African
National Congress: Historical Documents (http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/index.html)
Extensive archive of online speeches, complete books, biographical summaries,
photographs, and other documents by leading figures in ANC and anti-apartheid
activities; also, selected speeches by prominent world leaders in support of
anti-apartheid.
Catholic Hierarchy: Country
List (http://catholic-hierarchy.org/country/)
Current and historical information about the bishops and dioceses.
Digital Imaging Project of South Africa (http://disa.nu.ac.za/)
The aim of the DISA project. is to make South African material of high socio-political
interest accessible to scholars and researchers world-wide. In its first phase,
over 35 South African anti-apartheid journals are being digitized; links are
available to full text articles
Eloquent Elegance; Beadwork
in the Zulu Cultural Tradition (http://minotaur.marques.co.za/clients/zulu/)
Includes information on history of Zulu nation, traditional African beadwork,
how to acquire authentic Zulu beadwork; provides numerous illustrations.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Infoplease (http://www.infoplease.com/)
Part of the electronic Learning Network, this homepage allows searches by country
which yield articles in almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical works,
etc. Additional reference links are provided as well.
Jews of Africa (http://www.mindspring.com/%7Ejaypsand/index.htm)
History, culture, photo gallery of Jewish communities in Uganda, Ghana, Mali,
Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Sao Tome, Cape Verde, Morocco, and Tunisia.
MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
“Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images,
maps, and news updates.” Search e-library for periodical articles.
Parliamentary Millennium Project (http://www.pmpsa.gov.za/)
Photographs of archaeological artifacts are contrasted with Western antiquarian
maps of Africa; project is supported by South African Parliament, Cape Town.
South African Internet Resources (http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html)
Extensive coverage of all topics. Links to all levels of government, national,
regional, international associations, societal and environmental issues, etc.
South African Journal of Economic
History (UNISA, South Africa) (http://home.intekom.com/joni/EHSOC.HTM)
Presented by the Economic History Society of Southern Africa; lists all articles
published since 1986, abstracts of all articles from 1986 to 1995; links to members
of editorial board, their affiliations and contact information; subscription
information.
South African Military History Society (http://rapidttp.com/milhist/)
Provides links to related books, museums, tour guides of battlefields, book dealers
specializing in military subjects, diaries from the Boer War through WWI, other
military history sites.
South African Military Units (http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/samu/samu.exe?)
Ongoing database, searchable by units, wars, battle honors; also provides
database statistics and lists resources.
South African Politics
-An online introduction (Allison Drew) (http://www-users.york.ac.uk/%7Ead15/SApolitics.htm)
Web course providing an introduction to South African politics and political
history using internet-based resources; includes historical overview, reading
lists, research exercises, two maps.
South African War Virtual Library (http://www.sawvl.com)
Presents maps, photographs, biographies, chronology, diary entries and letters;
links to related sites such as museums and online databases.
Southern African Military Webring (http://www.justdone.co.za/SAMU/)
Central page linking numerous Southern African military web pages; links to over
80 military sites including South African military history; provides brief annotations
as to content and quality of each site.
United States. Library of Congress Country
Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress
under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department
of the Army.
Unofficial SADF Information
Page (http://www.geocities.com/odjobman/index.htm)
"This is a venue for the re-publication of information relating to the relatively
recent history of the South African Defence Force. Although this material had
been published elsewhere, this is often in relatively obscure or hard to find
places." Site has selected personal accounts of military personnel who served
in the South African Defence Force; some photographs.
World History Archive (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/)
Provides documents on the teaching and learning of world history from a non-Eurocentric
perspective.
World Statesmen (http://www.worldstatesmen.org)
“World Statesmen is an attempt at a comprehensive and accurate list of
the heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders
occupying neither of those formal positions) for all countries and territories,
going back to about 1700 or in some cases earlier. Some go further back, some
only from their creation. Some subdivisions of some countries are present including
native or traditional polities, provinces, or states. This sight also lists the
leaders of international, religious, and governmental organizations.” Searchable
by leader or by nation, offers a map of the country, audio and text versions
of the national anthem, and text of the national constitution for most countries.
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