Formed in 2001. Represents members from Aba North, Aba South, Arochukwu, Bende, Ikwuano, Isiala-Ngwa North, Isiala-Ngwa South, Isukwuato, Obi Ngwa, Ukwa East, Ukwa West, Ohafia, Osisioma, Ugwunagbo, Umuahia North, Umuahia South, Umu-Nneochi. Meeting reports, members' list, Abia State government information, photographs. Based in Emeryville, California. [KF] http://www.abiaunion.com
Information on the movement to obtain reparations for the enslavement
and colonisation of African people in Africa and the African Diaspora. Also
to secure the return of African artefacts taken from Africa. Includes
paper by Chinweizu on "Reparations and a New Global Order", speech
by British Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1871 on looted Ethiopian
artefacts, a discussion list,
ARM Talk, and a chronology of slavery. http://the.arc.co.uk/arm/home.html
An annotated directory of the early slave trade, mainly the trans-Atlantic slave trade. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hislavery.html
Directory of African student organizations, mainly in North America (Canada and U.S.). From Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources; site based at Stanford University. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/stuorg.html
Based in Oakland, Calif., produces radio/cable TV programs on relations
between Africa and Africans in the Diaspora. Has the text of an address
by Rev. Leon Sullivan at the May 1995 3rd African and African-American Summit
in Dakar. Videos for sale include speeches by Secty. of Commerce, Ron Brown
and Rev. Joseph Lowry at the Dakar Summit, a history of the anti-apartheid
movement in the Bay Area, Archibishop Desmond Tutu's 1994 San Francisco
visit, etc. Melvin H. Cox is the Executive Producer. http://melanet.com/connections
Maintained by James P. Danky, Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society. "the Project is actively seeking scholars in every country who can help identify the likely titles and related materials that will help to create an international, comparative history of Africans in the diaspora." http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~danky/diaspora/
News, photographs of meetings, social events, film festivals, annual conferences in the U.S. Articles, commentary. Directory of African Theater, Entertainment organizations, Agencies, and Institutions. Interviews with Nigerian officials. Message board. The Publisher / Editor is Oliver O. Mbamara. Based in New York City. [KF] http://www.africanevents.com/
"nonprofit organization based in Harlem and dedicated to improving the health and self-sufficiency of the African community in New York City. Founded in 1981 by Ethiopian refugees...., today African Services is a multiservice agency assisting immigrants, refugees and asylees from across the African Diaspora." Also operates HIV testing and care clinics in Ethiopia. http://www.africanservices.org/
Directory of links to History/Culture, Business & Economics, Education, Entertainment/Sports, Global Politics, Health/Nutrition/Sex, Religion, and Resources/Environment."We are a group of men and women that are dedicated to providing timely information for the African community in the Americas and Africa." Site based in Flushing, New York. [KF] http://www.africantriangle.com
Directory of African student organizations, mainly in North America. From Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources; site based at Stanford University. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/stuorg.html
"established in 2004, committed to improving healthcare delivery and services to African women and their families" aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. Offers a scholarship for a U.S. based student (deadline Oct. 20, 2005). Based in Lanham, Maryland, U.S. http://www.awcaa.org/awcaa_site/activities.html
Site for Somali women maintained by a Somali woman living in the U.S.
