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The Celebration of Women Writers recognizes the contributions of women writers throughout history. Women have written almost every imaginable type of work: novels, poems, letters, biographies, travel books, religious commentaries, histories, economic and scientific works. Our goal is to promote awareness of the breadth and variety of women's writing.
All too often, works by women, and resources about women writers, are hard to find. We attempt to provide easy access to available on-line information. The Celebration provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women. (See What's New! for the most recent authors and books added to the listing.)
We are also actively involved in extending those resources. A major focus of the Celebration is the development of on-line editions of older, often rare, out-of-copyright works. We choose works from a range of areas to indicate the variety of interests of women writers. (See "What's Local!" By Author or By Category for a listing of books and biographical information made available on-line by the Celebration of Women Writers.)
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/
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"Indexes" web sites on women writers by surname, country; includes birth/death dates where available. Maintained by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Department of Computational Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Main page:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/_generate/SOUTH%20AFRICA.html
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The eScholarship Editions project is managed by the eScholarship program at the California Digital Library. As one of the University of California libraries, the CDL supports the assembly and creative use of the world's scholarship and knowledge for the UC libraries and the communities they serve. The eScholarship program facilitates innovation and experimentation in the production and dissemination of scholarly works.
More than 1,400 electronic editions of academic books have been published online at the eScholarship Editions web site. All eScholarship Editions are available for free to UC faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, more than 25 percent of the books are available for free to the public.
eScholarship utilizes an XML- and Java-based infrastructure to support the publication of electronic books that are user-friendly, flexible, and viable for the long term. This infrastructure provides a full range of services for researchers, scholars, teachers, and readers, including full-text searching and internal links to footnote and index references.
Fax: +27-21-4061911
Address: Department of Sociology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft958009mm/
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Almost 2 000 years ago, our Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples to “go and make disciples of all nations….” It was the trumpet call to evangelism, and, throughout the ages, Christians have responded to that command. Michael Cassidy was one of them, a young man full of the new joy of knowing Jesus, who decided to accept the Great Commission. He had a vision to evangelise the continent of Africa.
In August 1962, Michael Cassidy and a group of young students of Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California, in the United States, at the invitation of a ministers’ fraternal in Pietermaritzburg, undertook what was virtually a prototype of inter-racial, interdenominational city-wide evangelism in South Africa.
That was the launch of African Enterprise, an organisation totally committed to evangelism and transformation.
Today, 40 years after his first outreach to Pietermaritzburg in 1962, Michael still heads African Enterprise, the international evangelistic organisation he started. It is now a team of men and women of all races and denominations, headquartered in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
AE today covers the whole of Africa through its 10 evangelistic teams in the democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Supporting these teams are solid structures in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
Tel: 033 347 1911
Fax: 033 347 1915
Address: P.O. Box 13140, Cascades, 3202, South Africa
http://www.africanenterprise.org.za/
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After 27 years in prison, it took Nelson Mandela only four months after his release in February 1990 to pay a visit to the United States, He came to acknowledge those Americans, particularly members of the African American community, who had supported his battle for freedom in South Africa. For decades many tireless and patient North Americans had kept an anti-apartheid movements alive -- in the churches, on campuses, in corporate boardrooms and trade union halls. When three African Americans stated a sit-in at the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Thanksgiving eve 1984, their arrest provoked one of the longest-running and most effective political demonstrations in recent U.S. history. Daily marches at the Embassy took place without interruption for several years, drawing national and international attention. Pressure built up to change American foreign policy towards South Africa; and Congress responded by passing the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act in 1986. The Act was one reason why South Africa's main opposition groups were legalized in February 1990 and Mandela released a week later.
Address: African-American -- South Africa Project,Department of African Studies,Howard University,Washington, D.C. 20059
http://www.howard.edu/library/Reference/bob_edgar_site/index.html
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Boer War - South Africa - 1902
Canadian Lt. Harry Lanyard, British Army, leads a mounted patrol of hard-bitten Colonial troopers into the veld to recover $15-million worth of gold bullion looted by Transvaal President Paul Kruger during the Second Anglo-Boer War.
To do it, Lanyard must battle tough burgher commandos, murderous bandits, hostile civilians, and an enemy spy sworn to kill him, while his own men have turned mutinous. He also strives to regain the love of his Boer ex-sweetheart who now is allied with a ruthless Czarist secret agent.
