Regional Resources
- Africa
Live Database - covers macroeconomic, social, and sectoral data for individual
countries as well as twenty regional groupings. Special features include data
benchmarking, charting, and ranking. Requires registration (free) and Microsoft
Word & Excel.
- Africa South of the Sahara - single best one-stop print source for reliable, accurate
overview information. (Call no. DT351 +A37; held at SML, CCL, SSL)
- African Statistical
Yearbook - country tables provided for Population, National Accounts,
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Industry, Transports & Communications, Foreign
Trade, Prices, Finance, and Social Statistics. (SSL-EGC 7 HA37.1 A3; Mudd
Government Documents Center E/CN.14/ STAT/SER.S/)
- Cities of the world.
Volume 1: Africa - a compilation of current information on cultural, geographical,
and political conditions in the countries and cities of six continents, based
on the Department of State's "Post reports". (SML, Starr Main Reading Rm G153.4
C56)
- Countrywatch.com
- political, economic, and business information. Some sections for subscribers
only; access by Yale IP recognition.
- EIU
Country Reports - analyses of political and economic trends in nearly
200 countries. Access by Yale IP recognition. (SSL, Econ Growth Center)
- EIU
ViewsWire - basic country data, economic indicators, political situation
and country forecast. Access by Yale IP recognition.
- Government Pages: South Africa
- Human Rights Watch: South Africa
- Political
Risk Yearbook - political and economic risk analysis.
- U.S.
Department of State: African Issues - regional news and policy issues.
- World
Bank Africa Home page - contains development policies, projects and news
as well as statistics and list of publications.
- Yale
Economic Growth Center Collection Links
Basic Data and Statistics
General Resources
News Resources
Dictionaries and Other Language
Resources
- Ethnologue:
South Africa - list of languages and dialects.
- South
African Languages - contains descriptions and links for all 11 official
languages.
- Tennessee
Foreign Language Institute (TFLI) - a state-run agency offering
classes and self-study materials. Covers Afrikaans, English, Ndebele,
Xhosa and Zulu.
- Afrikaans
dictionaries
- Comparative
Online Bantu Dictionary - includes Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Seazi,
Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu.
- English
to Xhosa Translator
- Xhosa
to English Translator
- Xhosa
language profile
- Yale Guide to Resources in African Languages & Literature - Zulu links
- Zulu
for Travelers
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