Includes a discussion forum, issues concerning the Somali diaspora, Somali
marriage (colonial times and present day), Raising Children In the Diaspora,
links to related web sites such as the Somaliland Women's Organization of
Toronto. The web site title is based on Queen
Araweilo. http://www.angelfire.com/ar/arawelo/index.html
A nonpartisan organization "created in January 2000 by Dr. Sunday-Joseph Otengho, a Ugandan who lived under Idi Amin's regime and who sought political asylum in the United States in January 1981. It is the intent of this organization to help first-generation Africans assimilate into American society while aiming at strengthening and enhancing the fundamental relationship between Africans of the Diaspora and Africa." Its 2004 convention is in San Francisco. Based in Hayward, California. [KF] http://www.advanceafrica.com
"Membership in ANPA is open to all licensed Medical Doctors, Osteopathic
Doctors, Dentists, and Podiatrists of Nigerian descent practicing in the
Americas, including Canada." Has a membership directory, statistics
on the no. of physicians, directory of dentists,
a medical mission project, and reports,
telemedicine project, etc. http://www.anpa.org
Organization for Somalis living in the San Francisco Bay Area, mainly South Bay. Services: Translation and interpretation, Immigration and citizenship assistance, After school programs, Family crisis and prevention, Community education. Based in San Jose, California. [KF] http://www.bayareasomali.org
"The Binis are the largest community in Edo State, which is located in the mid-western region of Nigeria." Based in Los Angeles, California. http://www.biniclubsocal.org/
"focuses on the conditions of Black working and poor people. Recognizing
contributions from diverse tendencies within Black Radicalism--including
socialism, revolutionary nationalism and feminism--we are united in opposition
to all forms of oppression, including class exploitation, racism, patriarchy,
homophobia, anti-immigration prejudice and imperialism." Based in St. Louis, Missouri. http://www.blackradicalcongress.org/
In English and Portuguese. Requires free membership to read articles about
Cape Verde (such as interviews with the Prime Minister, with the Ambassador
to the U.S.,with the U.S. heads of Caboverdiano organizations), events on
Cape Verde for the diaspora and others, use the forums and chat room. Order
books, music, flags, videos, T-shirts. Facts on all aspects of Cape Verdean
life. Travel information. Owned by Brava Telecom. http://caboverdeonline.com
"In 1997, 20 agencies serving immigrants and refugees in the Chicago metropolitan area joined together to form CAAELII,..." Partners include Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago. Its newsletters has news of immigrant cases / issues. [KF] http://www.caaelii.org/
Meeting on "ways in which the World Bank Group can support the African Diaspora in contributing to development in their home countries, and.....how the Diaspora can support on-going and proposed Bank investments in Africa." http://www.worldbank.org/afr/diaspora/
In English and French. "a Non Profit Organization run by young Congolese entrepreneurs. Our mission is to be a tremendous resource and a powerful network for all Congolese living in Massachusetts." News, Interviews with Etienne Tshisekedi, Koffi Olomide, Pasteur José Muzingu, and others. Section for women, recipes, gospel, sports, music, forums. Site Owner is Ange Mukadi. [KF] http://www.congoboston.com
"Le Congo Sans Frontières (Le CSF) means The Congo Without Borders.
Our mission is to foster and strengthen the social, educational and cultural development of Congolese living in the New York area."
List of Congolese sites, discussion forums (must register to participate). Community events. Based in Elmhurst, New York. [KF] http://www.lecsf.org/index.cfm
Represents Ewe Associations throughout the U.S. and Canada, holds annual conventions. Ewe history, press releases. "The Ewe people inhabit the territory equivalent roughly to the south-eastern quarter of Ghana and the southern half of TOGO." http://www.ceanaonline.org/
"a non-profit organization established in November of 1999 in Detroit Michigan - USA, by Ethiopian-born Physicians, Dentist, Nurses, Pharmacists, Healthcare and Non-Medical Professionals now living and working in the United States and Canada." Members volunteer one to two weeks each year working in Ethiopian hospitals and clinics. Describes projects, essays such as "Reversing the Brain Drain; A Personal Testimony", speeches such as "Forging Synergy within the Ethiopian Diaspora". Based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. [KF] http://www.enahpa.org/
Print magazine on African & African American history for middle school
children (ages 10-14). Has a full text article on Africans
in the United States, by Harvard Prof. J. Lorand Matory. Each
issue of the magazine focuses on a different theme.
