- Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013
- AfricanWriter.Com: "An Evening with Chinua Achebe," October 2009, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC and related posts (USA)
- BBC News: "Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies," March 22, 2013 (London, UK)
- The Guardian. (Online): "Renowned author; Chinua Achebe dies 82," March 22, 2013 (Lagos, Nigeria)
- The Independent. (Online): "Father of African literature,' Achebe, 82, dies after short illness,"
March 22, 2013 (London, UK)
- London Review of Books: "Things Left Unsaid," by Chimamanda Adichie, October 11, 2012
Review of: There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012) by Chinua Achebe. (London, UK)
- The New York Times: Excerpt--"The Education of a British-Protected Child" by Chinua Achebe,
December 15, 2009. (New York)
- Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Chinua Achebe and his works (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island) -- via Columbia University Libraries
- Vanguard. (Online): Chinua Achebe: Exit of a Literary Giant, March 23-28, 2013 (Lagos, Nigeria)
- African American Biography on the Internet (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
- African writers: voices of change (University of Florida, Gainesville)
Selected pages from the University of Florida Africana Studies Web site: featuring a biographical dictionary of African fiction writers (including brief lists of major works and short biographical pieces on Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ayi Kwei Armah, Buchi Emecheta, Bessie Head, Alex La Guma, Dambudzo Marechera, Ezekiel Mphahlele, Alan Paton, Okot P'Bitek, and Amos Tutuola).
- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, 1938-1997:
- Eisha Stephen Atieno-Odhiambo, 1947-2009
- Amadou Hampâté Bâ -- Web Dossier (2007) (Library, Documentation and Information, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
- Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1854-1927) et la Mouridiyya
- Francis Bebey (1929-2001)
- Mongo Beti (1932-2001) on the Web
- Stephen Biko on the Internet
- Edward Wilmot Blyden, 1832-1912
- Awareness times. (Online): "Edward Wilmot Blyden--Father of Pan Africanism" (August 3, 2006) -and- "Liberia Remembers Edward Wilmot Blyden" (February 12, 2007) (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
- Edward Wilmot Blyden: A "virtual museum" (published in 1995) on the great pan-Africanist (Eleumuno R. Blyden)
- From West Africa to Palestine. (1873) by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- Freetown, Sierra Leone: T.J. Sawyer Publishers. 201 pages. via Google Books.
- Liberia's offering: being addresses, sermons, etc. (1862) by Rev. Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- New York: John A. Gray. 167 pages. --via Google Books
- The origin and purpose of African colonization, being an annual discourse delivered at the 66th anniversary of the American Colonization Society...Washington, DC, Sunday, January 14, 1883. by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- Washington, DC: Published at the request of the Society. 22 pages. --via Google Books.
- West Africa before Europe: and other addresses, delivered in England in 1901 and 1903. (1905) by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- London: C.M. Phillips. 158 pages. --via Google Books
- Albert Adu Boahen, 1932-2006
- "How Adu Boahen unlocked Ghana's history," by Cameron Duodu (October 10, 2008) ModernGhana.Com (Accra, Ghana)
- "In Memoriam: An appreciation of Professor A. Adu Boahen (1932-2006)" by Kwabena Akurang-Parry, Shippensburg University. Posted May 31, 2006. (H-West Africa Discussion Network, H-Net Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
- "Tribute to Prof. Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen" by Kwame Donkoh Fordwor. (June 6, 2006) GhanaHomePage (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009
- Global Voices Online: "South Africa : A Glowing Tribute to Dennis Brutus," by Njeri Wangari, Jan 6, 2009 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- H-AfrLitCine Discussion Network: Obituary and commentaries by Ken Harrow, Patrick Bond, & others, December 26, 2009 (H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
- Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Poet and protester Dennis Brutus dies," Dec 27 2009 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Northwestern University Libraries--Archives: Finding Aid for Dennis Brutus Papers, 1960-1984 (Evanston, Illinois)
- South African History Online (SAHO): Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009 (Pretoria, South Africa)
- Amilcar Cabral, 1924-1973
- Cheikh Hassan Cissé, 1945-2008
- Mamadou Dia, 1910-2009
- Blaise Diagne, 1872-1934
- Dictionary of African Christian Biography (Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut)
The site provides information on the project itself and the online dictionary with entries in English, French, and Kiswahili. "The DACB is a multilingual electronic database containing biographies of African Christian leaders, evangelists, and lay workers. Biographies are of those persons chiefly responsible for laying the foundations and advancing the growth of Christian communities in Africa."
