Jenni Skinner The following listing of learned societies, professional associations and networks is a resource for those engaged with African studies and related library and archive materials and interested in connecting with others working in areas of shared interest. A fuller directory of organisations is signposted at the foot of the page. Information on significant library and … Read more
SCOLMA is saddened to hear of the damage caused to the Jagger Library and its collections by the fire which broke out on Table Mountain last weekend. The Library and its preeminent collections have been used by students and researchers for generations, and have contributed to learning and leading scholarly research on Africa. SCOLMA hopes … Read more
Notice is hereby given that SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) will hold a GENERAL MEETING on Friday 30 April 2021, 10:00-11:30 BST. The meeting will discuss, and be asked to agree, proposals for the merger of the SCOLMA journal, African Research and Documentation, with Africa Bibliography, a journal of the … Read more
AFRICAN RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION No. 137 2020 CONTENTS Lucy McCann How the UK’s African Studies Libraries and Archives reacted to the Coronavirus Pandemic …………………………………………………………………………. 3 Peter Davis Documenting Apartheid: a memoir of filming South Africa ……. 6 Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu A Short Report on Two Diaries in the Roman Catholic Archives in Navrongo-Ghana …………………………………………………………….. 28 … Read more
The British Empire & Commonwealth Collection, based at Bristol Archives, is a substantial archive documenting the history of countries in the former empire from the late 19th century to recent times. This unique resource includes objects, artworks, photographs, films, papers and sound archives. These were donated by British people who lived and worked in many … Read more
31 October 2020 Professor Wendy Thomson, CBE Vice-Chancellor, University of London Dear Professor Thomson We in SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) are extremely concerned to hear about plans to close the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study. As librarians and archivists of African collections across the UK, we are … Read more
SCOLMA AGM 8 June 2020 Chair’s Report 2019/20 2020 has been a momentous year so far. I start my report by reflecting on major current events and their consequences for SCOLMA members. CURRENT ISSUES The COVID-19 pandemic The year 2020 has so far been dominated by the coronavirus pandemic. Although the UK lockdown was not announced … Read more
SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) BLACK LIVES MATTER STATEMENT Agreed at the SCOLMA AGM, 8.6.20 We in SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) wish to add our voice to those condemning the recent death of George Floyd in police custody in the US. Systemic racism is far from … Read more
AFRICAN RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION No. 136 2019 CONTENTS Correction and Apology …………………………………………………………………………….. Papers from SCOLMA Conference 2020: Decolonising African Studies: Questions and Dilemmas for Libraries, Archives and Collections, Edinburgh, 10 June 2019 Justin Cox and Stephanie Kitchen African Books Collective: African Books Published in the North ……………………………………………………………………………….. Joanne Davis Accessing UK Archival Holdings from South … Read more
SCOLMA (UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020 The 2020 AGM will be held virtually on Monday 8th June at 2pm. If you wish to attend, please notify Sarah Rhodes, SCOLMA Secretary sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk by Friday 5th June. AGENDA Approval of the Minutes of the 57th AGM Report of the Chair 2019/20 … Read more