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Afribeat - http://www.afribeat.com/ South African based music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, and film and music festivals.

Africa Sounds - http://www.africasounds.com/ Focuses on music from Central and West Africa. Includes articles on styles, top performers, new music albums, and United States concert listings.

African Hip Hop - http://www.africanhiphop.com/ Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads and music store.

African Music Archive - http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/ama/ Focuses primarily on contemporary music. Includes projects and a directory of links. [English/German]

African Music Encyclopedia - http://www.africanmusic.org/ African music styles and musicians worldwide, listing of music stores, bookstore, and links.

African Music Hub - http://www.africanmusichub.com/ The hub of the African Music Discussion Group and the African Music Webring with information on how to join the group.

African Music WebRing - http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=africanmusic Ring of sites featuring information about the music of the African Diaspora.

Afro-Caribbean Music Guide - http://www.afromix.org/ African musicians by style, label, country, instrument, and year. Biographies, audio samples, lyrics, articles, and links.

Afropop Worldwide - http://www.afropop.org/ Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country. Includes radio shows, reviews and interviews, and a glossary.

AllAfrica.com: Music Top News - http://allafrica.com/music/ Newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. [English/French]

Columbia University: Music of Africa - http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/music.html Annotated directory of links.

Dandemutande - http://dandemutande.org/ Worldwide resource for Zimbabwean music includes e-zine, calendar of concerts and festivals, and database of performers, teachers, instrument makers, vendors, and websites.

East African Music - http://members.aol.com/dpaterson/eamusic.htm Descriptions of Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music, discographies, audio files, and a profile of Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga with audio samples.

Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique - http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/4939/frames/framemus.html Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.

Gateway of Africa - http://www.gatewayofafrica.com/ Musicians listed by country and style. Includes biographies, discographies, worldwide concert listings, and links.

Highlife Piccadilly - http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/african.htm African music released on 45 rpm records in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1981.

Music in Eastern and Central Africa - http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Julian_Thorpe/sax15.htm Article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.

Musique d'Afrique. - http://people.zeelandnet.nl/rufus/ African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.

NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Culture - http://ntama.uni-mainz.de/ Articles, reviews, recent releases, events in Germany, and obituaries.

Recordiversity - http://members.lycos.co.uk/dubcitizen/ Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa.

Roots World: African Music - http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/africa.html Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.

South of the Sahara: African Music - http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/music.html Stanford University's annotated guide to African music sites.

Swahili Music Portal - http://wenyewe.com/ MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.

The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music - http://www.leopardmannen.no Biographies, discographies, and reviews of African artists and bands. [English/Norwegian]

Yahoo Groups: African Music - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/african_music/ Mailing list established in 1995, open to all. [Requires free membership]

Zimbabwe Music Guide - http://www.embargo.ca/zim/ Chimurenga, jit, rhumba, sungura, soukous music and musicians. Includes profiles, discographies, audio samples, guitar tablature, listing of record labels and music stores, and links.

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