- Birago Diop, 1906-1989: l'écrivain sénégalais (Patrice Birago Neveu et al., Infonie, France)
Sur ce site, on peux trouver beaucoup de renseignements à propos du auteur de Contes d'Amadou Koumba. (1947) et d'autres livres importants (y compris une page d'interviews qui s'ecoutent avec RealPlayer).
- Cheikh Anta Diop
- Cheikh Anta Diop (Revue Ankh, Paris, France)
- Cheikh Anta Diop, the pharaoh of knowledge (Momodou Camara, Nijii, Copenhagen, Denmark)
- "Cheikh Anta Diop, restaurateur de la conscience noire" (janvier 1998). Fabrice Hervieu Wané, Le monde diplomatique. (Online), janvier 1998. (Paris, France)
- Cyprian Ekwensi
- "Cyprian Ekwensi." (2001) (Charles R. Larson, American University, Washington, DC; Extracts from The ordeal of the African writer, pub. by Zed Books, 2001) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
- "What Cyprian Ekwensi meant to me." (2001) (Kole Omotoso, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
- Olaudah Equiano:
- Equiano Foundation Online
"The Equiano Foundation aims to provide a valuable educational vehicle through which to resurrect, restore, and celebrate the meaningful contribution of Olaudah Equiano to Western, African, and African American culture..."
- Excerpts from "Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery" Web Site (PBS Online; WGBH Interactive, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts)
- Cesária Évora, 1941-2011
- Brenda Fassie, 1964-2004
- Fela (See above)
- Francophone African poets in English translation (University of Florida, Gainesville)
This collection of texts provides some basis for studying in English of the works of J.-J. Rabearivelo, Leopold S. Senghor, Bernard Dadié, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Annette M'Baye, David Diop, Francis Bebey, William J.F. Syad, Paulin Joachim, G.F.T. U Tam'si, & J.-B. Tati Loutard.
- Athol Fugard, Playwright (Iain Fisher, The Netherlands)
A brief biographical sketch of this well-known South African writer-director, commentaries on Fugard's plays, and a host of links to related web pages and sites.
- INA--Institut national de l'audiovisuel: Grands Entretiens -- Afrique(s) (Paris, France)
Un vidéothèque qui contient des entretiens avec Abdou Diouf, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Joaquim Chissano, Frederik de Klerk, Boris Boubacar Diop, Nurruddin Farah, Kenneth Kaunda, Mac Maharaj, Claude Ernest Ndalla, Wole Soyinka, Wangari Maathai, Alpha Oumar Konare.
- Oumar Kane (1932-2008)
- Modibo Keita (1915-1977) (via BamaNet, France)
Un site pittoresque qui est dédié au premier président de la République du Mali. Le site comprend un recueil des discours de Keita, des photos, et même 17 fichiers vidéos. Remarque: l'auteur de ce site a décidé de fournir un accompagnement de musique.
- Salif Keita on the Web
- Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 1922-2006
- Ahmadou Kourouma, 1927-2003
- Sotigui Kouyaté, 1936-2010
- Africine.org: Décès de Sotigui Kouyaté--"Le plus grand acteur africain" a joué sa Dernière scène. Extrait du journal sénégalais Le Quotidien. (Online), le 19 avril 2010
- Africultures "Biographie" sur Sotigui Kouyaté, avril 2010 (Paris)
- Cinéafrique.Org, Le blog!: "Je n'oublierai jamais Sotigui Kouyaté," par Anoumou Amekudji, le 2 mai 2010
- Le Faso.Net: "Le grand comédien Sotigui Kouyaté est mort...," le 18 avril 2010 -et- "Le grand homme sera inhumé à Ouagadougou," le 20 avril 2010
- The Guardian. (Online): Sotigui Kouyaté Obituary, May 2, 2010 (London)
- Radio France International: Décès du comédien burkinabé Sotigui Kouyaté," le 19 avril 2010 (avec un petit interview sur vidéo)
- Wal Fadjri. (Online): "Décès du comédien Sotigui Kouyaté: Clap de fin pour le sage griot d'Afrique,"
le 19 avril 2010 (Dakar, Sénégal)
- Mazisi Kunene, 1930-2006
- Ellen Kuzwayo, 1914-2006
- Lucky Dube (1964-2007)
Official web site of the very popular South African reggae music artist, with biography, discography, videography, song lyrics, press cuttings, and a few short audio files.
