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New apartheid archives subject guide at Senate House Library

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Senate House Library, University of London, has created a new subject guide to its archive collections relating to apartheid which can be found at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/archives-manuscripts/subject-guides-to-archives/apartheid . The Library holds a number of important collections including the papers of journalist and political activist Ruth First (some of whose papers have been digitised) and of civil rights … Read more

Seminar on the British Library's African Collections

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On 10 November 2016 Dr Marion Wallace, Curator of African Collections at the British Library and former Chair of SCOLMA, will be giving a seminar at the African Studies Centre Leiden on the experience of curating the West Africa exhibition, ‘West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song’, which was held at the British Library from October 2015 … Read more

SCOLMA AGM – agenda

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The 2016 AGM  of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) will be held in the Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT, at 1.50p.m. on Tuesday 6th September 2016 during the annual conference, ‘”African Medicine Matters: documenting encounters in medical practice and healthcare’. AGENDA Approval of the Minutes of the … Read more

New Photograph and Film Collections available at Bristol Record Office

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Bristol Record Office is undertaking a project to audit the photographic and film collections which it received from the former British Empire and Commonwealth Museum and to catalogue a selection of them. A number of collections, covering over 6,500 photographs and 70 films and including material on Africa, are now available for research. The catalogue … Read more

40th Anniversary of Soweto Uprising

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16th June 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the uprising by Soweto school students which inspired an international movement against apartheid. ‘Remember Soweto’ is a symposium being held at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedord Way, London WC1, 5-8pm on 16th June, where former student activists, historians and journalists will reflect on the domestic and … Read more

Britian Zimbabwe Society Research Day, 18 June 2016

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The Britain Zimbabwe Society will be holding its annual Research Day on Saturday 18 June 2016 at St Antony’s College, Oxford. The theme is ‘Health and Politics in Zimbabwe and the Diasporas’ and the keynote address will be given by Dr Portia Manangazira, Director of Disease Control in the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health. Panels will … Read more

Global History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement Workshop

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A workshop on the Global History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement will take place in Oxford on 11-12 March 2016, jointly hosted by the European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College and Maison Française d’Oxford. Saul Dubow of the University of London will give the key-note address, speaking on ‘Apartheid, anti-apartheid and anti-anti-apartheid’, and panels will consider the globalisation of … Read more

Film Africa 2015 opens 30 October

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Film Africa 2015, the fifth festival showcasing the new features, documentaries and short films emerging from Africa, opens on 30 October and runs until 8 November 2015. 60 films from 28 African countries will be screened at venues across London and the programme includes several London, UK, European and World premieres. There is a strand … Read more

Africa Utopia Festival, 10-13 September 2015

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The Africa Utopia Festival takes place at the Southbank Centre, London, from Thursday 10th to Sunday 13th September 2015. The Festival, now in its third year, celebrates Africa’s arts and culture and features a range of musicians, a new play about migrants, talks, debates and workshops, a marketplace and African street food. Further information can … Read more

ELIAS meeting in Paris

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The annual meeting of ELIAS (European Librarians in African Studies) took place on Tuesday 7th July at the Bibliothèque Universitaire des Langues et Civilisations, Paris.  Thirty-three librarians from eight countries gathered for a tour of BULAC, two keynote addresses, short thematic contributions on the theme of Special Collections and country presentations. The 2016 annual meeting will take place in Tervuren, … Read more