Indian Ocean Islands on the Internet

Africa Intelligence: Subscription only political and economic news on 16 countries in East and Southern Africa, in English and French. Sells access to articles from the The Indian Ocean Newsletter, and other publications. Published by Indigo Publications, Paris. A one year subscription (47 issues) to the Indian Ocean Newsletter, by email, is $750.00. Has an email service notifying subscribers of updated articles. http://www.indigo-net.com/africa.html

BAHARI-L: Discussion list for scholars interested in the western Indian Ocean. The listowner is Prof. Martin Ottenheimer, Dept. of Anthropology, Kansas State Univ. - omar@ksu.edu
To subscribe, send email to: listserv@ksu.edu
In the Message area put: sub BAHARI-L

COMESA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: "COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block." Has information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/

Coral Reefs - Action Atlas: Site by Mother Jones magazine and the Coral Reef Alliance in Berkeley,
California on endangered coral reefs in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique,
Comoros, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Reunion.
Main page: http://www.motherjones.com/coral_reef/; African coral reefs: http://www.motherjones.com/coral_reef/indian_ocean.html

Curtin University of Technology, Indian Ocean Centre (Perth, Australia): "...located in the John Curtin International Institute at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. The Centre carries out policy-oriented research and develops business cooperation with the aim of facilitating regional dialogue now developing across the Indian Ocean region." Describes the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Has the text of the IOR-ARC Charter and full text reports. Publishes the Indian Ocean Review http://ioc.curtin.edu.au/

« île en île »: "un site pour valoriser les ressources informatives et culturelles du monde insulaire francophone." See l'Océan Indien: Comores, Madagascar, Maurice, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles with links to information on cuisine, arts, language, music, travel, portals, associations, education, the media, publishers, etc.

Also a section on l'Océan Indien: Comores, Madagascar, Maurice, Mayotte, Réunion, Seychelles littératures. Author profiles, bibliography of their works, extracts from works, and links to related sites. The web site celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2008 with an interview of founder Prof. Spear. Maintained by Professor Thomas Spear and others. [KF] http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile/indien/paroles.html

Iles de l'Océan Indien: Travel, tourism information, in French and English, for Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles. Covers hotels, tours, sightseeing, water sports, golf. Has links to related sites. http://www.starnet.fr/homepages/oceanindien/

Indian Ocean Books, Maps, and Prints: P. O. Box 232, Storrs, CT 06268-0232, U.S.A.
E-mail: indianoceanbooks@neca.com
Offers rare and antiquarian books, maps, and prints on the entire Indian Ocean region. The proprietor, Dr. Larry W. Bowman, actively seeks and offers materials both through catalogues and on the website. http://www.indianoceanbooks.com

Indian Ocean Review (Perth, Australia): Published by the Indian Ocean Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. Has the table of contents. http://ioc.curtin.edu.au/publications/review/home.htm

Indian Ocean Rim Region:Virtual Library: Based at Edith Cowan University, Churchlands, Western Australia. http://www.cowan.edu.au/library/iorr/home.htm

IOSTUDIES List: Interdisciplinary discussion list on Indian Ocean Studies. "This list is primarily aimed at those involved in Indian Ocean Studies in the humanities and the social sciences. This does not exclude researchers from other discplines,...and all with an interest in the Indian Ocean are welcome to join." http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/IOSTUDIES.html

Library of Congress Country/Area Studies Handbooks: Has the full-text of the Army Area Handbooks long used as basic reference sources. Information on the history, society, economy, politics, national security of each country. Covers the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles. One can search across all countries or any combination of countries and browse the table of contents for a specific country. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html#toc/

Roskilde University - Indian Ocean as a Visionary Area Post-Multiculturalist Approaches to Culture and Globalisation: "project ...to develop collaboration between researchers in Denmark, India and South Africa – as well as Nordic and European colleagues – engaged in studies of transnationalism and cultural exchanges around the Indian Ocean." Bibliography, Map, mailing list. Based at the Department of Society and Globalisation, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark. http://www.ruc.dk/isg_en/IndianOcean/

Summer Institute for College Teachers, 2002 July 8-August 2, University of Pennsylvania, "The Indian Ocean: Cradle of Globalization,": Application deadline is March 22, 2002. http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/indianocean/

Le Tampon, Ile de la Reunion / Tampon, Reunion Island: In French and English. Tampon is one of the 24 communes of Reunion. Has a history of Tampon city, sports, tourism, photos, events. There are brief facts on each of the 24 communes with photos of their mayors. Maintained by Jean-François TECHER, http://le-tampon.ifrance.com/le-tampon/

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - Indian Ocean: Brief information on the Indian Ocean itself. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/xo.html

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook - Reunion: Reunion is an overseas department of France, an island in the Indian Ocean. Has facts on the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, and a map. http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/re.html

Univ. of Pennsylvania African Country Pages and Search Engine: Maps, an embassy directory, travel, language information, etc. for each African country, created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a search facility for their very large web site. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html

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