The African Diaspora in the Americas Resources List

A selection of websites dedicated to the study and celebration of the African Diaspora, our resource list includes academic departments, organizations and cultural centers, film festivals, educational video distributors and other web resources.

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WEB RESOURCES
LANIC-African Diaspora Page
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/african/
African Diaspora Central
http://www.grad.cgu.edu/~ruffinh/african_diasporacentral/
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
Hunter College-Latin American and Caribbean Studies
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/lacsp/index.html
University of Missouri-Columbia-The Afro-Romance Institute for Languages and Literatures of the African Diaspora
http://www.missouri.edu/~afroroma/
City University of New York-The Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/IRADAC/
New York University-Department of History
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/history/african_diaspora.htm
Purdue University-African American Studies and Research Center
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/idis/african-american/index.asp
Northwestern University-Department of History
http://www.history.northwestern.edu/graduate/afrdiasp-afam.htm
Tulane University-African and African Diaspora Studies
http://www.tulane.edu/~adst/index.html
DePaul University-Center for Black Diaspora
http://condor.depaul.edu/~diaspora/index.html
Spelman College-The African Diaspora & The World
http://www.spelman.edu/academics/programs/history/world/
University of Maryland -David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the African Diaspora
http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL CENTERS
African Studies Association
http://www.africanstudies.org/
Mundo AfroLatino
http://www.mundoafrolatino.com/
World Beat Center in San Diego
http://www.worldbeatcenter.org/the_center.html
The Franklin H. Williams Caribbean Cultural Center / African Diaspora Institute in New York City
http://www.caribecenter.org/

FILM FESTIVALS
African Diaspora Film Festival
http://www.nyadff.org/
The Pan African Film & Arts Festival
http://www.paff.org/
FESPACO
http://www.fespaco.bf/

EDUCATIONAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS
Artmattan Productions
http://www.africanfilm.com/
California Newsreel
http://www.newsreel.org
Filmakers Library
http://www.filmakers.com/LATIN.html
Berkeley Media
http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/films/anthropology_world_cultures/african_studies

Study guide prepared by Michael A. Birenbaum Quintero.
Special thanks to Sheila Walker of Spelman College for her comments and suggestions.
This project has been partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Copyright 2005, Latin American Video Archives. Contact LAVA at info@lavavideo.org