- Patrice Lumumba, 1925-1961
- RFI Archives d'Afrique: Portrait de Patrice Emery Lumumba, du 6 au 13 novembre 2009 (Radio France Internationale, Paris)
- Belgium. Chambre des représentants: Documents parlementaires, les conclusions, et le rapport de la Commission (2001) d'enquête parlementaire chargée de déterminer les circonstances exactes de l'assassinat de Patrice Lumumba et l'implication éventuelle des responsables politiques belges dans celui-ci, novembre 2001. (Brussels, Belgium)
Sur ce site, on peut lire les documents en format HTML ou en format PDF.
- The Galleries at Moore: "A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art", Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 15-October 29, 2000 Organized by The Museum for African Art, New York; Guest curator, Bogumil Jewsiewicki.
This site is about the exhibit and events surrounding it; plus related links.
- Grioo.Com: La dernière lettre de Patrice Lumumba (novembre 1960). Le 5 novembre 2003. (Paris, France)
- Lumumba -- Zietgeist Films (New York)
Promotional site: Video clips from the recently-released film, schedule of showings in the USA, information about the film's director, Raoul Peck -- including an audio clip from an interview. There are also brief summaries of Patrice Lumumba, the struggles of the Congolese people in Congo (Zaire), and information about the making of the film ; plus promotional links.
- Albert John Luthuli, ANC President 1952-1967: Biography, Selected Reports, Speeches, Statements and Writings. (African National Congress, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Baaba Maal -- Site Officiel (via Palmpictures.Com)
This promotional web site --in English or in French-- features a discography, press releases, interviews, color photos and slideshows, video and audio files, boutique, and concert information.
- Wangari Maathai, 1940-2011
- Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006
- Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008
- Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, 1936-2011
- AllAfrica.Com: "Mozambique: Nation's Greatest Painter Dies," AIM Reports, January 5, 2011 (New York)
- Kulungwana--Associação para o Desenvolvimento Cultural: Malangatana (Maputo, Mozambique)
- The Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Mozambican painter Malangatana dies in Portugal," January 5, 2011 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Notícias. (Online): "Morreu Malangatana," 6 de janeiro de 2011 (Maputo, Moçambique)
- Malangatana interview in August 2007, Maputo, Mozambique via YouTube.Com
- Djibril Diop Mambety (1945-1998) (via Senegalaisement.Com, Paris, France)
Ce site offre une brève biographie du cinéaste et une filmographie. De plus, il y a un lien à un interview de la Revue Noire.
- Nelson Mandela
- "The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela": an intimate portrait of one of the century's greatest leaders. ("Frontline"/WGBH Television and Boston/PBS Online)
The web site contains a synopsis of the television program, photos, interviews, anecdotes, a chronology, and information about ordering the video and transcripts and the teachers' guide.
- The Mandela Page (The African National Congress, South Africa)
An archive of electronic documents about and by Nelson Mandela, from the African National Congress and other sources; includes speeches, book excerpts, and photos.
- The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory (The Nelson Mandela Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa)
- "...inaugurated on 21 September 2004, and endorsed as the core work of the Foundation in 2006. The Centre focuses on three areas of work: the Life and Time of Nelson Mandela, Dialogue for Social Justice and Nelson Mandela International Day."
- Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project
This site features a photographic & video exhibition, as well as extensive selections from the digitized archive of Mandela's private papers.
--See also:
"My Moment with a Legend"
- Nelson Mandela: 20 Years of Freedom
An interactive web archive on Mandela's release from prison on February 11, 1990. "Users can explore archival documents, photographs as well as raw and edited news footage and other audio-visual material related to the release and the political events directly preceding and following it, much of which has not been seen by the public."
