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The re-discovery of #SouthAfrican #photographer Ernest #Cole. The story is tragic, but a new documentary won the Cannes Film Festival. The images in this story give a sense of the depth of Cole's work: theconversation.com/ernest-cole-th…

Celebrate World Book Day by immersing yourself in the pleasure of reading and discovering the enchantment of stories. Let's journey through pages and uncover new adventures. #WorldBookDay #HSRCza hsrcpress.ac.za

Are you experienced in anthropological/archaeological field-based research of the global south? Do you have experience in digital asset management? Then we would love to hear from you! We are recruiting for a Project Curator. Deadline: 2nd May (12PM GMT). bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/CIP…

Meet this year's conference chairs! Sana, Tirivashe and Misha will be chairing our 3 panels at our upcoming conference "Through the Generations: Youth, Ageing and African Studies Collections". Learn more about them and register today: eventbrite.com/e/through-the-…

Our brand-new Dye Garden is coming to life! With guidance from colleagues across the UL, and Cam Botanic Garden, our Conservation team has planted traditional dye plants once used in manuscript painting. 🎨 #CambridgeUniversityLibraries #CULconservation #DyeGarden

Today is the day! We are hosting "The Histories We Tell" a public history gathering where we, our peers, & friends of the organisation will share conversations on what it means to preserve, protect, & co-create heritage in digital ways. Cc. British Council Arts

Have you got your ticket for our conference? Weighing up whether to attend or not? Take a peek at one of our panels from the 2023 Conference to get a flavour of what it will be like! YouTube: youtu.be/wWJTFb7QHe4?si… Register today: eventbrite.com/e/through-the-…

I am very sorry to hear of the passing of the great Ngugi wa Thiongo. Here's a thread I did last year about his early career as a journalist in Nairobi in the 1960s. From the start, he saw things from the vantage point of the oppressed. May he rest in peace.

Now online (Open Access): #Djibouti first: local agency and the geopolitics of ports in infrastructure-led development by Jessica Larsen doi.org/10.1080/175310…

Photographs of Modderpoort, South Africa Discover this Anglican mission’s history through some great early photographs. The online exhibition explores churches, landscapes & missionary life using the archive of the Society of the Sacred Mission. 🔗modderpoort.york.ac.uk

Toot! Toot!! 📯 Still time to book for Scolma’s 2025 one-day conference Through the Generations: Youth, Ageing and African Studies Collections eventbrite.co.uk/e/through-the-…

We are less than 1 month away from our 2025 conference! Take a look at our 2nd 2023 Conference panel to get a flavour of what it will be like! YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=MyXfmt… Register today: eventbrite.com/e/through-the-…

Just 2 weeks now! Our 2025 conference in Oxford on June 30th is rapidly approaching. Take a look at our 3rd 2023 Conference panel to get a flavour of what it will be like! YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=qaGH8s… Register today: eventbrite.com/e/through-the-…

SCOLMA is now on BlueSky - come join us as we begin to migrate there and build our community: bsky.app/profile/scolma…

Joy to be at The African Literature Association’s vibrant 50th anniversary conference in Nairobi. Editors of JALA (JALA) discuss do’s and dont’s of journal publishing. JALA going from strength to strength! Submit your article and sign up for content alerts: tandfonline.com/journals/rala2…

The first print edition of Africa Is a Country asks: Fifteen years after the mass protest decade began, what happens when the crisis endures? africasacountry.com/2025/06/when-t…

African Linguistics Day has kicked off at SOAS with talks on African languages in UK schools, the Malagasy languages, attitudes in Swahili.

"Through the Generations: Youth, Ageing and African Studies Collections” formed part of the SCOLMA 2025 Conference (UK Libraries & Archives Group on Africa) at Bodleian Libraries on Monday. Archives and libraries documenting the continent’s past must empower growing youth population.