Senegal Overview

Other Useful Sources

According to themes in the Fulbright-Hays Senegal grant

Islam in Africa
1. Inside the holy cities of Muslim mystics in West Africa
  - http://www.islamfortoday.com in English
  - http://www.finch.ucla.edu/paradise/curricres.htm [NEW LINK NEEDED]
  - http://www.lesoleil.sn/societe.htm#Touba in French [NEW LINK NEEDED]
  - http://www.csmonitor.com/atcmonitor/specials/bhmonth/news/p-071699senegal.html [NEW LINK NEEDED]
  - http://users.mildura.net.au/users/mjackson/Beliefs.htm#top [NEW LINK NEEDED]
  - http://touba.org/HisLife.htm [NEW LINK NEEDED]
Globalization and migration
1. Whole Earth magazine, Summer 2002 www.wholeearthmag.com Sections on global migration, erasing borders, and children photos
2. http://www.imf.org/external/country/SEN/index.htm ( Senegal 's economy under globalization)
3. Samir Amin and the Third World Forum’s Africa Office in Dakar http://www.forumtiersmonde.net/fren/
Literacy and language policies
French language training
Popular cultures

News Sites

Institutions in Senegal

African Studies Programs in North America
1. Michigan State University http://africa.isp.msu.edu/
2. Audiovisual Library www.aodl.org
3. Northwestern University http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies/
4. NU Institute Study Islamic Thought in Africa http://www.isita.org/
5. University of California - Los Angeles www.international.ucla.edu/Africa
6. James S. Coleman African Studies Center http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc/
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems- search catalog http://nccrest.edreform.net/catalog.html in Ethnic Studies section look for books like:
- Getting Started on Global Education
- Ethnic Studies and Multiculturalism
American Friends Service Committee www.afsc.org/mideasthome.htm [NEW LINK NEEDED]
- Look for Introduction to Islam section
Council on International Educational Exchange
- In faculty development seminars section, one on Senegal
Cheikh Anta Diop University-Dakar, Senegal www.ucad.sn
Freedom schools pedagogy and curriculum www.educationanddemocracy.org

General Information

http://www.earth2000.com [NEW LINK NEEDED]
http://www.gouv.sn (Government site- in French)
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/baobab.htm(on Baobob trees)
http://cse2000.org/html/baobab_poem.html (more on Baobob trees) [NEW LINK NEEDED]
http://www.wildwatch.com/resources/plants/baobab.asp ( Baobob tree information)
California Newsreel http://www.newsreel.org for movies to rent and buy about Africa and the Diaspora
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars http://www.prairenet.org/acas/
African Educational Web Portal www.africaresource.com