Has teachers' guides for its Liberia issue
by Jo Sullivan, for the Mansa
Musa: King of Mali issue, Published by Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough,
NH. http://www.footstepsmagazine.com
Begun by Ghanaians in the U.S. and Ghana to nurture the IT economy in Ghana. Supports a Ghana Technology Park project. Has a non-profit division, the GCG Foundation. http://www.ghanacybergroup.com/
Company offering web site design and maintenance. Established in 1996 by Elou Marre. Based in Houston, Texas, Canada and Senegal. http://www.highimpacts.com/
A non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1995 "whose membership includes persons and groups of Ijaw descent and currently resident in the United States of America." Contains an Ijaw history "from Ijawnation Yahoogroups archive - posted by Mr.Benaebi Benatari of IPA, UK." http://www.ijaw-naa.org
"The Ijaw National Congress USA (INCUSA) is a grassroots organization whose membership includes persons and socio-cultural groups of Ijaw descent and is currently resident in the United States of America." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ijaw_National_Congress/
News from Nigerian news sites, community events in the U.S., links to related sites (Ijaw American Caucus - Minnesota,etc) . Based in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. http://ijawcenter.com/
"A scholary journal devoted to African world community studies, published
four times a
year." Maintained by Amen-Ra Community Assembly of California. The Editor is Itibari M. Zulu. http://www.jpanafrican.com
Articles include - Critical Indigenous African Education and Knowledge, by Itibari M. Zulu;
The South Africa-Mali Timbuktu Project: Utilizing Skills and Talents to Advance the African Renaissanceby, by President Thabo M. Mbeki ; Pan African Dissertation Abstracts (in PDF) .
"a non-political organization whose primary objective is to support the Kenyan Government development efforts by aligning the resources and inherent knowledge of Kenyan Organizations in the Diaspora with the Government's Economic Recovery Plan (GERP) and with the Donors' Country Assistance Plans. The Network was recently formed at the behest of the Kenyan government in conjunction with the World Bank Institute and Western Hemisphere African Diaspora Network (WHADN-an initiative of the AU)." Based in Mclean, Virginia. http://www.kenyadiaspora.org/
"focuses on guest speaker events, career and professional development programs..." Covers the area of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Photographs of events. Based in Bedminster, New Jersey. http://www.kapa-us.org/
"KCA is a socio-political non-partisan organization, registered in
the states of Pennsylvania and Minnesota..., and composed primarily of Kenyans
living outside Kenya. KCA was founded in March 1997 with a view to giving
Kenyans abroad a platform in which they can exchange views and help bring
change back home." Has their Press Statements, etc. http://www.kenyansabroad.org
"a nonprofit organization, founded in 1975, in Brooklyn, New York. Objectives include mobilizing resources for the reconstruction of Grand Gedeh County, Liberia. News about members and family. http://www.grandgedeh.com/
"Founded in the early 70's to serve as a vehicle for the uniting of Liberians living in Washington, DC., the Virginia and Maryland surburbs." Is a chapter of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas. Based in Maryland, U.S.A. http://www.lcawashingtonmetrodc.org/
"umbrella group of Liberians and their various organizations in the Americas." Non profit NGO "formed on July 4, 1974 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,..." Links to other community sites. http://www.ulaaliberia.net/
Find the number of people born in Africa, regions of Africa, selected countries from 1995 to date. Also the number of asylum applications by nationality, by year and Acquisition of citizenship by country of former nationality, by year. The number, by state, of African-born populations. Facts about the foreign-born from each African country in each U.S. state. Essays (African Foreign Born in the United States, International Migration in Africa). Number of asylum applicants from individual African countries
to other countries (U.S., U.K. etc.). Number of asylum applicants in United States by individual countries of origin. Based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.migrationinformation.org/
"The Museum of the African Diaspora connects all people through the celebration and exploration of the art, culture and history of the African Diaspora." Interview with Modou Dieng, photographs by Dave Herman of the Gullah community of South Carolina and other photographs, etc.
Based in San Francisco, California. http://www.moadsf.org/
"Africa House is designed to become the intellectual
center for NYU students and faculty who are studying Africa and the African
diaspora." NYU's African
Expressive Culture Project includes Black
Renaissance Magazine and the
African
Cities Documentary Series, headed by
professors Manthia Diawara
and Awam Amkpa,
with film clips of Malian
women discussing the world economy and controversial dance styles,
Guinean scholar D.T.Niane
on rural-urban migration, and visit to a traditional mask maker. [KF] http://www.nyu.edu/africahouse/
"a non-profit organization formed by
expatriates from the Niger Delta to assist in the alleviation of poverty
through practical actions." Works on health (including HIV/AIDS), education, economic empowerment, environmental practices, etc. Based in Houston, Texas. http://www.nigerdeltafoundation.org/
Based in Washington, D.C. Lists its chapters in various cities. Includes
a history of the Yoruba, culture (names and naming ceremony, weddings, funerals),
traditional and western education, etc. http://www.yorubanation.org
See also the site for its Washington, D.C. chapter, Egbe
Isokan Yoruba, Washington, D.C.
