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Join us for the 'Archiving, Memory and Method from the Global South' international conference 17-19 October Makerere University. (In-person only - sorry no zoom.) Register using the link in the poster if you're not a presenter. Makerere University CHUSS Makerere University News

Meet the Keynote Speakers at the 2024 Archiving, Memory and Method from the Global South International Conference starting this Thursday 17-19 October 2024 Makerere University Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facility. Time: 8:00am | Be part by registering via bit.ly/amm24reg #AMM24

#amm2024 participants touring of the Uganda National Archives Ministry of Public Service - Uganda. The "Archiving, Memory and Method from the Global South" conference begins tomorrow morning at 8am Makerere University organized by Makerere University CHUSS supported by Mellon Foundation

Prof. Nathan Mnjama; While we're looking at our Migrated archives, our Western friends are not willing to release the archives. They want joint archival heritage, digitize the material& return to us digital images. Our desire is get the original elements. #MakAMM24 #AMM2024

4/5: Prof. Mnjama’s insights remind us that these migrated archives hold not only historical documents but also the stories and legacies of the communities from which they originated. #MakAMM24 | Makerere University

4/4: "This illustrates the power of archives — they are more than just repositories. They’re spaces of discovery, where even the smallest details can lead to significant breakthroughs in understanding our history and cultural identity." ~ Dr. Patrick Otim #MakAMM24 | Makerere University

Day 1 Highlights at #MakAMM24: - Keynote by Prof. Nathan Mnjama on Migrated Archives - Prof. Josephine Ahikire & Dr. Edgar Taylor on archives as political spaces - Exhibits of cultural artifacts & records - Lively debates on preserving Africa’s history. A great start #AMM2024

9/9: Thank you to the Panelists and attendees for a thought-provoking session. The insights shared today will be used to shape future discussions on the role of archives in understanding cultural heritage and social transformation. #MakAMM24

1/4: Heather Ndlovu’s research explores gaps in the National Archives of Zimbabwe, focusing on the preservation of liberation heritage. Despite gov't support, 90% of the archives remain colonial, with little documentation of efforts during the independence mov't. #MakAMM24

Our collective book on the social and political aftermath of the fall of Amin is just around the corner... 1/

Join the Makerere University History Seminar tomorrow at 4pm. Dr Charlotte Mafumbo Makerere University CHUSS will present 'Women in the Peace and Security landscape of the East African Region: Operationalization of the UNSCR 1325' Aili Tripp UW Political Science will be the discussant. See poster for details

I will be presenting at the @IFRANairobi History Seminar on Friday: "The Crime of Pseudonymity: Writing and Authority in the Anti-Indian Buganda Boycott of 1959". Dr. Kenneth Ombongi, OGW of University of Nairobi will be the Discussant. See below for registration information

And here it is ! "The Tongue goes to the Aching Tooth" is now available for free online ! Jim Spire Ssentongo Michiel van Oosterhout youtube.com/watch?v=zBw7SK… 1/4

Meet our Spring 2025 Visiting Fellows and this year's Kellogg Dissertation Year Fellow at 12:30pm Eastern US time today, January 21! Our Fellows Research Spotlight will include brief research presentations by Rebecca Hanson (University of Florida), Fernando Ojesto Martínez Manzur

An interview with recent Makerere University CHUSS graduate Jonathan Mwesige on his MA thesis "Separatist Movement and Identification Documents: A case of Toro District, 1954-1982" teol.ku.dk/english/dept/c…

The next Makerere University History Seminar will be this Wednesday at 3pm. Dr Sandrine Perrot of CERI Sciences Po will present 'The “Lea affair” and the Asian citizenship crisis: registering and documenting Uganda Asians (1968-1972)'. See poster for details. Makerere University CHUSS

We're warming up for this long-awaited book. Join us, physically if you can, and virtually if you please! Derek R Peterson Edgar Jack Taylor Dr Sara Rich Dorman Georgia Cole Ulrike Krause (@ulrikekrause.bsky.social) Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected] Jochen Lingelbach @[email protected] Jeff Crisp Dr Sara Rich Dorman Jim Spire Ssentongo Charles Onyango-Obbo Uganda Martyrs University Siobhán Mullally (UN SR Trafficking in Persons)

The African COVID-19 book shelf, we dare hope, will particularly welcome this one! Responses to COVID-19 in Africa mostly exacerbated the vulnerability of a great many Africans, who already had historical layers of underlying conditions.