Based on many actual events, KRUGER’S GOLD is meticulously researched in historical details. It reveals the horrors of concentration camps and ruthless guerilla fighting, while innocent civilians and black Africans suffer during the “last of the gentlemens’ wars”.
Tel: (610) 915-5214
Fax: (610) 915-0294
Address: International Plaza II, Suite 340 Philadelphia, PA 19113-1513 USA
http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=12964
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Ananzi's name comes from a Demi-God of West African mythology. Ananzi is a trickster who delights in duping animals and men: tales of his exploits are widespread in West Africa, the Caribbean and South America. The Ananzi Search Engine aims to be the best South African search engine on the internet. Ananzi is devoted to South African web sites. (Did you know that more than 10% of South Africa's web sites have a domain that does not end in .za? Many end with .com or .net instead.) On Ananzi, sites are individually checked by us to ensure that we stay South African.
Ananzi was first created it in early 1996, making it the first South African search engine. In June 2000 it was re-engineered to make it one of the fastest search engines on the Internet. Ananzi currently indexes over 2 300 000 web pages related to South Africa, and the number is growing daily. Alongside the search engine, Ananzi's SA Site Directory is a hand-picked category-based list of the best sites South Africa has to offer.
http://pub01.ananzi.co.za/catalog/ArtsandCulture/Culture/index.html
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Below is a listing of all the public mailing lists on moo.sun.ac.za. Click on a list name to get more information about the list, or to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change the preferences on your subscription. To visit the info page for an unadvertised list, open a URL similar to this one, but with a '/' and the right list name appended.
http://moo.sun.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/armytalk/
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SA WISE is governed by a National Committee, but all members belong to specific branches in each of South Africa's 9 provinces. Each branch has its own Branch Committee. An important function of SA WISE is to improve communication among women scientists and engineers, with e-mail being the preferred medium of communication. Members are encourages to feed ideas and information in to SA WISE and a regular newsletter is circulated via e-mail to all members. (Postal services are used for members who do not have access to e-mail)
SA WISE also maintains contact with other assocations of women in science and engineering world-wide. Details of these may found in Links.
Tel: (021) 689-7573
Address: SA WISE P O Box 34085 7707 Rhodes Gift
http://www.sawise.org.za/
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The aim of the ADT program is to establish a distributed database of digital versions of theses produced by the postgraduate research students at Australian universities. The theses will be available worldwide via the web. The ideal behind the program is to provide access to, and promote Australian research to the international community. The ADT program is designed to improve access to, and enhance transfer of, the research information contained in theses by providing a full text version available from the desktop via the web. The retrieval is enhanced by the inclusion of metadata tags in the documents which are given a higher weighting by the more sophisticated search engines.
It is also designed to provide a new model for deposit and archiving of theses that takes into account the tools and technologies that students are now using to prepare their theses.
The program has two major components, digitisation of theses as part of the deposit process and the digitisation of a selected number of frequently requested existing theses. As each University is responsible for maintaining an archival copy of the theses of their own institution, each participant in the program will mount their own theses on a server located in their respective institution. The participants will use the same database configuration, standards and metadata system to ensure compatibility. The document format will be Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) ensuring that the data is independent of the platform on which it is created. Adobe PDF ensures that a high quality printed version can be provided if needed. Acrobat is relatively easy to use, with a high quality free reader readily available. PDF has also become an electronic publishing standard.
http://adt.caul.edu.au/
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Full text, in Adobe pdf. Prepared for the Swedish International Development Office. Published by the Univ. of Sussex, Institute of Development Studies, BRIDGE (Briefings on Development & Gender).
Tel: +44 (0)1273 877330
Fax: +44 (0)1273 621202
http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC7344.htm
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The Wits Bahá'í Society is one of the most dynamic clubs on campus and is patterned on the principles of the Bahá'í Faith. Its purpose is to draw people together in a spirit of fellowship and to foster an appreciation of ethnic, cultural and religious diversity within our Society and in the university at large.
Wits Bahá'í Society
The Bahá'í Faith
Society Activities
Ablaze Dance
Workshop
Photo Gallery
Stretch Your Mind
Directory of Related Links
Tel: 083 508 9945
http://www.wits.ac.za/bahai
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Behind The Mask – a non-profit media organisation publishing a news website intended for gay and lesbian affairs in Africa, was launched on 8 May 2000. This project operated under the Gay and Lesbian Archives of South Africa until 1 January 2003. Since that day Behind The Mask has been operating as an NGO-trust, registered with the South African Department of Welfare.Behind the Mask, through journalistic activism, strives to mainstream lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex (LGBTI) interests and to change negative attitudes towards homosexuality and same sex traditions in Africa
Behind the Mask is a communication initiative around LGBTI rights and affairs in Africa. The organization considers information and communication technology (ICT) and independent journalistic activism as its main tools. By way of publishing a website magazine the organization gives voice to African LGBTI communities and provides a platform for exchange and debate for LGBTI groups, activists, individuals and allies.
