This page has a detailed index of U.S. Navy oral histories documented by the Naval Historical Foundation
Oral History Web Sites; Select Oral History Projects & Lesson Plan Resources; Oral History Web Sites. Oral History Association The Oral History Association seeks to bring together all persons interested in oral history and provides both professional guidance and collegial environment for sharing information.
Oral histories and archiving memories in South Africa . Posted on February 1, 2013; There is a great need in South Africa – and probably elsewhere – to safeguard intangible heritage by collecting, recording and archiving memories of community members from different parts of the country.
History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA) Mathematicians of the African Diaspora/Ancient and Contemporary Africana Mathematicians (Williams)
Oral History Unit . Our mandate: Preserve heritage and memory; Record untold histories / stories of our past; Fill the missing gaps in current Archives
Africa has the world’s oldest record of human technological achievement: the oldest stone tools in the world have been found in eastern Africa, and later evidence for tool production by our hominin ancestors has been found across Sub-Saharan Africa.
“Maize field in Malawi: Women account for 70 per cent of Africa\u2019s food production, but often do not have secure access to land\r\n.. read moreImage source: www.un.org”
The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and – around 5.6 to 7.5 million years ago – anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states.
West and Central Africa. The West African area is important because this is where the majority of slaves departed for the New World. Hence large elements of West African, particularly Yoruba, religion (blended with Catholicism) can be found in religions such as Vodun (also known as Voodoo) (Haiti), Candomblè (Brazil) and Santeria (Carribean).
The Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition is a national competition that has taken place annually since 2006. Each year it is open to secondary college teachers and learners in Grades 8 to 11.
