We support the research & teaching activities of the Centre of African Studies - @CASCambridge - at @Cambridge_uni. Open 9-5, Mon-Fri. Tweets by Jenni & Ben.
🇬🇼Amílcar Cabral, the famed revolutionary leader of the people of Guinea-Bissau & the Cape Verde Islands, lives on!
Celebrate Cabral's centenary with this extraordinary book display put together by our MPhil, Neo, on in the Library to January 17th.
Click the🔗 in bio for more!
🎙️NEW: Is democracy declining?
Crossing Channels guest, David Runciman, sees democracy as unravelling not collapsing. Kristin Michelitch examines challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, while Ahmed Mohamed explores cultural factors in the MENA region.
🎧 https://t.co/qEb0CAQ5fI
Wohooo! Check out our conversation with @AfricainWords and learn how SCOLMA can help you broaden your network.
Thank you again to all who made the #SCOLMA2024SS a fruitful endeavour, we look forward to seeing you at our conference next year in June!
Ever used a thesis or dissertation as part of your research? If not, you probably will at some point in your academic career.
We recently moved our 100+ unpublished theses collection to our archive. Ask us about how they might improve your research!
We were pleased to welcome @moritzmihatsch and the MPhil World History cohort @CamHistory to @theUL today to view material from the World Collections Dept. Thanks to all involved!
📚Pleased to announce we have a brand new collection available for consultation - Paul la Hausse de Lalouvière donated his Southern African Bibliographies from @WitsUniversity (Jo-burg) c. 1965-72 to us earlier this spring.
🔗Click the link in our bio to view the collection aid!
'Assembling Shaolin in Zambia: African trainees programme, cultural heritage, and philanthropy'
A presentation by Hangwei Li (German Institute of Development and Sustainability)
A hybrid event by the Frontiers of Faith network on 7 November at 2pm
https://t.co/8GCotEAqVh
👋 Hey Jenni!
@AfrStudiesLib's trusty captain spoke as part of the 2024 @Scolma Seminar Series this past March - watch the full video discussing dispersed African Studies collections on YouTube!
3⃣ Our 3rd Seminar from the #SCOLMA2024SS is now live on YouTube, titled "Digital (Re)Connections and Dispersed Collections".
How have you worked with dispersed collections?
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https://t.co/R2x6wlR9Pt
We are deeply saddened to hear of @omotayoagunbiad's recent passing. Tayo became a SCOLMA member earlier this year and brought a refreshingly light humour when conducting historical research on West African women.
We will miss her.
https://t.co/tVVn0JVO6H
2⃣ Our 2nd Seminar from the #SCOLMA2024SS is now live on YouTube, titled "Digital Resources for
African Studies: Teaching & Research"
How do you use digital resources to teach?
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https://t.co/SyVTMVfA2M
We’ve created a guide for new and returning @Cambridge_Uni students, including online resources, top tips, skills training, tours, collections, and what’s new this term.
https://t.co/AEO3IkJino
#Cambridge#GoingtoCambridge
📜We’ve accepted pamphlet correspondences from HMSO with East & South Africa c. 1921-26 donated by Leo Amery & his son, Julian. Both father & son were war correspondents with Leo having covered the Boer War.
🖇️Click the link in our bio to view the list and to request a viewing!
The Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is open to submissions till November 1st!
The prize is awarded to 10 poems by an African writers who have not yet published a full-length book of poetry.
More info here: https://t.co/4h3j9EmWqM
1⃣ Our 1st Seminar from the #SCOLMA2024SS is now available on YouTube, titled "Digital Re-Curation
& Creative Research with African Archives"
How does this relate to your work?
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https://t.co/56KTVr5KIM
📢Exciting news! Our Call for Papers is now live for our 2025 Conference📢
"Through the generations: youth, ageing and African Studies collections"
30th June 2025, University of Oxford
Keynote: Dr Buhle Mbabmbo-Thata, University of Lesotho.
ℹ️ https://t.co/A3iKMnr2DC
📢Our departmental seminar series kicks off next Tues 15 October at 12.30 in the Sociology Seminar Room.
Join us to discuss the problem of white normativity.
Speaker: Prof. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva @DukeU
Chair: Professor Patrick Baert, @Cambridge_Uni
https://t.co/BCPce7FkqF