Aluka

Aluka is a not-for-profit international collaboration of educational and cultural institutions. Our mission is to build a high-quality scholarly resource of materials from and about Africa. We seek to attract contributed collections about Africa from institutions and individuals around the world. Content areas: African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes (available in April 2007) Two- and three-dimensional visual documentation of World Heritage Sites linked to contextual materials such as excavation reports, manuscripts, field notes, unpublished documentation, travelogues, maps, site plans, and scholarly research. African Plants Specimens of African plants linked to a wide range of related images and data, including photographs, drawings, botanical art, field notes, published flora, and other reference works. Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa (available in June 2007) Documentation of the liberation struggles in Southern Africa, beginning with Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, including archival materials, periodicals, oral histories, books, and photographs.