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African Diaspora
 Websites presented in alphabetical order African American Archaeology, History and Cultures 
 "This web site is designed to provide convenient access to online presentations and resources concerning the subjects of African American archaeology, history and cultures, and broader subjects of African diaspora archaeology." Includes links to bibliographies, research institutes, and heritage sites. From the African Diaspora Archeology Network (ADAN), a collaboration of scholars. http://www.diaspora.uiuc.edu/bookmark3.html Topics: Archaeology, Black Resources, Labor Last updated Jul 29, 2009 African American Heritage & Ethnography
This is a self-paced learning resource on African American heritage topics for 1500-1799. Although it was designed for National Park Service personnel, the topics will be of interest to a general audience wanting to learn more about the African diaspora (including Africans in Spanish America, the Chesapeake, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and French America), African language and culture, and heritage preservation law. From the National Park Service (NPS) Park Ethnography Program. http://www.nps.gov/history/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Sep 6, 2007 The African Presence in the Americas: 1492-1992
This site explores the "dynamics and dimensions of the 500 year history of African people" in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, focusing on themes of migration, work, culture, and resistance. Includes timeline (1000 B.C. to 1992), a glossary, information for teachers, bibliographies, and links. From Cultural Heritage Initiatives for Community Outreach (CHICO) at the University of Minnesota in cooperation with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Schomburg/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Jan 21, 2008 Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation, 1450 to 1750
This section of a PBS site on Africans in America deals directly with the Middle Passage ("so called because it was the middle leg of a three-part voyage"). It includes a history of the era, links to other entries related to the Middle Passage, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html Topics: Black Resources Last updated Feb 1, 2005 AfroCubaWeb
"Many people don't know that an estimated 70% of Cubans have African ancestors. ..." This Web site introduces different aspects of the African cultures of Cuba, such as music, art, theater, festivals, poets, and authors. There is a list of conferences and organizations that teach workshops and classes on African cultures of Cuba. Searchable. http://afrocubaweb.com/ Topics: Art by Region, Black Resources, History By Place, Musical Genres, Social Issues Last updated May 7, 2004 The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
"The hundreds of images in this collection have been selected from a wide range of sources, most of them dating from the period of slavery." Illustrated are the "experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World." Searchable by keyword (be sure to use the search button), browsable by categories. From the University of Virginia Library. http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/ Topics: Black Resources, Labor Last updated Aug 15, 2004 Black Presence: Asian and Black History in Britain, 1500-1850
"The exhibition covers Black [people of African descent] and Asian [people of South Asian origin, that is from modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh], history in Britain from 1500 to 1850." View galleries with illustrated essays on topics such as black Moors in Scotland, abolition of the slave trade, and black musicians. Also includes two interactive features. From the British National Archives and the Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA). http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/index.htm Topics: Black Resources, History By Place Last updated Jan 22, 2008 Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas
"The transatlantic slave trade was the second leg of a triangular economic route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas." This online exhibit examines this slave trade and "seeks to increase understanding of this maritime epic and its legacies in the modern world." Topics addressed include departure, middle passage, arrival, abolition, and legacy (such as food, education, religion, and music). Also includes images, a quiz, and a bibliography. From The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia. http://ww2.mariner.org/captivepassage/index.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor, Museums, Musical Genres, Transportation Last updated Oct 26, 2009 In Motion: The African American Migration Experience
This site contains tens of thousands of essays, books, articles, manuscripts, illustrations, lesson plans, and maps related to black migration during the past four hundred years. From the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. http://www.inmotionaame.org/ Topics: Black Resources, Lesson Plans Last updated Jan 24, 2007 The Last Slave Ships: Key West African Cemetery
This report details the evidence of an African cemetery at Higgs Beach in Key West, Florida, and describes how it was located. Includes facsimiles of historical records, maps, graphs, tables, and photos. In 1860, the U.S. Navy intercepted three American-owned slave ships taking Africans to Cuba. Now refugees, the Africans were taken to Key West before being sent to Liberia. Many died and were buried at Higgs Beach. From the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society. http://www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/lastslaveships/cemetery.htm Topics: Black Resources, Death & Dying, Geography, History, Labor, Photograph Collections Last updated Jul 27, 2007 Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
An online exhibit that presents an overview of the transatlantic slave trade and "enslaved African peoples in the Americas." The site features illustrated essays on the history of the slave trade, the struggle against slavery and its abolition, family life, religion, literacy and education, and culture. From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. http://digital.nypl.org/lwf/english/site/flash.html Topics: Black Resources, Labor Last updated Oct 20, 2004 Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)
Information about this museum in San Francisco, which opened in 2005 and which "celebrates how we all, as one world, have changed and influenced the history and cultures of the African Diaspora." The site features online exhibits such as "thousands of images contributed from visitors all over the world" relating to the African Diaspora and "narratives about people of African descent." Also includes images and information about museum exhibits on art, culture, and history. http://www.moadsf.org Topics: Black Resources, Regions of the World Last updated Nov 30, 2005 Name Game: The Folly in the Attempt to Define "African-American"
This September 2004 article discusses "a recent version of ... [the racial identity debate that] involves immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean and whether they are 'African-Americans.'" Includes a consideration of the racial identity of politician Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan immigrant to the U.S. From the online magazine Slate. http://www.slate.com/id/2106753/ Topics: Black Resources Last updated Mar 5, 2007 The Schomburg Legacy: Documenting the Global Black Experience for the 21st Century
This exhibition from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture "presents a comprehensive survey of the development of the Center's collections since the death of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1938) and explores the Center's role as the premier public research library in the world devoted to documenting and preserving the histories and cultures of people of African descent worldwide." http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/WEBEXHIB/legacy/legacy2.htm Topics: Black Resources, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 21, 2004 Virginia Emigrants to Liberia
This website features "a searchable database of nearly 3700 Virginia emigrants to Liberia and nearly 250 Virginia emancipators, a timeline of relevant events and documents between 1787 and 1866, a compilation of important related sources, links to related research websites and news of Liberia today." The materials on this site expand upon a 2007 book on Virginia's role in the African colonization movement. From the Virginia Center for Digital History. http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/liberia/index.php?page=Virginia%20Emigrants%20To%20Liberia Topics: Black Resources, Emigration & Immigration Last updated Jan 21, 2009 |
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