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Science in Africa - Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine

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Science in Africa - Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine
A monthly magazine containing popular articles, research
findings, events, scientific developments, and resources about science in Africa.
www. scienceinafrica.co.za (Google)
Are you interested in African Science, then come to this website. This is Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine. There are free monthly newsletters. If you're a science author interested in contributing articles, come to this website for your author's guidelines. Tell other authors interested in African science about this website. Tell readers interested in African science about this website.
There are a variety of science articles, conservation and technology articles. There are book reviews.
Seeking jobs in science in Africa? There is a free job search:
Agriculture Biological/Biotechnology Botany/Plant sciences Chemistry/Physics Computing Engineering Environmental sciences Food science Health sciences Mathematics
For African children interested in science there is the Budding Scientist's Corner. To encourage your budding African scientists, send them to:
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/budding.htm
To learn of who's who of science organizations in Africa, go to:
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/Organisations.htm
For science books, go to:
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/books/books.htm
Anyone interested in African Astronomy? Then read this article about the film "Cosmic Africa" which "explores African's ancient astronomy history":
Cosmic Africa explores Africa's astronomy
www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/november/cosmic.htm
Cosmic Africa has been called "a visually beautiful film about Thebe Medupe, South Africa's first black astrophysicist" (Katherine Avakian, "The Past and the Present in African Astronomy" http://www.aaa.org/aaaeye0408art9.htm) This film has been shown at film festivals including Wine Country Film Festival (http://www.winecountryfilmfest.com/kundefilms.htm), and Brown's 2005 Africana Film Festival (http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/AFF/films.html). It has also been screened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (http://www.ihousephilly.org/africanartcosmicafrica.htm).
So think science, think African science, think Science in Africa.
Published: February 21, 2006
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