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Links for: Africa
The African Magazine
- THE AFRICAN is a magazine dedicated to the culture, concerns, art, and politics of Africans everywhere.
African Music Encyclopedia
- Large database of information about African Music
African Musician Profiles
- Large database of African musician biographies.
African Rap
- Website dedicated to African rappers around the world.
AfriClassical
- A site about African heritage in Classical music
Ali Farka Touré
- Information about the Malian guitarist, Ali Farka Touré. Includes pictures and extensive biography.
All Africa
- News reports and headlines from African and worldwide sources, updated with breaking news.
Amandla!
- The imdb page for the movie Amandla!
Anonymous Web
- Official website for Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited, mainteained by Mapfumo's record company, Anonymous Web in Eugene, Oregon
Association Zomare
- Music site for northern Madagascar and Reunion. Includes MP3s of classic vinyl!
BBC-Radio 3-Africa on Your Street
- Recently launched BBC African music site.
Berber Information
- Wikipedia entry about the Berber or Imazighen. Information about linguistics, population genetics, the Muslim conquest of Spain and much more.
BereSanke
- BereSanke Percussion
Bongo Flava
- BongoFlava.com exists to promote exclusively the emerging Swahili based East African culture with emphasis on music -- the new generation of music coming out of Africa. Includes information on artists, events, web radio and more.
Build Africa Org
- his informative, searchable website offers information about african arts, news and culture, while leaving their site open to transformation and improvement in any direction that it's uses may go, with the ultimate goal of "aiding the economic and social
Busi Mhlongo
- Biography of Busi Mhlongo
Cora Connection
- Founded by one of the first serious kora players in the U.S., Afropop contributor David Gilden, this site specializes in West African music, especially the music of the Manding griots.
Corey Harris
- Official website of Corey Harris. Harris played a major part in Martin Scorsese's "Feel Like Going Home" segment for PBS's look seven part film series on The Blues. This film examined the close relation between American blues and African music, particular
Dandemutande
- Dandemutande pioneered the coming together of a world-wide Shona music community. In the days when marimba ensembles were spreading through the American northwest at the behest of the late Dumisani Maraire of Zimbabwe, Dandemutande began as a newsletter.
Djoniba Records
- U.S. based Senegalese music record label, new in 2001.
Dorothy Masuka
- African Musicans Profiles bio on Dorothy Masuka.
Ethiopiques
Fela Kuti
- Excellent site on the father of Nigerian Afrobeat, with emphasis on 2003 multimedia project.
Fes Festival
- The official website for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music.
Fula Flute
- New York generated website on the tambin, the Fula flute of West Africa.
Habib Koité
- African Musicians Profiles' bio on Habib Koité.
Hugh Masekela
- Hugh Masekela biography
ILAM
- The International Library of African Music homepage
Issa Bagayogo
- Issa Bagayogo at mali-music.com. Includes photos, bio, tour info and more. In French and English.
Keletigui Diabate
- Info on Keletigui Diabate
Kilimanjaro Band
- Biography of the Kilimanjaro Band
Leopardmannen's African Music Guide
- Page for Scandinavian-speaking fans of African music.
Lobi Traoré
- Lobi Traoré at mali-music.com. In French and English
Mahmoud Ahmed
- Article about popular Ethiopian musician, Mahmoud Ahmed.
Mamadou Diabate
- Official site of Mamadou Diabate, Malian kora player.
Mamar Kassey
- Biography of Mamar Kassey
Media for Development Trust
- Zimbabwe-based non profit organization that promotes development through communications media, mostly film and video.
Mory Kante
- Official website of the Guinean kora player and star singer.
Music Uganda
- Online guide to Ugandan music
Ndala Kasheba
- Biography of Ndala Kasheba
Neba Solo
- Radio France Internationale's look at the balafonist Neba Solo.
Oliver Mtukudzi
- Website for Zimbabwe artist Oliver Mtukudzi
Oumou Sangare
- Official site of the Malian female artist. Includes general information, photos, tour dates and music sample.
Papa Wemba
- The African Music Encyclopedia's bio on the King of Rhumba Rock.
PBS: The Blues
- Martin Scorsese presents The Blues, a seven part film series (each segment directed by a different director) for Public Television on the History, Present and Future of the Blues. Scorsese's own segement ("Feel Like Going Home") traces the roots of Americ
popular african music
- German record label specializing in archival and contemporary recordings from Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and elsewhere. Excellent catalogue.
Retroafric
- Excellent record label dedicated to "classic sounds from the pioneers of African dance music."
Rokia Traoré
- Official site of the Malian artist.
Tadias
- Ethiopian-American Lifestyle and Business Magazine.
Tambo Tambulani Tambo
- Website of the Mozambique cultural association.
Tartit
- Tuareg group Tartit on world music specialists Rock Paper Scissors' site.
The African Music and Dance Ensemble
- The African Music and Dance Ensemble Home Page
The House of World Cultures
- This center for contemporary arts and current developements in the cultures of Africa, Asia, and Latin America offers a unique choice of multimedia information on international artists.
The Zimbabwe Independent
- Excellent weekly newspaper published in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Toumani Diabate
- The Malian kora player, Toumani Diabate.
Waldemar Bastos
- Biography of Waldemar Bastos
World Music Charts Europe
- World Music Charts Europe
X Plastaz
- The Tanzanian hip-hop band X Plastaz's official site.
Yvonne Chaka Chaka
- Official website of the renowned South African musician.
Zimsite.com
- Information on Zimbabwe, including the ability to order hard-to-find Zimbabwean music.
Africa Sounds
- NY area African/world concerts and party info, CD and DVD reviews, feature articles, radio shows. A good source of info on African culture in and around NYC.
African Hip-Hop
- Promotes African Hip-Hop through articles, artist news, and videos.
African Music Productions
- On-line retailer of African music and dance videos.
Africultures
- Elaborate site featuring news, and cultural information of interest to the African communities worldwide. Based in France, originated after the Africultures magazine publishing.
Afromix
- Informative multi-lingual site devoted to the promotion of the Afro-Caribbean culture by means of it's music. Also offers links to related sites. In French.
Channel Africa
- Multi-lingual, all African news and information radio broadcasting service.
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