Understanding Global Cultures

enlarged map
from The World Factbook

Suya
Wikipedia

Bini mask
Wikipedia

Kano Market, Nigeria
photo by Tony Page, ZambaGrafix

Masjid em Kano
Mosque in Kano, Nigeria

• maps
  • Atlas of Nigeria -- Wikimedia
  • Nigeria -- The World Factbook
    
    
• UMD Library Catalogue
  • JSTORE
    
    
• The Library of Congress
  • Global Gateway > Portals to the World > Country Studies > Nigeria
    
    
• country profiles
  • Nigeria -- World Bank
  • Nigeria -- CIA World Factbook
  • Nigeria -- U.S. Department of State
  • Nigeria -- BBC News
  • Nigeria -- NationMaster.com
  • Nigeria -- Library of Congress Country Studies
  • Nigeria -- Wikipedia
  • Nigeria -- CountryReports.org
    
    

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• general information
  • Adminet > World > Africa > Nigeria
    
    
• timelines
  • Nigeria -- BBC News
  • Africa > West Africa > Nigeria -- CNT News Timeline
    
    
• holidays
  • Public holidays in Nigeria -- Wikipedia
  • Public and Banking Holidays for Nigeria -- Q++ Studio
    
    
• travel
  • Nigeria travel guide -- Wikitravel
    
    
• national anthem
  • national-anthems.net / with lyrics
  • thenationalanthems.com

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• newspapers / newsnetworks specific to Nigeria and its environs
  • Vanguard
  • The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Africa > Nigeria
  • economist.com > countries > Nigeria
    
    
• newspapers / newsnetworks of regional and African scope
  • The New York Times Knowledge Network
  • The Internet Public Library > Newspapers > Africa
  • OnlineNewspapers.com
    
    
• radio
  • BBC World Service
  • The World

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• government / government resources
  • Nigeria's U.S. Embassy
  • U.S. Embassy in Nigeria
  • Nigerian Government website
    
    
  • Commonwealth Foundation
    
    
  • African Union -- Wikipedia
    
    

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• language
  • Languages of Africa > Nigeria -- Wikipedia
    • Categories
  • PanAfrican > Localisation -- Wikipedia
  • Languages of Nigeria -- Wikipedia
  • Hausa Dictionaries
  • Youruba Dictionaries
  • Igbo (Ibo) Dictionaries
    
    
• food
  • Cuisine of Nigeria -- Wikipedia
    • media > Cuisines of Nigeria
      • Cookbook:Cuisine of Nigeria
  • Cookbook > Recipes > Cuisines > African cuisines > Nigeria -- Wikipedia
  • World Food Habits: Bibliography -- Robert Dirks
  • Nigeria -- Anthropology of Food-Food Science
  • Nigeria -- Epicurious.com
  • Food in Nigeria -- Food in Every Country
    
    
• religion
  • Internet Sacred Text Archive
    • African Religions
  • The Islamic World to 1600 -- University of Calgary
  • Sacred -- British Library

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• the arts
  • Timeline of Art History > Africa, Guinea Coast > -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Benin-Kings and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria -- Art Institute of Chicago
    
    
• architecture
  • Vernacular Architecture of the World: Great Buildings Online > Architecture of Africa -- Kevin Matthews and Artifice, Inc.
    
    
• cities
  • Cities Around the World -- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
    
    

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• other WebSites
  • Famous Nigerian People
  • List of Nigerians [Not to be confused with List of Nigeriens] -- Wikipedia
  • NigeriaWorld
  • NigeriaWeb
  • Africa south of the Sahara > Nigeria
  • Al-Islam.org -- Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)
  • Global Voices Online > Nigeria -- Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School
  • H-Net Discussion Networks -- Humanities and Social Sciences ONLINE
    • H-AfResearch -- Primary Sources in African Studies
    • H-Africa -- African History and Culture
    • H-AfrPol -- Current African Politics
    • H-Gender-MidEast -- Gender in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia, Iran, and the Mediterranean
    • H-West-Africa -- West African History and Culture
  • Selected Online Resources for Islam -- Pluralism Project, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
  • Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa
  • African Union -- Wikipedia
  • culture-bound syndromes
    • Aiyiperi
    • brain fag
  • International Council of African Museums

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articles

• "Amina Lawal Must Not Face Death by Stoning" -- Amnesty International
  
  

video

• "Ogoni Refugees" -- PBS, The New Americans Series
  
  

images

• Nigeria -- Nation in Transition -- Robert Burch Communications