A digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. It includes a wide variety of high-quality scholarly materials contributed by Aluka’s partners, ranging from archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, and manuscripts.
Thousands of photos, sketches, 3-D models and videos documenting everyday structures in several African countries, taken by one former Peace Corps volunteer
Hosted by the University of Iowa Museum of Art, this site includes essays on peoples, countries and topics, and photos and descriptions of museum objects created in Africa.
The Timeline is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
Searchable database of slave ship voyages, searchable by ship name, African names of individuals, places of origin and arrival and more. Maintained by Emory University.
Contains statistics, datasets and data visualizations which can be searched or browsed by country or topic. Maintained by the African Development Bank Group.
This database allows the tracing of various categories of "legacies" of slaveownership. It is searchable by name, address or firm name, with many more options available in the Advanced search.
Timeline tool - you can see events in chronological context and create your own timelines. Contains some images representing historical people, places and events. Searchable. May make you dizzy.