** NEW AFRICOM WEB SITE LAUNCHED ** AFRICOM is very pleased to announce that its web site has been completely reconstructed and redesigned! Visit: http://www.africom.museum The new site has been designed to not only be attractive, and easy to navigate, but also to be up-to-date and informative! The English and French versions each contain hundreds pages of information on: * AFRICOM, its organisation and its activities * News from partner organisations, like WAMP, EPA, PMDA, RITP, ICOM and others... * Heritage news from around Africa and beyond * Resources (download AFRICOM publications - and we hope to make even more resources accessible online!) * African country information and information on Museums in Africa * Membership information and an interactive Membership map * Heritage in Peril: information on international conventions and illicit traffic * Useful links within the Africanist heritage sector We are grateful for your patience as we continue working on some sections, such as the Events Gallery and the Search function. Meanwhile, we take this opportunity to elaborate on two important sections of the web site: 1. AFRICOM's Directory of Museum Professionals will soon be available on-line, and members will have access to their personal information to update their records regularly. We hope that this important tool will increase international access to African museum professionals and encourage the sharing of the wealth of expertise on the continent. 2. The 'Museums in Africa' section is YOUR forum! AFRICOM appreciates that many museums in Africa may not have either the human or financial resources to construct and host their own web sites. AFRICOM depends on its members to keep us informed of museums in their countries, and to send in text and photos of their museums so that AFRICOM may create web pages for them! If your museum has a website, please send us the URL so that we may link to it. Please don't miss out on this opportunity to share your heritage with the world! We encourage you to visit the site regularly, and we look forward to receiving your news and views either through our Feedback Form, or via email to <[log in to unmask]> The web site reconstruction was made possible through AFRICOM's institutional funding by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida): THANK YOU * MERCI * OBRIGADO * SHUKRAN * TAK ! -- Ms Lorna L. Abungu Executive Director AFRICOM – International Council of African Museums Museum Hill Road P.O. Box 38706, Ngara 00600 Nairobi KENYA tel. 254-20-3748668 fax. 254-20-3748928 www.africom.museum ----------------------------- Subscribe to AFRICOM-L: http://list.africom.museum/mailman/listinfo/africom-l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html