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UW Madison African Studies Program:
http://africa.wisc.edu
General
Information
Information on a variety of topics relating to Benin:
NEW!http://www.benintourism.com/
http://www.beningate.com/
http://www.beningate.com/benin/ben.htm
A good place to
begin—lots of helpful websites listed here:
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/benin.html
An excellent site
directed toward Beninese and friends of Benin, a wide variety of info
found here: http://agora.legratos.org/
All kinds of information
found here: http://www.beninweb.org/
To discover Benin…Découvrir
Benin: http://www.webfirstplus.com
Pictures from several
trips to Benin: http://www.amikpon.org/
For
basic information on Benin, go to: http://www.emulateme.com/benin.htm
The Heart of Benin:
http://www.post-gazette.com/travel/20011216benin1216trp3.asp
Maps of Benin:
http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/Maps_Of_Benin.html
Travel
Guides
Some interesting
information all in French: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/benin.tourisme/dan.html
Lonely Planet travel
guide to Benin: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/benin/attractions.htm
Rough Guide: http://www.roughguides.com
Good info if you’re
planning a trip: http://www.guide-benin.com/
Travel Journal...A
journey to Benin and Togo:
http://www.wfdesign.com/togo/
Fon
Language...Great
Site!
A site
with lots of Fon sound clips and other info on Benin:
http://www.geocities.com/fon_is_fun/
Food:
http://www.ivu.org/recipes/african/
Music:
Music of Benin:
http://www.afromix.org/Pays/benin/index.en.html
http://www.unesco.org/culture/cdmusic/html_eng/benin.shtml
http://www.woyaa.com/links/COUNTRIES/BENIN/MUSIC/
Radio from Benin,
Golfe FM: http://www.comfm.com/radio/?c=bj
Art and
Cloth:
History:
History of Dahomey: http://www.pbs.org/wonders/fr_e3.htm
Post Cards from
Benin—Historical: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/visite/cartpafr/fr/present1.html
Slavery /
Diaspora:
A
site that tells the story of working children in Benin and other
countries.
http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb2/as3/as3w/Youngworkingchildren.html
Site
deals with the issue of slavery past and present. Includes maps.
http://www.saltdal.vgs.no/prosjekt/slavrute/slavkey.htm
UNESCO
http://www.saltdal.vgs.no/prosjekt/slavrute/slavkey.htm
Information
about the 2002 return to Porto Novo:
http://www.beningate.com/Porto%202002.htm
Noble
Desire
http://www.whro.org/
Government
Kerekou’s page: http://www.beningate.com/kerekou/page1.htm
Songhai
A site devoted to Songhai and its economic development program: http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/songhai/index-english.html
Religion
Sacred ancestral
traditions: http://www.mamiwata.com
New Sites 12/27/01
http://www.kalamumagazine.com/afcountrymaps1.htm
http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/asp/tst/qa2.htm
http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/asp/tst/index.htm
http://www.unesco.org/culture/dialogue/slave/html_eng/publi.shtml
On-line list of
resources:
http://www.pbs.org/hopes/suggested.html
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