l'Afrique+Francophone




 * Les Pays** : [[file:Afrique_francophones.pps]] (merci to Isabelle Ronfard for the powerpoint :http://trainfrench.com/French/Culture/Index_culture.htm)

[|Pinterest Board]

un peu de vocabulaire:

**L'Afrique Francophone**

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[|ANNÉE INTERNATIONALE DES PERSONNES D’ASCENDANCE AFRICAINE]


 * Pictures, Information, Touristic Guides: **

[|La francophonie-Africa] (flags, CIA World factbooks, Lonely Planet guides and official tourism sites for the individual countries,when available, are all included in this link) [|Clickable Map opf the African continent]

[|Countries Resources] (Maps and good information)

[|Afrique - TV5 Monde]

[|Apprendre et enseigner le français autour de la WebTV Afrique]

[|Africa: One Continent, Many Worlds](Use the menu at left to find pictures and information about many objects,etc.)

[|African Treasures to Buy] (some nice pictures)

[|Pilot Destination Guide: Senegal]

[|Pilot Destination Guide: West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali]

[|Morocco]...[|Le Maroc]

[|L'Afrique Francophone Virtuelle]

[|Au fond de la jungle et d'autres animaux]

[|Le Voyage au Maroc de Mme. Theisen - 2011]

[|French Language in Africa]
 * Language**

[|Different types of housing in West Africa]
 * Housing**

[|Maisons au Maroc]


 * Cuisine:**



[|"Do's and Don'ts" of eating with a Moroccan family] [|Food in West Africa] [|Saveurs du Monde: The Cuisine of West Africa] [|Saveurs du Monde: The Cuisine of Cote d'Ivoire][|Saveurs du Monde: Cuisine of Senegal] [|La Cuisine Marocaine] [|The African Cookbook]

[|Moroccan tea culture] [|ceremonie du thé au Maroc] "Le premier verre est aussi amer que la vie,le deuxième est aussi fort que l'amour,le troisième est aussi doux que la mort."

[|Saveurs d'ailleurs] - Saveurs d'Ailleurs est un blog culinaire dédié à la cuisine du monde, et principalement à la cuisine Marocaine. Un voyage culinaire garanti pour tout adepte de ...

[|les pagnes tissés du Sénégal]
 * clothing:** (merci, Daniel Noren ! ) [[file:clothing.pdf]]

[|The Dogans]
 * History, People:**

[|History of the French in West Africa]

[|Africa Speaks:] West African University Students Write About their Lives

[|Voodo and West Africa's Spiritual Life]
 * Voodo**


 * Adrinkas**



[|ADINKRA] - Cultural Symbols of the Asante people

[|Adrinka Symbols]

[|West African Wisdom- Adrinka Symbols and meanings] - African symbols known as adinkra are ubiquitous in Ghana, a beautiful West African country on the Atlantic, situated between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. On cloth and walls, in pottery and logos, these Asante tribe symbols can be found everywhere.

[|Adrinka Index]

**Music:**

**[|The Music scene in Dakar] (slideshow)**

**[|Les Africains de la Chanson Francophone]**

[|Star Parade] - la musique en Afrique

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media type="youtube" key="iEC-8005oXM" height="360" width="640" Tiken Jah Fakoly (born 1968) is a reggae singer from Côte d'Ivoire. He plays music "to wake up the consciences". His music speaks about many injustices done to the people of his country, and those over Africa. As such, many African listeners feel a deep affinity with his lyrics as Fakoly speaks for oppressed people. This connection has helped make Tiken Jah Fakoly a much-listened artist throughout the world.Since the rise in political instability and xenophobia in Côte d'Ivoire in recent years, Tiken Jah has been living in exile, particularly in Bamako (capital of the neighboring country of Mali) where his concerts are well-attended. In December 2007, Fakoly was declared persona non grata in Senegal after criticizing President Abdoulaye Wade.[2] [|la Cote d'Ivoire] ....

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Afropop

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**[|African Music Encylcopedia]**

[|West African Talking Drums and Music]

[|Musical Instruments]

[|African Music and Drumming resources on the Web]


 * Masks**

[|Make a simple mask!] [|Mask Making] [|Designing African Masks] [|Facing the Mask] [|Make an African Mask/shield] [|Initiation Masks in French Speaking Black Africa] (a teacher's lesson plan that has much useful information) **[|Aluminum foil masks (and how to)]** **[|Ivory Coast mask to color]** **[|masks and makeup links for costumers]** [|fanciful faces templates (ideas to look at)]

[|African Art: Statues, Fetishes, etc.] [|Poterie au Burkina Faso]

**Contes(Stories), Proverbs:**

**[|Contes d'Afrique]**

**|Les griots de Mali]**

[|A Selection of African contes]

[|Quelques contes de Mali]

[|Contes et legendes d'Afrique en dessins animés]

[|Essay from New York Times on the beauty of Storytelling, and Listening]

[|Le taxi brousse de Papa Diop]

Conte africain de Madagascar :

Origin Stories of Central Africa (merci, Daniel Noren) Stories from the Congo (merci, Daniel Noren)
 * Reader's Theater**:

**Kirikou** [|Kirikou] **(official site)** [|Pictures, storyline, and words from the movie's music composer] **(you can hear a bit of the music via one of the links here!)** [|TV guide movie review of Kirikou]

Parent permission letter for the film Kirikou:

[|African Geography games]