• Mali
  
• Burkina Faso
  
• Nigeria
  
• Ivory Coast
  
• Ghana
  
• Benin
  
• Niger
  
• Senegal
  
• Cameroon
  
• Congo (ex Zaire)
  
• Egypt
  
• Sahara
  
• Somalia
  
• History
  
• Files in PDF format / Documents au format PDF
  
• Antique maps of Africa
  
• Photos & Postcards at the turn of the 20th century
  
• African earthenware
  
• African & Western Beads
  
• African Textiles
  
• Traditional & Modern Art
  
• Photography
  
• Culture
  
• Books
  
• Music
  
• General
  
• Asia
  

Mali

• Mali Guinna Expeditions (Travel Agency/Agence de voyage)
  
  
• Ethnologue.com - map of Mali
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Mali
  
  
• World Index : maps of 12'876 towns & cities in Mali
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Mali
  
  
• Afribone.com - Mali
  
  
• Maliweb : arts, culture, économie, politique, la presse, etc...
  
  
• TV5 - Cultures du monde - Cités du monde - Bamako
  
  
• Visible Earth : satellite images of Mali
  
  
• HumanSpaceFlight : satellite image of Dogon country & the Inner Niger Delta
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art : Inland Niger Delta
  
  
• Afriterra : a cartographic study of Lake Debo based on ancient maps dating from 1000 to1900 AD
  
  
• Susan & Roderick McIntosh : Jenne-Jeno, an ancient African city
  
  
• Susan & Roderick McIntosh : Jenne-Jeno, une ancienne cité africaine
  
  
• Association pour la promotion du patrimoine culturel de Djenne
  
  
• Foto8 - The New Magazine of Photojournalism - Djenne - la fête de crépissage
  
  
• Observatoire de la Pêche dans le Delta Intérieur du Niger
  
  
• Notes on Barbara Demott, Dogon Masks : a structural study of form & meaning
  
  
• Ethnographic Atlas : the Dogon
  
  
• Jacky Bouju : Nommo, le génie d'eau - paroles Dogon, Tellem & Nongom
  
  
• Olivier Walther : Stratégies et dynamiques spatiales du tourisme chez les Dogon du Mali
  
  
• European Cultural Heritage Online (ECHO) : Dogon Virtual Archive of the LEIDEN National Museum of Ethnology
  
  
• Non European Components of European Patrimony (NECEP) : Dogon
  
  
• Archnet : James Morris - Architects of Earth
  
  
• Archnet : Sebastian Schutyser - Mud Mosques of Mali (more than 2000 photos !)
  
  
• Archnet : Djenne Conservation
  
  
• Archnet : Djingareyber Mosque restoration
  
  
• Archnet : Great Mosque of Niono
  
  
• Geoffroy Magnan : Achitecture vernaculaire au Mali
  
  
• Karen Marx : Mali Assistance Project
  
  
• TimbuktuFoundation.Org : Educational Foundation
  
  
• Timbuktu Libraries Project
  
  
• Timbuktu Heritage Institute : saving the Timbuktu Manuscripts
  
  
• Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu
  
  
• The Jews of Africa : Timbuktu
  
  
• Timbuktu : Festival au Désert 2003
  
  
• Mr. Birago Diop's photos of Mali
  
  
• Soninkara : Le site web consacré à la promotion de la langue et de la culture Soninké
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Mali

Burkina Faso

• Vacances OK Raids (Travel Agency)
  
  
• Ethnologue.com - map of Burkina Faso
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Burkina Faso
  
  
• World Index : maps of 9'888 towns & cities in Burkina Faso
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Burkina Faso
  
  
• IBurkina : arts, culture, économie, politique, la presse, etc...
  
  
• Sedelan : abcBurkina
  
  
• Musée des Civilisations du Sud-Ouest - Gaoua
  
  
• Découverte du Burkina Faso : Le Pays Senoufo
  
  
• Découverte du Burkina Faso : Le Pays Kassena
  
  
• La poterie au Burkina Faso
  
  
• La statuaire du Burkina Faso
  
  
• The Art of Burkina Faso by Christopher D. Roy
  
  
• Jose Ortega's photos of Moba (Togo) & Mossi Country
  
  
• Jose Ortega's photos of Lobi & Senoufo Country
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Burkina faso

Nigeria

• Ethnologue.com - map of Nigeria
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Nigeria
  
