We want you to feel free to join us in a quick overview of African heritage and culture. This web site is menu driven navigation. We have graphic menus and a site search engine. We have music playing on some of the pages. If you have an ear for music, you may want to get plugged in, kick back and groove with the vibes. If you want continuous music throughout your journey then click on "Norma J's Heart Beat". She can be found listed under "Heart Beat" on the menu below. Our web sites are best viewed with Microsoft Explorer, or Netscape browsers.

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OTHER WEBS

You can search topics related to Africa, outside this web site without leaving African Metropolis. On each major page in this document, there are a set of web search engines, specializing in topics related to African people. These search engines are Woyaa African Search and Black Seek Search Engine.

OUR WEB

You get the best of four worlds when you navigate this web site. There are text menus, map icons and a site search engine for public use.

If you choose Africa from a text menu and you wish to see a selection of topics for Africa then you must click on "African Web". When you are finished then click on "Go to the top"; chose "Other Web Pages" and make your new selection.

Should you decide to travel by picture icons, you will find that this method is the easiest method to navigate this web site. Titles, captions; directions are all straight forward. Note: your browser must be able to read the text labels inside the icons. Microsoft Explore 4.0 and Communicator can do that.

We have chosen a few samples of our best sites and put them in a drop-down menu for your quick viewing.

The site search engine is the "crawler type". It will give you every thing this web site has to offer. You must type a key word, or phase, then activate "start search" to find out if the information is available.

3D OBJECT PRESENTATION

There are thee types of computer internet user interfaces; character user interface, graphical user interface and 3D object user interface. We use all three types. This page is an example of graphical user interface. In May of 1999 we joined forces with Nanocosm, Incorporated (a virtual reality web site company) to produce our first 3D presentation ever. On Friday May 28th we launched a 3D Museum.

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Visual Arts Illustrated produces and manages web sites.We are interested in producing sites developed around different cultural themes. This is our first web site in a series. We hope you enjoy the products and information and will share your interest with friends. Be sure to check our "Register and Feedback Maps" for more information about African Metropolis and our other web projects.

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1. Home Page
2. News Menu *
3. Mission Statement
4. Norma J's
5. The Claude Clarks
6. Picture
7. To The Top

1. Announcements
2. Environment
3. Map Administrator
4. Search Engine
5. Text Menu
6. Heart Beat *
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