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Fati Abubakar, Maiduguri’s portrait photographer
We had the pleasure of meeting Fati Abubakar yesterday in our library, with enough time to engage in conversation together with a colleague about the value of photography, the role of archival collections for historical scholarship, and a chance to look at some individual slides (marveling at the intensity that Kodachrome film continues to bring […]
Fire guts library at University of Jos
We are deeply saddened by news of a catastrophic loss at this Nigerian academic library (along with other university offices, computer labs, student records, and the electronic library). Exams have been postponed, according to news reports. “There was a serious fire incident at the Library Complex, Naraguta Campus, University off [sic] Jos on Saturday 8th October, 2016.” […]
Sacred objects returned from US museum to Kenya
An article by Kevin J. Kelley in the Daily Nation (Nairobi) reports: The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is voluntarily presenting to the National Museums of Kenya the vigango donated to it in 1990 by Hollywood actor Gene Hackman and film producer Art Linson. “There is no legal instrument or international treaty that requires us to […]
Library research guide for Nelson Mandela
An exemplary scholarly resource guide on Nelson Mandela by University of Wisconsin-Madison African Studies Bibliographer Emilie Songolo.
Africana Libraries Newsletter
The new issue of Africana Libraries Newsletter (ALN n. 132) is now available. It includes news on library conferences, the African Libraries Summit at UNISA, ASA roundtables, online projects, as well as an article on the growth of Wikipedia in Africa. The current archive is available from n. 100 (1999). Selected past issues (1997-1999) published by Michigan State University Libraries. Many […]
Africa Writes
Africa Writes – the UK’s largest celebration of contemporary African and Diaspora literature – returns this summer, from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July at the British Library. Organised by the Royal African Society in partnership with The British Library, Africa Writes 2013 will feature an exciting series of book launches, readings, panel discussions, poetry, performances, […]
Africa in DC: new blog launches
Via the H-Africa list: A recently launched blog, Africa in DC covers African affairs and culture in the greater Washington DC region. While the blog covers numerous facets relating to African affairs in the DC area, scholars and students in all geographic regions should find Africa in DC’s reviews and summaries of Africanist events hosted […]
Review of African Political Economy supports Open Access
The Open Access statement from the Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) published March 12, 2013 on the H-Africa list via Humanities and Social Sciences Net Online (H-Net) discussion network concludes: ROAPE has…determined that, for the time being, it will not support gold or other OA initiatives currently being launched by its publisher Taylor & […]
Cultural Anthropology journal: Open Access in 2014
According to a press release: The Society for Cultural Anthropology (a section of the American Anthropological Association) is excited to announce a groundbreaking publishing initiative. With the support of the AAA, the influential journal of the SCA, Cultural Anthropology, will become available open access, freely available to everyone in the world. Starting with the first issue […]
Predatory publishing
Following up re: the Downside of Open Access Publishing is this entry from the bOING bOING blog: “Random House launches ebook imprint that’s run like a predatory vanity press” by Cory Doctorow today (Wed, Mar 6). Hydra‘s deal is much, much worse than the one you’ll get from a real DIY option like BookBaby or […]
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