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Radio Mogadishu archives to get digitized

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After more than 60 years of analogue storage in an inadequate environment, the Radio Mogadishu audio archive is being digitized in order to save it from deterioration and introduce the unique Somali historical recordings to new audience.   Read more about it http://www.abbrv.co.uk/fwn  

South African History Archive publication to be made available for download

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           History in the Making One of SAHA’s oldest publications, this journal formed part of the organisation’s commitment to making history accessible to all. Published in the early nineties, the journal was a crucial tool that provided a platform to discuss and assess the changes taking place during negotiations for a democratic South Africa. The … Read more

ARD 121

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AFRICAN RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION    NO. 121       2013 Articles Jason M. Schultz Supporting Capacity Building for Archives in Africa: initiatives of the Cooperative Africana Materials Project (CAMP) since 1995 Rachel Playforth Unhiding African collections at the British Library for Development Studies Nichola Court When and why is a collection “hidden”? Awakening interest in the Hornung Papers … Read more

Royal African Society's 2013 Annual Lecture – Africa: The next fifty years

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Africa: The next fifty years with HE. Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission Chaired by Lord Malloch-Brown, KCMG, PC, Chair of the Royal African Society Date & Time: Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 5.45-8:00PM Place: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, London W1G 0AE This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Organisation … Read more

PhD Scholarship in African Studies at the University of Birmingham

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African Studies PhD Scholarship (Arabic Sources for West African History, West African Manuscripts in the British Library) The Department of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Birmingham (incorporating the Centre of West African Studies) and the British Library are pleased to announce a three-year scholarship for students commencing their MPhil/PhD in African Studies … Read more

Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Templeton Prize Forum

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 Archbishop Desmond Tutu  will speak at the Templeton Prize Forum, Monday May 20th, 4.30pm at The Greenwood Theatre, King’s College London, 55 Weston Street, London SE1 No RSVP necessary. Admission is free but early arrival is advised. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and a panel of distinguished academic and religious figures will use an open forum  to … Read more

PhD scholarship on South African political ephemera and propaganda

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Applications are invited for a University of Sheffield and British Library PhD scholarship: Freedom, Oppression and Resistance: Evolving Stories in South African Political Ephemera and Propaganda, 1948- 2004. The project will work with the British Library’s collections of political ephemera, to examine the evolving nature of political participation within contested public spheres in South Africa. … Read more

AFRICA WRITES, 5-7 JULY 2013 AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY

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Africa Writes, the  annual literary and book festival  takes place from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th July 2013. This year, the Royal African Society  have partnered with The British Library to bring you an exciting and wide-ranging programme that will offer something for everyone.See the lineup http://royalafricansociety.org/africawrites2013 Please note that SCOLMA is not an organiser of this event … Read more

Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library at Senate House Library, University of London

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The Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library was formed in 1949. It is a research level library concentrating on the Commonwealth as an organisation; international relations of Commonwealth countries; and constitutional, political, demographic, social and economic development within the Commonwealth as a whole, and among individual member countries outside the UK. The Institute of Commonwealth Studies … Read more