Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. This collection contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries.
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The Loango kingdom was one of three powerful kingdoms in Congo in pre-colonial days, and was at its peak in the late 17th century. The kingdom came under French administration …
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Madagascar has a literacy rate of about 80% which is very high compared to many developing countries
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The slogan on this public elementary school says, "Cleaning is good, but not making a mess is better."
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The local people continue to appreciate fresh French bread, a taste acquired during the period when the French were in power.