- Nelson Mandela -- Web Dossier (February 2010) Compiled by the Library, Documentation, and Information Department of The African Studies Centre, University of Leiden. (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- South African History Online: Nelson Mandela (Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa)
The site features a biographical text, with photographs, and a documents archive. "...created by SAHO to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday on 18 July 2008...launched on 26 June 2008, a significant date in Mandela's life as 26 June was celebrated by the ANC and other liberation organizations as 'Freedom Day', until the first democratic elections in April 1994."
- John Matshikiza, 1954-2008
- Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, 1942-
- The Thabo Mbeki Page (The African National Congress, South Africa)
An archive of files containing a short biography, photos, speeches, statements and writings of the ANC leader and former President of South Africa.
- Profile of Thabo Mbeki and selected speeches, 2010- (via TMALI--Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa)
- Es'kia Mphahlele, 1919-2008
- Mail and Guardian. (Online): "Leaving the forefront of African lit" (November 1, 2008) -and- "Mphahlele, first black professor at Wits, dead at 88" (October 28, 2008) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- National Library of South Africa: Tribute to Es'kia Mphahlele, 1919-2008 (Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa)
- The Sowetan. (Online): "The godfather -- Mphahlele taught blind to read a-z in braille" (October 29, 2008) (South Africa)
- Urban spectrum. (Online): "Eye on Africa: the African literary journey of Esk'ia Mphahlele," by James Ainsworth (Jan. 2006) Vol. 19 ; no. 10. (Denver, Colorado)
- Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, 1922-2009
- Afrik.Com: "Babacar Joseph Ndiaye: 'Le 10 mai est une grande victoire'," le 9 mai 2006 (Paris)
- Au Senegal.com: "Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye: la voix de Gorée s'est tué," le 7 février 2009 (Dakar, Sénégal)
- Camerounlink: "Mort de Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye," le 9 février 2009 (Yaoundé)
- Grioo.com: "Décès de Joseph Ndiaye," le 7 février 2009 (Paris)
- Seneweb.com: "Pour la mémoire de Joseph Ndiaye," le 9 février 2011 (Dakar, Sénégal)
- Soninkara.com: Joseph Ndiaye, le conservateur de la Maison des esclaves est décédé," le 6 février 2009 (Dakar, Sénégal)
- UNESCO Webworld: Visite virtuelle de l'île de Gorée (Paris)
- YouTube.Com: Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye (USA)
- Youssou N'Dour (Promotional sites)
- El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (1900-1975)
- Baye Niass Imam de la Fayda (Dakar, Sénégal)
Un site multi-media sur la Tijaniyya, les disciples, les dahiras, et des autres informations de contact au Sénégal et à travers le monde.
- Jamiyatou Ansaroudine: une initiative de l'Association "Les talibés de Baye en France" (Colombes, France)
- Medina Baay Research Association (Dr. Joseph Hill, American University in Cairo, Egypt; University of Rochester, New York, USA)
The website includes excerpts from an archive of digitized religious texts, interviews, photographs, selected secondary readings, and other information collected by Joseph Hill and other members of the Medina Baay Research Association in Kawlax (Kaolack), Senegal. The site also includes updates on Hill's own field research. Medina Baay...is the headquarters of the 'Ibrahimiyyah' branch of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order and was founded by Ibrahim Ñas, usually called Baay Ñas in Wolof.
- Gamal Abdel-Nasser Home Page (Mohammed Fat'the Bakr & Mohammed Ismail Abuel-Hawayel, Cairo, Egypt; via GeoCities)
Biographical sketch, photo album, poetry, speeches (MPG files), and related links.
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)
- Documentary Film Network--Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992) UCTV History (USA)
A British film (45 minutes) about the history of the Volta River Project and Kwame Nkrumah; with selected British, American, and Ghanaian testimonies--
mostly very critical of Nkrumah; includes footage of Nkrumah speeches and press conferences; plus, further developments under Rawlings.