"a non-partisan, and non-profit institutional think tank that advocates, through policy initiatives, a well governed Nigeria committed to global peace and the betterment of the lives of its citizens. The NIPOC-USA is a conglomeration of Nigerian professionals from different walks of life." Will hold a March 2006 conference. Based in Baltimore, Maryland. [KF] http://www.nipoc-usa.org
Section on South African slang words and phrases. People database, discussion forums. Culture, history, South African cuisine. Site based in Arlington, Virginia. [KF] http://www.rsa-overseas.com/
"a non-profit organization founded in 1999 by Senegalese University of Maryland Engineering students and alumni. Its main goal is to promote science and engineering in Senegal as means of development." Based in Silver Spring, MD. http://www.sunusea.org/
"nonprofit organization founded by Sierra Leonean young professionals." Aimed at the Sierra Leone Diaspora. Has a secondary school support program, Excel. Offers "paid internships to youth in Sierra Leone; and connects Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora and friends of Sierra Leone with volunteer and community service opportunities in Sierra Leone." Matches volunteers with NGOs. http://www.sierravisions.org/
"Adji and fatim From Senegal opened Sister-Sister African Hair Braiding
and Weaving Salon in Houston Texas in December of 1997." Salon owners are Adji Marre and Fatim Marre. http://www.sistersisterbraids.com/
In Somali and English. Established in 1994. Hosts discussion forums. Web edition of a monthly newspaper with
readership among the Diaspora (Canada, United States, Europe, etc.) [KF] http://www.somalipress.com/
"Ethiopian-American Lifestyle and Business Magazine." Online
magazine (formerly also in print). Includes articles such as "Coming to
America" by Prof. Donald Levine on immigration in the U.S., the Ethiopian community in Los Angeles, profiles of prominent Ethiopians such as artist Afewerk Tekle and Marcus
Samuelsson, co-owner / executive chef of Aquavit, the premier Scandinavian
restaurant in New York city. Founded 2003 in San Jose, California. Now Published by Tadias, Inc., New York city. [KF] http://www.tadias.com
NRM-O USA is a site for the U.S. diaspora supporting Uganda's government political party headed by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni. Has the full text of many of President Museveni's speeches (229 pages in PDF). [KF] http://www.nrmousa.org/
"The Uhuru Open Golf Tour is an effort by Kenyans resident in the United
States to help address the needs of underprivileged Children." "The organization's goal is to provide over 100 educational
scholarships annually to children in the slums of Africa and to expose
hundreds of underprivileged children in urban America to
golf." Schedule, photographs, has a mailing list. The Executive Director is Kaburi Kariuki. http://uhuruopen.org
Requires the ebrary plugin. A 41-volume collection of works published [1911] during the 2nd and 3rd sessions of the 61st Congress, digitized under the supervision of Stanford University Libraries. Indicates there were 9,581 immigrants from Africa to the U.S. from 1820-1910, that there were 3 people in the coal mining industry whose fathers came from Africa. The Commission Chair was William Paul Dillingham. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/stanfordimmigrationdillingham
Listen to Kenyan popular music on Radio Wakilisha. Requires username and
password (free) to see multi media features. Lists events in the U.S. Based
in Florida. [KF] http://www.wakilisha.com
Meeting on "ways in which the World Bank Group can support the African Diaspora in contributing to development in their home countries, and.....how the Diaspora can support on-going and proposed Bank investments in Africa." http://www.worldbank.org/afr/diaspora/
Site sponsored by Nigerian Professionals in the USA. Has a directory
of government ministries and parastatals, directory of Nigerian
chambers of commerce, directory of Nigerian
higher education institutions, discussion forums and commentary on
political and social topics, job center, a women's section with
articles such as "Nigerian Native Law and Custom Of Marriage"
by Marie Ubamadu, links to related Nigerian sites. http://www.ypforum.org
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