Tel: +27 (0)11 403 5566
Fax: 27 (0)11 403 5567
Address: PO Box 93843 Yeoville 2143
http://www.mask.org.za/index.php?page=whoweare
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The Black Sash works to advance equality and social justice.
We provide a paralegal service to those who need help in a variety of matters, including child support and other social grants, labour problems, debt counselling and citizenship applications. Our services are free.
Our seven regional offices help recover an average of R13 million a year in government grants. In the process, our clients recover their rights to the recognition of their dignity and humanity.
The Black Sash is an independent, non-governmental organisation which contributes significantly to different areas of national policy.
Our research and recommendations have tangible, real-world effects on crucial policy instruments like the Social Security Agency and Promotion of Administrative Justice Acts.
We train dozens of new paralegals for other organisations each year, and conduct outreach and education campaigns in four provinces, on issues ranging from HIV/AIDS to voter education.
We believe in the rigorous monitoring and promotion of basic human rights.
We intervene when necessary, to ensure rights extend to all.
Tel: +27 21 4617804
Fax: +27 21 4618004
Address: National Office, 12 Plein Street, Fourth Floor, Cape Town, 8000
http://www.blacksash.org.za/
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British Pathe are one of the oldest media companies in the world.
Their roots lie in 1890s Paris where their founder, Charles Pathe, pioneered the development of the moving image.
They were established in London in 1902, and by 1910 were producing their famous bi-weekly newsreel the Pathe Gazette. After the First World War they started producing various Cinemagazines as well. By 1930 they were producing the Gazette, the Pathetone Weekly, the Pathe Pictorial and Eve's Film Review, covering entertainment, culture and womens' issues.
By the time Pathe finally stopped producing the cinema newsreel in 1970 they had accumulated 3500 hours of filmed history amounting to over 90,000 individual items.
Over the last 30 years this material has been used extensively around the world in television programmes, home videos, advertisments, corporate productions and, most recently, in web publishing.
Through the generosity of the Lottery Funded New Opportunities Fund it was possible to build this web site, and to encode the library for digital distribution.
Whereas all professional usages still require a licence fee we are delighted to be able to offer free "preview" facilities on this site to residents of the British Isles.
British Pathe are owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust Group. British Pathe footage sales are now managed by ITN Source. Click here to visit the ITN Source website
http://www.britishpathe.com/
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Welcome to Cape Town Heritage. These web pages offer a source of quality information about our city's inheritance. We offer an 'historical overview' from 'prehistory' to the present, and even some thoughts about the future.
In addition there are five more topics including Peoples, the Environment and Society that cover a great range of subjects, from Flora to Xhosa!
Our aim is to serve the traveller with an enquiring mind, students undertaking research and those living in the city.
Every subject is introduced by a simple summary and overview article, linking to articles and sub-articles that offer more depth and complexity. A list of links beside each article allows the reader to navigate associated subjects.
In this way the site offers everything from a quick overview to a source of substantial information on a given subjects. All the time we are adding more articles and subjects.
Cape Town Heritage is run by volunteers, and running costs are covered by African Dawn Touring. We would welcome sponsorship to help us fund the development of the site. We are also pleased to receive contributions of articles and photos .
http://www.capetown.at/heritage/
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Welcome to our web site!
We hope you find this site useful. If there's any information that you can't find, please e-mail me and I'll do my best to help you. Also if you have any suggestions or comments about the site please contact me.
The archdiocese is centred on the city of Cape Town and includes the southernmost tip of the continent of Africa; its area is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the southern boundaries of the Van Rhynsdorp district, on the east by the western boundaries of the Calvinia, Ceres, Tulbagh, Worcester, Robertson and Swellendam districts, and on the south by the Indian Ocean.
The civil districts within the ecclesiastical area of the archdiocese are the districts of Cape, Wynberg, Simon's Town, Bellville, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Wellington, Caledon, Bredasdorp, Malmesbury, Piketburg and Clanwilliam.
