Mr. Mausolf's World Geography Blog:
http://geomausolf.blogspot.com/
African Research Project:
CIA World Factbook
Imports, exports, and up to the minute current statistics from your friends at the CIA.
**note: If you get this message "There is a problem with this website's security certificate" click the "Continue" button. Always trust the CIA!**
https://cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. State Department
Know what an ambassador knows:
Find current data and statistics from the U.S. Department of State.
Museum of International Folk Art
Look specifically at the African collection
http://www.moifa.org/collections/coll-african.html
Geography Extra Credit:
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/21AroundtheWorld/
UNESCO World Heritage Project
World Heritage Center:
Google Map links for UNESCO sites:
http://www.templetons.com/brad/unesco/
UNESCO's World Heritage List:
(from Lynn Salmon who is traveling from site to site and keeping a travel journal)
http://thesalmons.org/lynn/world.heritage.html
Lands & Peoples:
http://go-passport.grolier.com/
Folk Art
Art and Life in Africa
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/
African Crafts
Ananse Village
Jordan- Weaving & Other Arts
http://www.jordanjubilee.com/hcrafts/hcrafts_index.htm
Exports/Imports
Lands & Peoples:
http://go-passport.grolier.com/
CIA World Factbook:
https://cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Countries:
North Africa: Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
Southwest Asia: Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Oman, Yemen.