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1. African Voices

   Check out this Smithsonian site on Africa's history, culture, and themes. Includes an interactive timeline covering the slave trade, colonization, the Nile Valley, and Africa today.

   http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/

   
   

2. American Museum of Natural History: Congo Expedition

   This site documents James Chapin and Herbert Lang's 1909-1915 journey to the Belgian Congo in Africa. Take a look at their travel route and animals they saw along the way.

   http://diglib1.amnh.org/

   
   

3. Background Notes: African Countries

   Choose a country and get the facts. Read about its history and find descriptions of its politics, economy, foreign relations, and more. From the U.S. State Department.

   http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/afbgnhp.html

   
   

4. Background Notes: Middle Eastern and North African Countries

   Choose a country and get the facts. Read about its history and find descriptions of its politics, economy, foreign relations, and more. From the U.S. State Department.

   http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/neabgnhp.html

   
   

5. Forbidden Territory: Stanley and Livingstone

   A magic lantern show about the famous explorers of Africa.

   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/lantern/

   
   

6. Hopes on the Horizon

   This PBS site chronicles the rise of democracy in African countries during the 1990's. You can find audio and video clips, photos, and country information.

   http://www.pbs.org/hopes/

   
   

7. Lost Tribes of Israel

   Search for ancestors of these ancient Jewish tribes in Africa, China, and Japan with NOVA experts. Learn about the Y chromosome and family trees too.

   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel/

   
   

8. Secrets of the Dead: Day of the Zulu

   Follow along as this PBS show investigates the story behind an unlikely 1879 British defeat during an invation of Zululand in South Africa.

   http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/case_zulu/

   
   

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