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United Nations
United Nations: Cartographic Section: Great Lakes Region (Map 2) [Pdf]
This map of the Great Lakes region in Africa from the United Nations shows the large lakes, the countries the lakes touch, and rivers that flow into and out of the lakes.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Ghorbat Kinship
The term "Ghorbat" is applied to several non-food-producing, itinerant populations of fairly low status throughout the Middle East and even beyond, in parts of formerly Soviet Central Asia and the Balkans. These peripatetic populations...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Maronites
The Maronites are an ancient East Christian sect; the Maronite church was the first Syrian church to join Rome, and thus it became the first Uniate of the East. Maronites today number about 1,300,000. Half a million of them reside in...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Swahili
The people known as Swahili live along the narrow East African coastline and the adjacent islands between southern Somalia and northern Mozambique; they also live in the Aomoro Islands and northwestern Madagascar, and there are Swahili...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mamprusi
The people now known as the "Mamprusi" occupy the East and West Mamprusi districts of northern Ghana. Agriculture and animal husbandry provide subsistence for most of the population. Sheep, goats, pigeons, fowl, and guinea foul are kept...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Kenya
Even if you've never been to Kenya, chances are you know what it looks like. Kenya's savanna is familiar from movies, TV shows, books, and commercials. It's the landscape many people imagine when they think of Africa.
Other
Harper College: North Africa/ Sw Asia Map Tutorial
Quiz yourself on the physical geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa by using this tutorial to Check your knowledge of landforms, bodies of water, and rivers in this area of the world.
Other
Wither Liberia? Civil War Emancipation and Freedmen Resettlement in West Africa
An informative article on efforts during Abraham Lincoln's administration to resettle freedmen to West Africa. (Published: 11/11/2012)
Other
Challenges Facing Diaspora Africans Who Return to Africa
This is an examination of African-Americans who return to Africa and how they are accepted and accept African people and African life as well as how they cope with the challenges of adopting their ancestral homeland as foreign outsiders.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Introduction to Africa
This introduction provides some basic information as background for the detailed accounts of the particular cultures that follow. The cultures have been selected to represent Africa, in the sense that they include the larger and...
Other
Le Monde Diplomatique: Electing Dictators
This site dicusses information about how the people of Africa end up electing dictators and discusses the problems with corrupt and disorganized election processes as well as past issuesconcerning democracy in African countries.
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation: Impala
Resource takes an exploratory look at the impala, a slender, medium-sized antelope so adaptable that it is found from southern Africa to the northern limits of East Africa. Content includes information on the impala's physical...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Human and the Honeybee
Both honeybees and humans originated in East Africa, and the connection between us has survived the ages. Dino Martins encourages us to remember how much we owe to these magnificent insects. [6:25]
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: Population Management
In this lesson plan, students learn about the necessity of managing the herd size and grazing rights of the cattle in East Africa. [6.01]
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation (Awf): Duiker
This resource takes an exploratory look at duikers, small antelopes that inhabit forest or dense bushland in East Africa. Content includes information on the duiker's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the...
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation (Awf): Thomson's Gazelle
Resource takes an exploratory look at the Thomson's gazelle, the most common gazelle in East Africa. Content includes information on physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation (Awf): Vervet Monkey
Resource takes an exploratory look at the vervet monkey, a small, black-faced monkey common in East Africa. Content includes information on this monkey's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and...
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation: Gerenuk
Resource takes an exploratory look at the gerenuk, a long-necked gazelle found in East Africa. Content includes information on this gazelle's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, and predators.
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation: Sable
Resource takes an exploratory look at the sable, a barrel-chested antelope with a short neck and a long face found in East Africa. Content includes information on the sable's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for...
African Wildlife Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation: Waterbuck
Resource takes an exploratory look at the waterbuck, a large, long-haired antelope found in East Africa. Content includes information on the waterbuck's physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, caring for the young, predators,...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Arabs
The Arab world is usually considered to be comprised of the following nineteen countries: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Lebanon, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Acholi
The name "Acholi" is used for peoples living in the former Acholi District of northern Uganda and the adjoining area of the southern Sudan. The primary language of Acholi today is Luo, a Western Nilotic language spoken by groups...
Other
Utalii Travel & Safari: Kilwa Kisiwani Ancient Ruins
This site provides an extensive description of the ancient city of Kilwa, the oldest city in Eastern Africa.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Global Edge: Ethiopia: Introduction
Complete guide to the statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Ethiopia in Eastern Africa.