  
• World Index : maps of 37'012 towns & cities in Nigeria
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Nigeria
  
  
• John C. McCall - Dept. of Anthropology Southern Illinois University
  
  
• Mr. G.I. Jones - photographic archive of Southeastern Nigerian Art & Culture
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art : Nok Culture
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art : Ife Culture
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art : MasterHand - Individuality and Creativity among Yoruba Sculptors
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Nigeria
  

Ivory Coast

• Ethnologue.com - map of Ivory Coast
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Ivory Coast
  
  
• World Index : maps of 11'507 towns & cities in Ivory Coast
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Ivory Coast
  
  
• Formation du peuple ivoirien
  
  
• "Drinking the word of God" - Religious Diversity in Two West African Communities : the towns of Zinder (Niger) & Bondoukou

Ghana

• Ethnologue.com - map of Ghana
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Ghana
  
  
• World Index : maps of 16'461 towns & cities in Ghana
  
  
• Contemporary Africa database - Ghana
  
  
• David Lacina's photos of Lobi country in Ghana
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Ghana

Benin

• Ethnologue.com - map of Benin
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Benin
  
  
• World Index : maps of 4'541 towns & cities in Benin
  
  
• Contemporary Africa database - Benin
  
  
• Le Tata Somba ou l'habitation à étage dans l'Atacora

Niger

• Ethnologue.com - map of Niger
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Niger
  
  
• World Index : maps of 9'367 towns & cities in Niger
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Niger
  
  
• "Drinking the word of God"- Religious Diversity in Two West African Communities : the towns of Zinder & Bondoukou (Ivory Coast)
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Niger

Senegal

• Ethnologue.com - map of Senegal
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Senegal
  
  
• World Index : maps of 12'381 towns & cities in Senegal
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Senegal
  
  
• David Sapir's photographs of the Kujamaat Joola
  
  
• iSENEGAL - albums photos du Senegal
  
  
• Visitez le Senegal - albums photos

Cameroon

• Ethnologue.com - map of Cameroon
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Cameroon
  
  
• World Index : maps of 10'893 towns & cities in Cameroon
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Cameroon
  
  
• Mandara Mountains Homepage

Congo

• Ethnologue.com - maps of Congo (ex Zaire)
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Congo (ex Zaire)
  
  
• World Index : maps of 25'814 towns & cities in Congo (ex Zaire)
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Congo (ex Zaire)
  
  
• The American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Congo
  
  
• aaoarts.com : "Voyage au Congo" d'André Gide - photographies de Marc Allegret prises en 1925-1926

Egypt

• CIA - The World Factbook - Egypt
  
  
• World Index : maps of 14'617 towns & cities in Egypt
  
  
• Contemporary Africa database - Egypt
  
  
• Fliegel Jezerniczky Expeditions : The Libyan Desert Home Page (many many photos !)
  
  
• Theban Mapping Project : a comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes
  
  
• Egyptian monuments
  
  
• The Oriental Institute Museum : photographic archives
  
  
• Institut Ausonius : images de la fin du 19ème siècle
  
  
• Tour Egypt : monuments & sights to see in Egypt
  
  
• Ancient Africa's Black Kingdoms
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Egypt
  
  
• Joseph Regenstein Library : Middle East Photograph Archive

Sahara

• The 153 Club - For Sahara Desert Travellers
  
  
• Fliegel Jezerniczky Expeditions : The Libyan Desert Home Page (many many photos !)
  

Somalia

• Ethnologue.com - Somalia
  
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Somalia
  
  
• World Index : maps of 8'005 towns & cities in Somalia
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - Somalia
  
  
• Mogadishu : images from the past

History

• Mandenet - Home of the Mande Nation (West Africa)
  
  
• Webfuuta - Fouta-Djallon (West Africa)
  
  
• Webpulaaku - Home of the Fulbe & Haal-Pular Nation (West Africa)
  
  
• Webforêt - peuples & civilisations de la forêt guinéenne
  
  
• Trans-Saharan Trade & the West African discovery of the Mediterranean
  
  
• The Almoravid conquest of Africa in the modern historiography of Western Africa
  
  
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art : Empires of the Western Sudan
  
  
• PBS Online : Explore the wonders of the African world
  
  
• Leo Africanus : The man with many names
  
  
• Soundjata ou l'épopée Mandingue
  
  
• The epic of Sundjata, first king of Mali (13th century)
  
