MAGAZINES:
New Africa. Monthly. Gives a comprehensive and balanced mix of political
reporting and comment, economic and financial analysis, together with features on
culture and social affairs, including art, culture, music and sport.
Email: icpubs@dial.pipex.com
Web site: www.africasia.com/icpubs
Africa Today. Monthly. Also dedicated to political reporting and comment.
This magazine features special reports each month on either business or the political
climate in one of the region's countries. It also offers several interviews in each issue
with political leaders from around the continent. The book review section is a very good
reference guide for the African issues.
Email: publisher@africatoday-uk.com
Web site: www.dircon.co.uk/infoafrica/at-home.htm
BBC Focus on Africa. Bi-monthly. This magazine is product of the BBC
Africa Service. It is designed to enhance the BBC's broadcast service to the region. It
contains frequency and program information as well as follow-up and read-ahead
articles for its radio and television broadcasts. Also, it provides separate reporting on
the politics and business of the continent. Each issue contains articles on at least 15-20 African countries.
Email: focus.magazine@bbc.co.uk
Web site: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/focus
Discover Africa. Bi-monthly. This independent travel magazine offers a balanced,
accurate and informed coverage on travel destinations throughout the continent. It also
provides substantial information on events, establishments, personalities and culture.
Each issue offers article on at least five to ten destinations. Its articles are a must read
prior to African travel.
Email: wildmags@iafrica.com
Web site: www.discover-africa.com
Africa: Environment & Wildlife. Bi-monthly. This magazine is a byproduct of the magazine above. It is distributed through the major hotel chains in South Africa. It provides articles on culture and travel to countries not covered in Discover Africa. It uses the same email and web site addresses.
Getaway. Monthly. This magazine is dedicated to providing information on what
it calls, "adventure travel and ecotourism" in southern Africa. Because it is focused on a
sub-region, it has the ability to provide in-depth information regarding sites, events and
culture for the area. Its photo gallery provides an impressive look at the many cultures
of the region.
Email: getaway@rsp.co.za
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS / EVENTS:
A National Security Strategy for a New Century. The White House, May 1997.
President Clinton Visits Africa: Building a New Partnership. Published
by the United States Information Agency.
Web site: www.usia.gov/usis.html
U.S. -- Africa Ministerial: Partnership for the
21st Century. Washington D.C., March 15-18, 1999. This conference produced many informative
discussions and documents dealing with a host of issues.
Topics, such as: trade, development, health, labor,
environmental protection, and aviation standards were
discussed.
Web site:
www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/af_ministerial_index.html
WEB SITES:
Along with the web sites listed above, these sites listed below are extremely helpful in providing information on the region:
Unified Command Pages:
www.eucom.mil/africa
www.centcom.mil/aor_pages/africa_page.htm
State Department Page:
www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/index.html
BBC Pages:
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/focusonafrica
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/networkafrica
www.bbcco.uk/worldservice/fasttrack
BOOKS (General):
African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity. By Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie. New York: Owl Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8050-51814-1. This book covers the origin of the human species and its cultures. Its authors contend that all modern humans share a single racial stock, and that racial and cultural distinctions stem from geographic variations thereafter.
Into Africa: A Journey Through Ancient Empires. By Marq De Villiers and Sheila Hirtle. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1997. ISBN 1-86842-053-1. This book is an exploration of Africa from the inside. It is comprised of stories of some of Africa's ancient empires. The stories are the product of the authors' journeys throughout the region. This book gives insight as to how several modern African cultures originated from, and still have ties to, ancient civilizations on the continent. Nine Faces of Kenya: Portrait of a Nation. By Elspeth Huxley. New York: Viking, 1991. ISBN 0-670-83872-1. Elspeth Huxley presents Kenya in nine sections, focusing on exploration, travel, settlement, war, hunting, wildlife, environment, life-styles, and legend and poetry. She accentuates each of these sections with excerpts from works by famous authors, researchers and politicians. This book gives the perspectives that Hemingway, Churchill, Roosevelt and others had on this African nation and its cultures.
BOOKS (SOUTH AFRICA):
Long Walk to Freedom. By Nelson Mandela. London: Abacus, 1994. ISBN 0-348-10653-3.
Last Days of Cloud Cuckooland: Dispatches from White Africa. By Graham Boynton. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers, 1997. ISBN 1-86842-060-4.
From Defence to Development:Redirecting Military Resources in South Africa. Ed. by Jacklyn Cock and Penny Mckenzie. Cape Town: National Book Printers, 1998. ISBN 0-86486-415-9.
When Mandela Goes:The coming of South Africa's Second Revolution. By Lester Venter. London: Doubleday, 1997. ISBN 0-385-40884-6.
The Life and Times of Thabo Mbeki. By Adrian Hadland and Jovial Rantao. Rivonia: Zebra Press, 1999. ISBN 1-86872-260-0.
Africa: The Time has Come. By Thabo Mbeki. Cape Town: Tafelberg and Mafube, 1998. ISBN 0-624-03733-9.