South
African Resources
White
Paper on Arts, Culture and Heritage
http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/white_papers/arts.html
This draft White Paper sets out government
policy for establishing the optimum funding arrangements and institutional
frameworks for the creation, promotion and protection of South African
arts, culture, heritage and the associated practitioners.
African
Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems
http://members.aol.com/Afsci/africana.htm
The website presents various perspectives on Africa’s indigenous
knowledge systems from a wide range of scholars. Brief abstracts
are published from scholarly works on the subject and focus on several
areas. There are also conference announcements.
Zimbabwean
Music Festival
http://www.zimfest.org/2002/index.html
The Seattle Zimfest 2002 will take place in Seattle, Washington,
on July 12, 13 and 14, 2002 with a one-day Pre-fest and a Teacher
Reception on Thursday, July 11. The Zimbabwean Music Festival is
a unique three-day celebration of music from Zimbabwe, complete
with workshops and concerts featuring guest musicians from Zimbabwe
and North American teachers, performers and students.
African
Traditional Religions
http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/index.html
The site has various topical issues, an introduction to aspects
of the religion, meeting points of African traditional religion,
and the practice of African traditional religion on the continent
and in the diaspora. Has various links as well. Is easy to navigate
and has a lot of information and resources for this aspect of heritage.
The
Western Cape Oral History Project
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/history/ohp1.htm
The Western Cape oral history project (WCOHP) is committed to the
promotion and development of oral and public history in the Western
Cape (Cape Town, South Africa). The WCOHP has four foci: a
sound archive ; an
internship programme; public
history booklets; teaching
and research consultancy work
Gay
and Lesbian Archives of South Africa
http://www.wits.ac.za/gala/inventories/processed/oralhistoryproj.htm
GALA’s Oral History Project was launched in co-operation with journalist
Mark Gevisser to provide background material for Gevisser’s film
biography of Cecil Williams. The collection consists of more than
60 taped interviews, some of which have been transcribed, and memorabilia.
Researchers interested in gay and lesbian life as well as the political
milieu in South Africa from the second world war to the 1960s will
find this collection useful.
The
International Library of African Music (ILAM)
http://archive.ilam.ru.ac.za/home.asp
ILAM was founded in 1954, as a research institution devoted to the
study of African music and the oral arts of Africa. The website
contains information about ILAM, a sampling of African music available
for downloading, the ILAM catalogue, information about African
musicians and instruments, and a wonderful links page to other African
music sites.
South
African Museums
http://sunsite.wits.ac.za/mus/sa.htm
List of South African Museums, with links to the museums that have
websites. The museums vary from large national museums to regional
and smaller museums. Some impressive museum websites are: The South
African Jewish Museum and The Capetown Holocaust Memorial Museum.
A good way to stay in contact with other museums and what they are
doing, working on, and presenting.
Africa
Focus- The Sights and Sounds of a Continent
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/
This project with the development and dissemination of digital technology
has afforded exciting new opportunities in teaching tools and methods,
both in the classroom and at a distance. The challenge presented
by these new opportunities is to develop and make accessible high-quality
materials that are compatible with these new technologies and presentation
methods. This project is intended to be a contribution to this process,
both as a product and as an evaluated process.
The
South African Data Archive (SADA)
http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada/
SADA serves as a broker between a range of data providers and
the research community. The archive does not only preserve data
for future use, but also adds value to the collections. It safeguards
datasets and related documentation and attempts to make it as easily
accessible as possible for research and educational purposes.
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