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African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning
This is an electronic art exhibit from the Bayly Art Museum at the University of Virginia, curated by Benjamin Ray. The excellent images are accompanied by extensive descriptions explaining their cultural and religious significance.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html
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"African Experience of God through the Eyes of an Akan Woman"
An essay by Mercy Amba Oduyoye.
http://www.aril.org/african.htm
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African Religion and Culture
This site, maintained by Ian Ritchie, contains various resources relating to religion in Africa, including Ritchie's dissertation entitled: African Theology and Social Change: An Anthropological Approach.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.ritchie/Africa.index.htm
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African Religion: Wim van Binsbergen's Writings
"This website (established May 2000) brings together a considerable number of articles which Wim van Binsbergen has written over the years in the fields of the anthropology and intercultural philosophy of religion. The site comprises the following sections: General theoretical and comparative studies of African religion; Popular Islam in North Africa; historical African religion in South Central Africa; Christian churches in South Central and Southern Africa; historical African religion in West Africa; historical African religion in Southern Africa, and its connections in space and time."
http://www.shikanda.net/african_religion/index.htm
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Sacred Texts: African Religion
This site offers texts on the traditional spirituality of Sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/afr/
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Religion & Theology
From South Africa. A print journal which offers articles from 1995-1997 online.
http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=947
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Africa Focus: The Sights and Sounds of a Continent
"This online collection is maintained on the website of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. It contains digitized visual images and sounds of Africa contributed over the years to the African Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. These digital files are stored in an accessible database and provided for personal use or educational presentations."
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/AfricaFocus/
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Africa South of the Sahara: Religion
A substantial collection of annotated links. Maintained by Karen Fung at Stanford University.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/religion.html
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African Philosophy Resources: Religion
A collection of links to Internet resources, maintained by Bruce Janz.
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/afphil/afreligion.htm
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Akan Cosmology
This page provides a brief introduction to Akan Cosmology, with illustrations.
http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/akancosmology.html
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African Traditional Religion
This is an excellent compilation of resources, under these headings: Some Topical Issues; Elements to admire in African Traditional Religion; Link to other sites on African Traditional Religion; Country by Country Statistics (1900 - 2000 projected); Map of Africa showing the spread of African Traditional Religion; African Traditional Religion and Christianity; African Traditional Religion and Islam; Friendly Webpages. Maintained by Chidi Denis Isizoh.
http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/
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Ifa Link
This site offers an introduction to the traditional religious forms of Africa, along with numerous sound files of African music.
http://www.cultural-expressions.com/ifa/ifadef.htm
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Map: Religion in Africa
A set of historical maps on traditional religion, Islam, and Christianity.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/afrorelg.htm
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Southern African Missiological Society
"The Southern African Missiological Society (SAMS) is a scholarly society for the study of Christian mission. It publishes the peer-reviewed journal Missionalia three times a year, and holds an annual congress, usually in January each year, where papers on various missiological topics are read."
http://www.geocities.com/missionalia/index.html
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Bibliography on African Traditional Religion
Compiled by Chidi Denis Isizoh.
http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/atr_bibliography.htm
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"History of Christianity in Africa"
A course by Ron Sommerville at Christian Theological Seminary.
http://www.cts.edu/Documents/H610_Spring2007_Sommerville.pdf
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Iris Ministries
This site describes and illustrates with photos the missionary efforts of Rolland and Heidi Baker in Africa.
http://www.irismin.org/
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"History of Christianity in West Africa"
A course by Ron Sommerville at Christian Theological Seminary.
http://www.cts.edu/Documents/H705_Fall2007_Sommerville.pdf
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"HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa"
A course by Ron Sommerville at Christian Theological Seminary.
http://www.cts.edu/Documents/X817_Fall2007_Sommerville.pdf
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"Black Religious Experiences"
A course by Maha Marouan at the University of Alabama.
http://web.as.ua.edu/rel/rel226.html
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"Global Black Literature"
A course by Maha Marouan at the University of Alabama.
http://web.as.ua.edu/rel/rel480marouan.html
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