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Links to African Studies Departments Around the World
From the MSU's African Studies Page.

Scholarly Associations on Africa & Other Directories
Maintained by Joseph S. Caruso, African Studies Librarian, Columbia University

US Organizations on Africa
Maintained by Joseph S. Caruso, African Studies Librarian, Columbia University

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ACCORD - African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes - (dead link)/p>

Africa Action
"Africa Action is the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. Our mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. We provide accessible information and analysis and we mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission."

Africa Information Center

Africa Institute of South Africa
Resources include a reference library, extensive map & newspaper collection, publishes the quarterly Africa Insight as well as a number of other publications, including an excellent Wall Map that I think I might go ahead an purchase.

Africa Policy Information Center

African Child Policy Forum

The African Development Bank Group

African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG)
Sections include: African Elephant Database ; Pachyderm ; Human-Elephant Conflict ; African Elephant Bibliography ; Tools for Elephant Management & Research.
- The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

African National Congress (ANC)
South Africa's National Liberation Movement

African Union (AU)
"The main objectives of the OAU were, inter alia, to rid the continent of the remaining vestiges of colonization and apartheid; to promote unity and solidarity among African States; to coordinate and intensify cooperation for development; to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and to promote international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations."
Sections include: Member States ; AU Organs ; AU Commission ; Conferences ; Documents ; Discussions ; News.

African Virtual University (AVU) (English or French)
"The African Virtual University (AVU) is a first-of-its-kind interactive-instructional telecommunications network established to serve the countries of Africa. The objective of the AVU is to build capacity and support economic development by leveraging the power of modern telecommunications technology to provide world-class quality education and training programs to students and professionals in Africa."

African Water Issues Research Unit (AWIRU)

AHRB [Arts and Humanities Research Board] Centre for Asian & African Literatures

Books For Africa
"A simple name for a simple organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship and distribute books to children in Africa. That's all we do. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa."

Boston University - African Studies Center

Columbia University - Institute of African Studies

Desmond Tutu Peace Centre (Cape Town, South Africa)
"...will be a premier, world-class African landmark bringing together a rich mix of technology, education, entertainment and research."

Feinstein International Famine Center
Sections include: Programs ; Publications ; Training ; Education.

Harvard University Committee on African Studies

Horn of Africa NGO Network for Development (HANND)
"...is the collaboration of some 40 indigenous organizations and civil society leaders in the countries of the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda)."

Indiana University - African Studies Program

InterAfrica Group
"InterAfrica Groupís mission focuses on advancing peace, justice and respect for humanitarian law in the ëGreater Horní of Africa. Our programs combine networking, civic education, advocacy, dialogue and research. Our immediate mandate includes the countries of the Horn of Africa, namely Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, while also dealing with the issues that have wider relevance on the continent. IAG cooperates and dialogues with a range of NGOs, governmental and inter-governmental organizations, bi-lateral and multi-lateral institutions in the region and around the world."

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
"...established in Nairobi in 1977, is an autonomous, non-profit research body supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. ICRAF aims to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics...ICRAF conducts strategic and applied research, in partnership with national agricultural research systems, for more sustainable and productive land use."

Publications
- Options for Biodiversity in Eastern and Southern Africa

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

[Kenya] National AIDS Control Council
"The corporate mission of the National Aids Control Council of Kenya (NACC) is to reduce the spread of HIV, improve the quality of those infected and afected and mitigate the socia-economic impact of the epidemic."

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
- Smithsonian Institution

African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE)
"...is a network of 117 educational institutions in Africa whose objective is to strengthen the teaching of multi-disciplinary approaches to land management. The ANAFE Coordination Unit is hosted at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) headquarters in Nairobi."

Nigerian Red Cross Society

Nile Basin Society (NBS)

North Africa Research Group (NARG)

Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
"...is an independent pan-African non-governmental organisation aiming to enhance the development of national cultural policies in the region and their integration in human development strategies through advocacy and promoting information exchange, research, capacity building and cooperation at the regional and international level."

Oxfam

Oxford University - Centre for the Study of African Economies

Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB)

Roll Back Malaria (RBM)

Society of Africanist Archaeologists
"The Society of Africanist Archaeologists is an organization of archaeologists, researchers from associated disciplines and others who share an interest in African archaeology and African societies."

South Africa Government Online
Sections include: Government System ; The Presidency ; Ministers ; Deputy Ministers ; Government Departments ; Documents, Reports & Forms ; Speeches ; Provincial Government ; Local Government ; Key Issues ; SA: An Overview ; Travel & Tourism ; FAQs ; Africa.

South Africa Department of Health

South Africa National Research Foundation

Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) - South Africa
Fighting for Affordable Treatment for People with HIV

UCLA - James S. Coleman African Studies Center

UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

United Nations - Economic Commission for Africa - (dead link)

U.S. Dept. of State - Bureau of African Affairs

USAID Disaster Assistance - Horn of Africa - Complex Emergency Index

University of Florida - Center for African Studies

University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies

University of Wisconsin - Land Tenure Center
"...serves as a global resource institution on issues relating to land ownership, land rights, land access, and land use. Our focus is on the relationship of land to economic development, socio-political organization, and environmental sustainability."

Urhobo Waado
Web site of Urhobo Historical Society

World Food Programme
"...WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger."

World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa