AfroLink

CTL-E-4152 · Institution · company · 1980s-1990s

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Software company founded by Kamal Al-Mansour distributing Black and African history, culture, and politics content. Products: Africa Insight (first product; storyboarded as 'Mac Africa'), Caribbean Insight, Afro-American Insight, a program on Islam, and 'Pride and Purpose.' Distributed via BBS and CD-ROM; featured on CNN c. 1994.

Relationships

Kamal Al-Mansour — founded by
AfroLink was founded by Kamal Al-Mansour.

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Kamal Al-Mansour — founded → this record

Sources

Computer History Museum — Oral History of Kamal Al Mansour (2022) (primary source)

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