French-Speaking Africa

French-Speaking Africa

Culturegrams and The World Book Encyclopedia (found in the Research Databases)

have helpful information on countries – also some images

General information about individual countries:

brief but helpful (and unique) information and great photos

basic factual information

Music and musicians

Choose a country from menu, then choose individual artists OR use black menu box on right to browse genres and artists

choose explore from top menu bar then choose country or region—choose artists from brown menu box on left

Hundreds of links to sites about music in Africa: scroll down to find the links

African Folktales and Fables

basic overview from a course at Yale

African Art sites:

http://africa.si.edu/collections/index.htm

Smithsonian's African Art collection link – start with Diversity of Art

Or try Advanced Search and type in country or region and type of art

The Metropolitan's collection- click on Highlights to view objects—

then click on an image once for brief info and click a 2^nd time for more detailed information

The British Museum collection: type a phrase such as African masks into the search box or use the index

A great site from the University of Virginia: scroll down and/or use Ctrl F to find your country

An amazing site: you have to search by tribe: scroll down to get started

Or click on purple link at top: African Art Store – make sure item is from a Francophone country