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An exhibition of photographs of colourful wall paintings in Northern Ethiopian churches is on display in the African Studies Centre Library, Leiden, until 1st July 2015. The photographs were taken by Pieter de Kleer and the paintings, which are several hundred years old, show scenes from the Old and New Testaments and from the history … Read more

A project has begun to develop a National Library service for Somaliland to improve educational standards and act as a stimulus for cultural heritage in the country. The project proposes a National Library, regional libraries and a book donation scheme to establish school libraries. Both individual and institutional partners are sought and the Finnish Library Association … Read more

Registration has opened for the ‘Pursuing Justice in Africa’ conference which will be taking place in Cambridge on 27-28 March 2015. Bringing together scholarship from a wide range of disciplines, the conference will examine alternative approaches to the concept of justice and consider its relationship with law, morality and rights. The keynote speaker will be … Read more

Congratulations to Terry Barringer, long-time member of SCOLMA and editor of African Research and Documentation, on being awarded the Conover-Porter Award by the African Studies Association for editing Africa Bibliography. The award is presented every two years to recognise outstanding achievement in Africana bibliography and reference tools. Africa Bibliography, published by Cambridge University Press under the … Read more

Film Africa 2014, the Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best of African cinema, begins on 31 October and runs until 9 November. 85 films from 23 African countries will be screened at venues in central London, including thrillers, historical dramas, documentaries and short films, with particular strands marking the 20th anniversary of democracy … Read more

SCOLMA’s edited volume, ‘African Studies in the Digital Age. Disconnects?’, was launched on Tuesday 9th September 2014 at the biennial conference of the African Studies Association of the UK at the University of Sussex. Drawing on papers presented at SCOLMA’s 50th anniversary conference the publication explores the opportunities and problems brought about by the digital … Read more

The first three catalogues resulting from the cataloguing of the Oxfam archive at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, are now available online. 850 boxes of archive material and almost 500 posters are now open to researchers, much of the material relating to Oxfam’s development and humanitarian work in Africa. The catalogues cover the records … Read more

A call has gone out for workshops for the ‘Africa Works! Creating New Partnerships’ International Conference which will take place in Leiden, The Netherlands, on 16 and 17 October 2014. Organised by the African Studies Centre, Leiden, and the Netherlands African Business Council, the conference aims to explore the challenges and opportunities which Africa poses … Read more