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
     • http://www.lesoleil.sn/societe.htm#Touba in French
     • http://www.csmonitor.com/atcmonitor/specials/bhmonth/news/p-071699senegal.html
     • http://users.mildura.net.au/users/mjackson/Beliefs.htm#top
     • http://touba.org/HisLife.htm
• 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 www.refer.sn
• Literacy and language policies
• French language training
• Popular cultures

News Sites

• http://allafrica.com/senegal (news)

Institutions in Senegal

• African Studies Programs in North America
  1. Michigan State University http://www.isp.msu.edu/africanstudies/
  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
  • Look for Introduction to Islam section
• Council on International Educational Exchange www.ciee.org.isp
  • 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
• 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)
• 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