African Daily Life

Welcome to History Link 101's African Daily Life Page. Here you will find excellent links to Daily Life, History, and Western, Eastern, and Southern African Empires. History Link 101 is a site developed for World History Classes, by a World History Teacher.

Daily life

    Cora Connection West African music and instruments.
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    African Drums and Dance includes pictures of African drums and videos of performances.
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    Key Moment in Life Essays on major life events for Africans and the relationship of Art to them.
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    Recipes from several African Countries
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    African Recipes 10 different dishes.
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    Ghana Recipes 5 different dishes.
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    Research Page for more information

General History of Africa

    African History By the BBC. Very nice site with good graphics.
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    Essay on African History to 1500 by Frank Smitha.
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    Explore Wonders of Africa by PBS. Pictures and explanations of sites from around Africa.
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    Africa Odyssey Includes categories of people, ceremonies, daily life, death and burial, and communications by Odyssey Online.
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West African Empires

    Road to Timbuktu By PBS.
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    Towns of Navrongo and Lawra Site on two small towns in northern Ghana. Nice Site with interesting information.
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    Snapshots of Daily Life in Mail Bottom frame is missing - but the pictures are still there - use the links on the left side and pull down the middle line to get rid of the file missing message.
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    Research Page for More on Western Empires

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East African Empires

    The Swahili Coast By PBS.
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    See Research Page for More on East African Empires

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    Click here for Pictures

South African Empires

    Great Zimbabwe Riddle Description of the difficulty archeologist have had in understanding this complex city. Of interest is a schematic of the great enclosure and the surrounding area found in the middle the of page. Click on it to enlarge.
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    Lost Cities of the South By PBS.
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