  
• Samori : une révolution Dyula
  
  
• El-Hajj Umar Tall : le prophète armé
  
  
• Tierno Bokar : le sage de Bandiagara
  
  
• Eugène Mage au Soudan (Mali 1863-1866)
  
  
• The travels of Ibn Battuta (14th century)
  
  
• Washington State University - Civilizations in Africa
  
  
• Gallica - Voyages en Afrique : L'Afrique à travers les récits des voyageurs
  
  
• The Jews of Africa

Files in PDF format / Documents au format PDF

• IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) : Rechercher des documents centrés sur les relations entre
  l'homme et son environnement - anthropologie, sociologie, archéologie, géographie, etc

Antique maps of Africa

• UT Library Online - Historical maps of Africa
  
  
• Maps reflecting the development of European knowledge of African geography from 1562 through 1940
  
  
• Afriterra : The cartographic library - Rare maps of Africa
  
  
• University of Florida Map & Imagery Library : historic African maps

Photos & Postcards at the turn of the 20th century

• Centre Edmond Fortier
  
  
• Association Images & Mémoires
  
  
• Cartes postales de la Côte d'Ivoire
  
  
• www.postcardman.net
  
  
• Unesco : cartes postales d'Afrique
  
  
• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Postcard Selections

African earthenware

• Christopher Roy - African pottery
  
  
• William Itter Collection of African Pottery
  
  

African & Western Beads

• Perles d'Afrique - Beads of Africa

African Textiles

• Adire African Textiles
  
  
• Hamill Gallery of African art - textiles

Traditional & Modern Art

• Iba Ndiaye - artiste peintre
  
  
• American Museum of Natural History - African ethnographic collection
  
  
• Hamill Gallery of African art - terracottas
  
  
• Aaoarts.com
  
  
• Tamarin Art Inc.
  
  
• François Mottas - Initiation aux arts de l'Afrique tribale
  
  
• www.africart.net
  
  
• Africans Art

Photography

• Siris Image Gallery - Eliot Elisofon Photo Archives : Search by "Countries", "Subjects" or "Cultural Groups"
  
  
• Jose Ortega's photos of Moba & Mossi country
  
  
• Jose Ortega's photos of Lobi & Senoufo country
  
  
• TribalPhoto.com
  
  
• A day in the life of Africa
  
  
• Mr. Birago Diop's photos of Mali
  
  
• Dan Heller's photos of Mali
  
  
• Dan Heller's photos of Burkina Faso
  
  
• Photos : Mali August 2001
  
  
• Africa Online - photos of Mali
  
  
• Portrait Africa : a century of photographic standpoints
  
  
• BlackMirages
  
  
• Tamarin Art Inc. : Kings of Africa/Rois d'Afrique
  
  
• AfricanAperture.com : photography culture diversity environment travel
  
  
• Mirella Ricciardi - An African photographer
  
  
• Carol Beckwith & Angela Fisher - African ceremonies
  
  
• Noorderlicht : African photographers
  
  
• Yann Jauniaux's photos of Mali & Burkina Faso
  
  
• Media/Materials Clearinghouse : a resource for global health materials

Culture

• Africultures : cinema, theater, music, dance, plastic arts, photography
  
  
• Stichting AfricaServer
  
  
• Je chanterai pour toi : La "ballade" de Boubacar Traore

Books

• Ethnographic Arts Publications
  
  
• OAN - Art Book Specialists
  
  
• Soumbala.com - Librairie africaniste/Africana bookseller
  
  
• Librairie Fischbacher - Fine Art Books

Music

• www.Mali-Music.com
  
  
• Afromix.org
  
  
• Cora Connection : explore the rich musical world of West Africa

General

• Art & Life in Africa - countries resources
  
  
• Art & Life in Africa - peoples resources
  
  
• Nations Online : a portal to the countries of the world
  
  
• Contemporary Africa Database - general
  
  
• An A-Z of African studies on the Internet
  
  
• Afrika Online - photos
  
  
• American Museum of Natural History
  
  
• University of Wisconsin - AfricaFocus
  
  
• OregonAfricaVillage.org : Africa-related news for the African immigrant community in the USA
  
  
• Survival-International.org : for the support of tribal peoples

Asia

• Tribal Textiles.Info - photo galleries
  
  
• Oriental Architecture