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BURUNDI INFORMATION
Nationmaster Encyclopedia
Provides a brief history of Burundi.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-Burundi
Abacci Atlas
Provides a brief history of Burundi.
http://www.abacci.com/atlas/history.asp?countryID=161
General information on Burundi compiled by the CIA.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/by.html
Country Reports gives a digest of key facts on Burundi.
http://www.countryreports.org/country.asp?countryid=42&countryName=Burundi
CURRICULUM on AFRICA
National Geographic on Africa
National Geographic has compiled an excellent selection of activities-like Creature Features, the Congo Trek Game, the Classroom Guide and Online Lesson plans plus much more material which is mostly oriented toward the elementary classroom. See these links under the For Kids section toward the bottom of the page. There are other good photo exhibits which I suggest you explore for grade level appropriateness.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/africa
Exploring Africa in the Classroom
Michigan State University has done a fine job of providing a wealth of modules and information on Africa which is very accessible for teachers and students.
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/index.html
ThinkQuest –The Living Africa
ThinkQuest has put together a rather nice introduction to Africa with four main sections—the people, land, wildlife and national parks. Their content covers the highlights of Africa and would be suitable for intermediate and middle school levels.
http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/contents.html
HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
Human Rights Watch
Human Rghts Watch is one of the world’s largest human rights monitoring organizations. This page gives updates on Burundi. HRW has global coverage.
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=africa&c=burund
King Leopold’s History
A brief pictorial presentation about the human rights abuses in Congo under the Belgian rule of King Leopold II.
http://www.historywiz.com/leopold.htm
KGlobal IDP-Internally Displaced Persons.
This gives a report on refugees within their own countries in Africa and elsewhere.
http://www.db.idpproject.org/Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/wCountries/Burundi
MAPS of AFRICA
World Atlas has a great selection of maps on all African Countries.
http://www.graphicmaps.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm
More Maps on Africa of different kinds (political, population density)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html
NEWS on AFRICA
Pambazuka News, a weekly forum for social justice in Africa.
http://www.pambazuka.org/
New African
The oldest pan-African news service with good coverage.
http://www.africasia.com/newafrican/index.php
IRIN news agency gives reports on the current situation in Burundi.
http://www.irinnews.org/frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=Burundi
SEARCH ENGINES
Siftthru.com-The Search engine of the Other World
This is a list of different search engines and libraries of universities and other organizations which compile information on Africa and other parts of the world.
http://www.siftthru.com/coneduc.htm
