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Black/African Online Info
Arthur R. McGee (amcgee@NETCOM.COM)
Tue, 8 Mar 1994 11:15:16 -0800
The latest versions of the following lists are now available:
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(1) Internet/BITnet mailing lists and news services that focus on
African, African-American, African-Caribbean or African-Latin
people, culture, and issues.
(Up to date as of FEBRUARY 18, 1994)
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(2) Usenet newsgroups that focus on African, African-American,
African-Caribbean or African-Latin people, culture, and issues.
(Up to date as of FEBRUARY 18, 1994)
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(3) Black/African run or Black/African oriented Bulletin Board
Systems/Services(BBS) in North America.
(Up to date as of FEBRUARY 18, 1994)
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(4) Black/African oriented online information sites
(Dialup/FTP/Gopher/Telnet/WWW).
(Up to date as of FEBRUARY 18, 1994)
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(5) Conferences and news services available via the APC networks
(PeaceNet, EcoNet, etc.), that focus on African, African-American,
African-Caribbean, or African-Latin people, culture, and issues.
(Up to date as of FEBRUARY 17, 1994)
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In addition to that mentioned above, each list contains(usually
in other sections) resources that mainly deal with the following:
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(1) Ethnic/Intercultural Relations
(2) International/Sustainable Development (includes Global Networking)
(3) Social/Progressive Activism
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Please let me know of any updates, additions, corrections or
suggestions that you might have.
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Thank you very much.
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Peace.
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The absolute latest versions of all my Black/African related lists and
pointers are always available via anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com in
directory:
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pub/amcgee/african/my_african_related_lists
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If you only have access to email, then you can use FTPmail to do
essentially the same thing. Send a message to this address:
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ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com or ftpmail@pa.dec.com
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With these specifications:
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Subject: <blank>
Body of Message: help <carriage return> quit
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Or to this address:
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bitftp@pucc.bitnet
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With these specifications:
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Body of Message: help
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In either case a help file will be returned to you explaining how
to use the FTPmail or bitFTP facility.
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Mailservers that might be closer and provide the same service are:
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ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu
ftpmail@cs.uow.edu.au
ftpmail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
ftpmail@src.doc.ic.ac.uk
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bitftp@plearn.bitnet
bitftp@dearn.bitnet
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The absolute latest versions of all my Black/African related lists are
also always available by sending email to or fingering the following:
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AfriInfo: [mcgee@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu]
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Warning: all of the lists will come back to you as one concatenated
file (approximately 70K in size).
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Remember: the above address is NOT for correspondence. If you want
anything other than a list sent back to you, use the email addresses
in my signature.
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The absolute latest versions of all my Black/African related lists
are also always available on the BDPA BAC BBS(1-707-552-3314) and
on the Data Bits Online BBS(1-213-295-6094) in the following files:
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AFRIAPC.MSG = APC Conference List (not included in AfriInfo mail file)
AFRIBBS.MSG = BBS List
AFRIMAIL.MSG = Internet/BITnet Mailing Lists
AFRINEWS.MSG = Usenet Newsgroups
AFRISITE.MSG = Online Information Sites (Dialup/FTP/Gopher/Telnet/WWW)
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Note: These naming conventions also hold true for the FTP archive.
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Note: The lists may also be available as bulletin items, so check
the bulletin menu on each system for descriptive listings.
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Art McGee
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NETCOM: [amcgee@netcom.com] (ftp.netcom.com in pub/amcgee for my "stuff")
CTP/CORE: [amcgee@ctp.org] or [amcgee@eis.calstate.edu] (CA Ed/Tech project)
PeaceNet: [igc:amcgee] (Best place for Development & Activism related info)
WELL: [amcgee] (What can I say about this system? It's definitely unique)
AfriInfo: [mcgee@epsilon.eecs.nwu.edu] (Email/Finger for Black/African Info)
NativInfo: [amcgee@nyx.cs.du.edu] (Email/Finger for Indigenous/Native Info)
BDPA BAC: [1-707-552-3314] to [Arthur McGee] (Co-Sysop. Lists are also here)
DataBits: [1-213-295-6094] to [Arthur McGee] (Co-Sysop. Lists are here too)
Voice: [1-310-320-BYTE] (Cool, eh dude? :-D That's 1-310-320-2983)
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"The revolution will not be televised, but
the proceedings will be available online."
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(c)1993 Arthur R. McGee & Associates(AKA Africans Around the World)
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