Carnegie Foundation paper, Talking about Tribe - Moving from Stereotypes to Analysis, examines the use of "tribe" to denote African groups.

Hop aboard this cyber-safari for a look at the natural resources, people, and animals of Zimbabwe, Botswana, Morocco, Namibia, and Cote d'Ivoire.

Cornell Univ. professor details the various types of written communication found in Africa. Includes Egyptian, Ethiopic, and Meroitic scripts.

Find retrospective histories, papers about Africa and the outside world, and articles about governments, politics, and development.

Describes the PhD's study of the Sheikh Uthman dan Fodio, one of the most revered 18th century scholars of Islamic History in Western Africa.