arts, clothing, cinema, design, literature, fashion, music and dance, jewelry, painting, photography, and sculpture. Contains photos and descriptions of artwork, audio clips and discographies of music. There is also a glossary of terms.
Features	Discography Database(s) Critical Text Country Information Bibliography Biography Audio Artwork
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Plein Sud
URL	http://www.festivalpleinsud.com/Accueil.php
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Description	Festival of African cultures
Contents	Plein Sud is an annual festival dedicated to African cultures exploring aspects such as cinema, literature and music. The festival promotes cultural exchange throughout Africa and across the ‘North-South’ divide, promotes thought about development, and educates students in Africa.
Features	Discussion Forum Critical Text
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb
Radio France Internationale
URL	http://www.rfi.fr/
Host	Radio France Internationale
Description	Radio France Internationale
Contents	Radio France Internationale broadcasts in most Francophone and many non-Francophone countries worldwide. The website contains live radio programs from the world over in addition to discussion and chat forums, and text articles. There is also an extensive RFI music site.
Features	Photography Live Radio Discussion Forum Current Events Country Information
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Caribbean Other
Salif Keita
URL	http://www.salifkeita.net/
Host	Universal Music
Description	Malian singer
Contents	Website about Salif Keita, celebrated Malian artist. Includes biography, complete discography with audio clips from his newest album, photographs, and touring information.
Features	Photography Discography Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
Senegalaisement: Culture
URL	http://senegalaisement.com/senegal/culture.html
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Description	“The culture of Senegal across all of its aspects”
Contents	“The rich history and the great diversity of the Senegalese people make its cultural rich and varied. Senegalaisement proposes that you discover it with 9 pages, each one dedicated to an aspect of the Senegalese culture: singers, cinema, music, fashion, literature, festivals, visual arts, dance, sports, and gastronomy.”
Features	Video Clips Electronic Mailing List Discussion Forum Discography Critical Text Bibliography Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa
SIBMAS
URL	http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/
Host	TheatreLibarary.org
Description	International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
Contents	Contains a list of museums and institutions with collections and research about performing arts throughout the world. Contact information for each organization is given, as well as the website if available. The list is organized by continent, country, and city.
Features	Database(s) Country Information
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Caribbean Other
Souad Massi
URL	http://www.souadmassi.com.fr/
Host	Universal Music
Description	Official site of the Algerian singer
Contents	Official site of Souad Massi, Algerian folk-rock singer who performs in French and Arabic. Site includes a discography, a biography, audio exerpts, discussion forum and photographs.
Features	Video Clips Photography Lyrics Discussion Forum Discography Biography
Region:	Maghreb
Staying in Tune
URL	http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/
Host	virtualmuseum.ca
Description	Traditions and musical instruments of the Francophonie
Contents	“This virtual exhibition gives you the opportunity to discover traditional musical instruments from French-speaking countries. Staying in Tune offers you a chance to find out about traditional instruments and learn what connects them to the people who invented them. The project was coordinated by the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and the Department of Canadian Heritage, Quebec Region. It was made possible though the cooperation of 23 heritage and educational institutions in nine countries.” Hosts the websites of many museums.
Features	Table of Contents Country Information Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa Maghreb Other
Tuareg
URL	http://tuaregs.free.fr/
Host	free.fr
Description	Tuareg culture and history
Contents	Site about the culture and history of the Tuareg people including music, foods, and History. Site in both English and French, although the French contains more information. Last updated in 2003.
Features	Electronic Mailing List Discography Current Events
Region:	Maghreb
Windows on Haiti
URL	http://www.windowsonhaiti.com/
Host	Guy S. Antoine
Description	Windows on Haiti is a very comprehensive site about the culture, history, politics, the Creole language, literature, art and life of Haiti.
Contents	This site contains art, photography, music and author databases. There are also discussion boards about food, current events and patrimony. There are also many links to other sites about Haitian life and culture.
Features	Photography Discussion Forum Database(s) Current Events Critical Text Country Information Audio Artwork
Region:	Caribbean
Youssou N’Dour
URL	http://www.youssou.com/
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Description	Official website of Youssou N’Dour
Contents	Information about world-renowned Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour and his music. The website includes information about upcoming shows, as well as the humanitarian and development work that N’Dour does. Discography and lyrics are available.
Features	Table of Contents Photography Lyrics Discography Biography Audio
Region:	Sub-Saharan Africa