African Studies Library - Cambridge University

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.

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

🇬🇼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!

[Bennett Institute for Public Policy @BennettInst]

🎙️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

[Scolma @Scolma]

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!

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

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We recently moved our 100+ unpublished theses collection to our archive.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!

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

@CWGS_MandelaUni @KediCh @MandelaUni Hello, what an exciting new text! Are there print copies available that can be shipped to the UK? Thanks.

[Cambridge UL Special Collections @theULSpecColl]

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!

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

We are so excited for this!! Come hear about what the future of African Studies can look like at Cambridge 🌍

[Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @CamGLAMresearch]

🚨 Join us for our Keynote Lecture: African Collections Futures report launch!🥳
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏲️ 6-7pm lecture followed by drinks
🗺️ Alison Richard Building, Cambridge
Register here: https://t.co/zPhLWTqt6G
#AFRICAN #collections #research

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

📚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!

[CRASSH, Cambridge @CRASSHlive]

'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

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

👋 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!

[Scolma @Scolma]

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?

🔔Remember to subscribe to our channel to be notified as soon as # 4⃣ drops!

https://t.co/R2x6wlR9Pt

[Scolma @Scolma]

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

[Scolma @Scolma]

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?

🔔Remember to subscribe to our channel to be notified as soon as # 3⃣ drops!

https://t.co/SyVTMVfA2M

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

It’s spooky season and the Library has some new tenants 🕸️

Come enjoy the crisp (and hopefully later sunny) air on our balcony before the weekend!

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

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

[African Studies Library - Cambridge University @AfrStudiesLib]

📜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!

[African Poetry Book Fund @AfricanPoetryBF]

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

[Canadian Association of African Studies / ACÉA @CAAS_ACEA]

CAAS Conference 2025

Theme: "Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Africa"

CFP Deadline: December 2, 2024

More info: https://t.co/hdaw83mWEb

[Scolma @Scolma]

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?

🔔Remember to subscribe to our channel to be notified as soon as # 2⃣ drops!

https://t.co/56KTVr5KIM

[Scolma @Scolma]

📢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

[Cambridge Sociology @CamSociology]

📢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