--See also:
Documentary Film Network Home Page
- Modern History Sourcebook: Kwame Nkrumah: I Speak of Freedom, 1961 (Paul Halsall, Fordham University, New York)
- Kwame Nkrumah 1965: Neo-colonialism, the last stage of imperialism (Marxists Internet Archive, Freemont, California)
- Nkrumah InfoSite (Zizwe Mtafuta-Ukweli, R4R Productions)
A site dedicated to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, with texts, illustrations, bibliographies of Nkrumah's writings, and downloadable photos (JPGs); plus links to related sites.
- Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999)
- Ben Okri, 1959-
- Ben Okri, An Urhoboman, As a Literary Icon (Urhobo Waado, Urhobo Historical Society, Prof. Peter Ekeh, State University of New York, Buffalo)
- Ben Okri Web Page (Robert Bennett, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara; via Prof. George P. Landow et al., Brown University, "Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English")
This collection includes a biographical sketch of this Nigerian author, teaching tips, quotations, and texts; plus links to related sites and a
bibliography.
- Ferdinand Leopold Oyono (1929-2010) -- "le site officiel" (Emmanuel Kamdem Fopa et alli., Yaoundé, Cameroun)
- Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Africa (Prof. George P. Landow and his students at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; via National University of Singapore)
- Post Colonial Studies: African Literary Figures (Department of English, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
- Salif Keita on the Web (See above)
- Tayeb Salih, 1929-2009
- Oumou Sangare on the Web
- Thomas Sankara, 1949-1987
- Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa: The Life, 1941-1995 (Remember Saro-Wiwa, PlatformLondon, London, UK)
- Ousmane Sembène, 1923-2007
- Pixley ka Isaka Seme, 1881-1951 -- Founder of the African National Congress
- Yandé Codou Sène, 1932-2010
- Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) sur Internet
- African Studies Centre Library, Leiden University: Web Dossier on Leopold Sedar Senghor (2001) (Leiden, The Netherlands)
"...an overview of publications by and on Senghor that can be found in the ASC library and includes a selection of links to websites on Senghor. The introduction gives background information on the man and his work."
- Archipo--Les Archives Politiques: Profil de Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Archives Vidéo et Sonores (Dakar, Sénégal)
--Il faut s'inscrire pour lire et écouter les fichiers.
- Commune de Verson: Espace Léopold Sédar Senghor (Basse-Normandie, France)
Veuillez cliquer sur "Espace Senghor" ou "Vie culturelle." "...un hommage au célèbre versonnais, au poète et homme de culture, ancien président de la République du Sénégal, membre de l'Académie française, promoteur de la francophonie et chantre de la négritude."
- Ethiopiques -- revue negro-africaine de littérature et de philosophie. (Online) -- Dakar, Senegal:
Hommage à Senghor (Numéro 69, 2003) -et- Spécial centenaire - Contributions de Léopold Sédar Senghor à la revue (Numéro 67, 2006)
- France. Assemblée nationale: Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1906-2002 << Négritude, francité, et civilisation de l'universel >> (Paris)
- Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Page spéciale (iSenegal, Paris, France)
Un page de liens aux sites qui rendent hommage à Senghor.
- The Library of Congress Webcasts: "Leopold Sedar Senghor: Thinker, Statesman, Poet," by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, November 7, 2006 African & Middle Eastern Division (Washington, DC)
- Walter Sisulu (1912-2003)
- African National Congress: Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu: Biography, Speeches, Statements and Writings (Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, c1873-1905 (Composer of South Africa's national anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika")
- South African History Online -- People(Pretoria, South Africa)
Biographies, lists, resources, and "in-focus" features on selected South African figures in South African history--political and cultural, contemporary politics and society.
- Wole Soyinka, 1934--
- Tajudeen Abdul Raheem, 1961-2009
- Ali Farka Touré (1939-2006)
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database--Voyages Database (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
The site provides free access to selected data on thousands of slave ship voyages; plus scholarly essays and maps. "[The database] is the culmination of several decades of independent and collaborative research by scholars drawing upon data in libraries and archives around the Atlantic world. The Voyages website itself is the product of two years of development by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists, cartographers, computer programmers, and web designers, in consultation with scholars of the slave trade..."
- Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)
- Philippe E. Wamba (1971-2002)
- Alfred Bitini Xuma, 1898-1962
- Norbert Zongo, 1949-1998
