Zimbabwe Education Outreach Project

These are some links of interest to learn more about Zimbabwe and the former Rhodesia, and below are sites for African studies outreach centers at US universities.

Newspapers in Zimbabwe and neighboring Zambia

Zimbabwe Independent -- http://www.samara.co.zw/zimin/
Zimbabwe Standard -- http://www.samara.co.zw/standard/
The Post (Zambia) -- http://www.zamnet.zm/zamnet/post/post.html


Connections

Interested in going to Zimbabwe to be involved in some community building? Visit the website for American Connections to Africa. http://www.connect2africa.org/

Are you a librarian? Interested in going to Zimbabwe to work with the librarians in Zimbabwe? Visit the website of the World Library Project. http://RTPnet.org/~wlp/itw.htm/

If interested in traveling to Zimbabwe to work in community building for an extended period, this is one organization that might be of interest. http://www.iicd-volunteer.org/


Information

Looking for some information on Rhodesia. You'll information on Ian Smith's book, The Great Betrayal, and links to other sites on Rhodesia. http://www.iinet.net.au/~henshaw/index.html

This site has information on Cecil Rhodes, imperialism in Africa, the "Scramble for Africa," and much, much more. http://kanga.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/imperialism/rhodes.htm

Prince Edward School in Harare. One of the Students for Students Zimbabwe Scholars, Elvis Torindo, attends school at Prince Edward. http://juliet.stfx.ca/~ascoggin/www/prince.html

This site is a collection of even more links on Zimbabwe. There is an abundance of links on this site. http://www.mediazw.com/dandazi.htm


National Resource Centers (NRCs) for African Studies

These centers have funding from the US Department of Education to support outreach to K-12. Many produec excellent materials from classroom use. All lend resources, hold teacher workshops, and provide access to cultdural consultants for classroom visits and curriculum consultation.

Boston University - http://www.bu.edu/afr/

Indiana University - http://www.indiana.edu/~afrist/

Michigan State University - http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/

Ohio University - http://www.cats.ohiou.edu/~african/main.htm

Stanford University - http://www-portfolio.stanford.edu/103667

University of California -- Berkeley - http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~africa2/

University of California Los Angeles - http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc

University of Florida - http://web.africa.ufl.edu

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - http://wsi.cso.uiuc.edu/CAS/

University of Pennsylvania - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison - http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/afrst/asphome.html

Yale University - http://www.cis.yale.edu/ycias/african/


Non-Title VI African Studies Outreach

Africa ACCESS - http://www.inform.umd.edu/mdk-12/homepers/africa

African Odyssey Interactive - http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/odyssey.html

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