SCOLMA
@scolma.bsky.social
Forum for librarians, archivists & others concerned with African studies materials in libraries and archives in the UK since 1962.
Become a member and learn more about us: https://scolma.org/
Become a member and learn more about us: https://scolma.org/
"Publishing on World #Christianity depends heavily on research completed in the Global South."
Ross & Crichton's new #OpenAccess article explores the disparity between publishing north to south with examples from #Africa.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Ross & Crichton's new #OpenAccess article explores the disparity between publishing north to south with examples from #Africa.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Publishing World Christianity Locally and Globally: Opportunities and Ethics | Studies in World Christianity
Publishing on World Christianity depends heavily on research completed in the Global South. Yet making the fruits of such research available to Global South communities through accessible publications...
www.euppublishing.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"Publishing on World #Christianity depends heavily on research completed in the Global South."
Ross & Crichton's new #OpenAccess article explores the disparity between publishing north to south with examples from #Africa.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
Ross & Crichton's new #OpenAccess article explores the disparity between publishing north to south with examples from #Africa.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
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Black British Voices: Black British Collections.
Cambridge University Library is forming a community panel of Black British & Black Northern Irish individuals to help shape its 2027 exhibition & events programme.
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
🔗More info: https://loom.ly/9lDrGVY
Cambridge University Library is forming a community panel of Black British & Black Northern Irish individuals to help shape its 2027 exhibition & events programme.
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
🔗More info: https://loom.ly/9lDrGVY
Black British Voices: Black British Collections
Join a community panel to shape Cambridge University Library's 2027 public exhibition and programme
www.lib.cam.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Black British Voices: Black British Collections.
Cambridge University Library is forming a community panel of Black British & Black Northern Irish individuals to help shape its 2027 exhibition & events programme.
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
🔗More info: https://loom.ly/9lDrGVY
Cambridge University Library is forming a community panel of Black British & Black Northern Irish individuals to help shape its 2027 exhibition & events programme.
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Dec 2025
🔗More info: https://loom.ly/9lDrGVY
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theconversation.com/travel-as-ac...
Just out in the Conversation Africa:
My take on moving to be free. A study of black working women in apartheid who “travelled to gain ground for the greater cause of freedom, while discovering new versions of themselves along the way.”
Just out in the Conversation Africa:
My take on moving to be free. A study of black working women in apartheid who “travelled to gain ground for the greater cause of freedom, while discovering new versions of themselves along the way.”
Travel as activism: 6 stories of Black women who refused to ‘stay put’ in apartheid South Africa
The stories of six South African women who travelled to fight for workers and for women’s rights, and risked it all.
theconversation.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
theconversation.com/travel-as-ac...
Just out in the Conversation Africa:
My take on moving to be free. A study of black working women in apartheid who “travelled to gain ground for the greater cause of freedom, while discovering new versions of themselves along the way.”
Just out in the Conversation Africa:
My take on moving to be free. A study of black working women in apartheid who “travelled to gain ground for the greater cause of freedom, while discovering new versions of themselves along the way.”
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Just published online, my chapter on cultural and sociopolitical developments, c1900-c1950, in the Oxford Handbook of South African History. A long journey to getting this out, but voila. Published in hardback in Apr ‘26.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
“New African” Culture and Black Sociopolitical Life in Early to Mid-Twentieth-Century South Africa
AbstractThis chapter explores the contours and complexities of “New African” ideas, culture, society, and politics in twentieth-century South Africa. It wa
academic.oup.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just published online, my chapter on cultural and sociopolitical developments, c1900-c1950, in the Oxford Handbook of South African History. A long journey to getting this out, but voila. Published in hardback in Apr ‘26.
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Looking for your next research/work opportunity?
The University of Brighton is hiring a Research Fellow in African Film and Visual History (0.5 full-time equivalent).
The project is called "The Uganda Film Unit Archive: Digitisation, Research and Restitution"
Good luck applying!
The University of Brighton is hiring a Research Fellow in African Film and Visual History (0.5 full-time equivalent).
The project is called "The Uganda Film Unit Archive: Digitisation, Research and Restitution"
Good luck applying!