Tel: (+27-21 | 021) 462-2417
Fax: (+27-21 | 021) 461-9330
Address: Cathedral Place, 12 Bouquet St, Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.catholic-ct.co.za/
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Welcome to Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town .
Address:
http://www.smom-za.org/eshowe/eshowe.htm
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Welcome to Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town .
Address:
http://www.smom-za.org/eshowe/
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Chimurenga, a publication, of arts, culture and politics from and about Africa and its Diasporas, has been in print since March 2002. Started as a quarterly, Chimurenga now appears approximately three times a year.
Since its very first issue, Chimurenga has received excellent reviews; writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets, scholars, musicians and journalists, among numerous others, have lauded its originality, the quality of its content and its willingness to tackle subjects other publications might consider too difficult or controversial to address. It is widely viewed as one of the most interesting and important publications available in post-apartheid South Africa and is fast gaining supporters elsewhere in Africa, in Europe and the United States.
Address: PO Box 15117 Vlaeberg, 8018 Cape Town, SA
http://www.chimurenga.co.za/
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"an umbrella organization - consisting of 14 member organizations - which seeks to co-ordinate a united Christian stand for Righteousness and truth." Issues statements on public policy issues (abortion, crime bills, media freedom, land issue, etc.) Publishes a newsletter. Based in Claremont, South Africa.
Tel: (+27 21) 689-4480
Fax: (+27 21) 685-5884
Address: PO Box 36129 Glosderry 7702 South Africa
http://www.christianaction.org.za/
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Site for the South African Anglican Church. Includes speeches of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the May 1995 - May 1996 issues of Southern African Anglican News, a link to the World Council of Churches.
http://www.cpsa.org.za/
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The Commission on Gender Equality is one of the six State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy called for in the 1996 Constitution. The aim of the Commission, as set out in section 187 of the Constitution is to promote gender equality and to advise and make recommendations to Parliament or any other legislature with regard to any laws or proposed legislation which affects gender equality and the status of women.
Tel: (011) 403 7182
Address: 2 Kotze Street East Wing Women's Jail Constitution Hill Braamfontein Johannesburg South Africa
http://www.cge.org.za/
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The Community Agency for Social Enquiry (C A S E) is an applied research non-governmental organisation, working in the socio-economic, political and developmental fields in South Africa. C A S E was established in 1985 and operates nationally, with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Our Board of Directors (listed below) consists of representatives of NGOs, churches as well as senior academics.
C A S E undertakes research in a wide range of areas, covering different aspects of the economy, society and politics in South Africa and the southern African region. Our current focus areas are:
Civil society and the state
Development and poverty alleviation
Education
Environment
Gender
Health and welfare
Human rights
Labour and the economy
Media
Youth
Tel: +27 (0)11 646 5922
Fax: +27 (0)11 646 5919
Address: O Box 32882, Braamfontein 2017, Johannesburg,South Africa. 31 Oxford St, Forest Town, Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.case.org.za/
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C A S E is an applied research NGO, working in the socio-economic, political and developmental fields in South Africa. C A S E was established in 1985 and operates nationally, with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Our Board of Directors consists of representatives of NGOs, churches as well as senior academics.
C A S E undertakes research in a wide range of areas in South Africa and the southern African region. Our current focus areas are:
¨ Development, environment and poverty alleviation
¨ Education and skills development
¨ Social development
¨ Gender
¨ Health and welfare
¨ Governance, human rights and democracy
¨ Labour and the economy
¨ Media
¨ Youth and children
Our clients include national and provincial government departments, international agencies, parastatals, NGOs and CBOs (community based organisations). Our work includes national, provincial and local surveys, focus groups, project and organisational evaluations, programme impact assessment, and policy and literature reviews. At any given time we are running at least a dozen small and large-scale projects.
We have control over all stages of the research process, from design, data-gathering and capture, to analysis and report production. Our in-house fieldwork unit, which has been operating since 1997, ensures that data collection is executed to the highest standards under constant and tight supervision. We also undertake fieldwork, such as surveys, focus groups and interviews, for other organisations.
In many of our ventures we budget for capacity building, pairing senior researchers with junior researchers or interns. In addition, our fieldwork department will, where appropriate and possible, recruit and train local people to act as data gatherers. Through this process employment is generated, funds are allowed to stay in the community, and skills are developed.
Tel: +27 (0)11 646 5922
Fax: +27 (0)11 646 5919
Address: 31 Oxford Road (Birnam Road Entrance) Forest Town 2193 Johannesburg
http://www.case.org.za
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