Job Vacancy at the University of Brighton: Research Fellow in African Film and Visual History (0.5 full-time equivalent)
Join an international collaborative project researching film and visual history in UgandaWe’re looking for a Research Fellow in African Film and Visual History to join the international team responsib...
jobs.brighton.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looking for your next research/work opportunity?
The University of Brighton is hiring a Research Fellow in African Film and Visual History (0.5 full-time equivalent).
The project is called "The Uganda Film Unit Archive: Digitisation, Research and Restitution"
Good luck applying!
The University of Brighton is hiring a Research Fellow in African Film and Visual History (0.5 full-time equivalent).
The project is called "The Uganda Film Unit Archive: Digitisation, Research and Restitution"
Good luck applying!
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Our friends from the African Studies Group are calling for papers for a symposium on the theme African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ways of Knowing – A Conversation of Traditions, Modernity, and the Future. www.africanstudiesgroup.com.au/asg-2025-sym... #UniMelb #AfricanStudies
September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Our friends from the African Studies Group are calling for papers for a symposium on the theme African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Ways of Knowing – A Conversation of Traditions, Modernity, and the Future. www.africanstudiesgroup.com.au/asg-2025-sym... #UniMelb #AfricanStudies
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today I am loving the UN Geneva Archives platform which hosts the complete League of Nations archives, digitised, entirely free
some archive digitisation programs are very clunky & hard to use, this is immaculate & has an incredibly user friendly interface + excellent metadata
some archive digitisation programs are very clunky & hard to use, this is immaculate & has an incredibly user friendly interface + excellent metadata
archives.ungeneva.org
August 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
today I am loving the UN Geneva Archives platform which hosts the complete League of Nations archives, digitised, entirely free
some archive digitisation programs are very clunky & hard to use, this is immaculate & has an incredibly user friendly interface + excellent metadata
some archive digitisation programs are very clunky & hard to use, this is immaculate & has an incredibly user friendly interface + excellent metadata
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Just out in @sajournalofscience.bsky.social: my review of Publishing from the South by Wits Press. Fascinating multi-authored read about the life and times of a distinctive university press and the broader dynamics of publishing from the global African South: sajs.co.za/article/view...
May 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just out in @sajournalofscience.bsky.social: my review of Publishing from the South by Wits Press. Fascinating multi-authored read about the life and times of a distinctive university press and the broader dynamics of publishing from the global African South: sajs.co.za/article/view...
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Dar es Salaam and the excellent Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference. Great to be part of the writing workshop and to reflect also on a decade (& slightly more) of the innovative journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
August 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Dar es Salaam and the excellent Mashariki Literary and Cultural Studies Conference. Great to be part of the writing workshop and to reflect also on a decade (& slightly more) of the innovative journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Stimulating conversation, compassionate questions, and newfound friendships were a few intimate characteristics of our 2025 Conference!
Thank you to all our speakers, chairs, and committee members for making this an unforgettable day.
Presentations will be on YouTube soon!
Thank you to all our speakers, chairs, and committee members for making this an unforgettable day.
Presentations will be on YouTube soon!
July 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Stimulating conversation, compassionate questions, and newfound friendships were a few intimate characteristics of our 2025 Conference!
Thank you to all our speakers, chairs, and committee members for making this an unforgettable day.
Presentations will be on YouTube soon!
Thank you to all our speakers, chairs, and committee members for making this an unforgettable day.
Presentations will be on YouTube soon!
What impact does Africa's growing youth population have on the role of archives & libraries that document the continent’s past?
Come find out in Oxford next Monday June 30th!
Register for SCOLMA's bi-annual conference today:
t.co/LQjrV2O61O
Ticket sales end this Wednesday 25th at 11pm!
Come find out in Oxford next Monday June 30th!
Register for SCOLMA's bi-annual conference today:
t.co/LQjrV2O61O
Ticket sales end this Wednesday 25th at 11pm!
June 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
What impact does Africa's growing youth population have on the role of archives & libraries that document the continent’s past?
Come find out in Oxford next Monday June 30th!
Register for SCOLMA's bi-annual conference today:
t.co/LQjrV2O61O
Ticket sales end this Wednesday 25th at 11pm!
Come find out in Oxford next Monday June 30th!
Register for SCOLMA's bi-annual conference today:
t.co/LQjrV2O61O
Ticket sales end this Wednesday 25th at 11pm!