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Current Research at the Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham
Authors: Rimmer Douglas 
Published: April 2022

The Centre of West African Studies was established at Birmingham in 1963 as an interdisciplinary department of area studies primarily engaged in research and postgraduate teaching. Academic appointments have been made ito the Centre in the social sciences and the humanities. A few members of other departments who are closely concerned with African studies have become Associates of the Centre.To date nearly 80 research theses have been completed in the Centre (a list is obtainable from Mrs. E. de Veer, CWAS, University of Birmingham, P.O. Box 363, Birmingham B15 2TT). Those submitted and approved in the last year (1984-85) were on the history of the cocoa industry in the Amansie district of Asante (G.M. Austin), the political transformation and ethnic unification of the Tarok (Yergam) from the 19th Century toe. 1954 (Stephen Banfa), Nigerian clerical workers (a sociological study by Victor Omogbehin), Nigeria, the West and Southern Africa, 1960-83 (Adaye Orugbani), and the economy and society of St. Louis du Senegal, 1659-1809, with special reference to the influence of Eurafricans (S.O.M. Zilombo).
Beasts, birds and bees: visual resources for Africa in the Libraries of the British Museum (Natural History)
Authors: Datta Ann 
Published: April 2022

AbstractOriginal drawings and photographs of the natural history of Africa in the libraries of the British Museum (Natural History) are described, and a brief history of the libraries is given. The different kinds of natural history drawings and their purposes, and the importance of original drawings are considered A catalogue of the holdings of original drawings and photographs of Africa concludes the paper.
The book chain: African books collective & UK book buyers
Authors: Jay Mary 
Published: April 2022

I am very pleased to have this opportunity to explain what African Books Collective (ABC) is, our place in the so-called “book chain”, and what services we offer to librarians. The aim of the seminar, as I understand it, is to bring African publishers and UK librarians together to focus on practical issues.ABC is a unique organization. It is not a conventional commercial distributor. It was founded in 1989 by 17 African publishers who established and own the company. They were responding to the perceived gap in the book chain: on the one hand the lack of effective distribution networks, the inability of individual publishers to afford overseas promotion, and the lack of access to foreign exchange from overseas sales; and on the other, the difficulties of librarians and other book buyers in the North in acquiring African publications, even when they knew of their existence.
Development of libraries in Zaire: inventory and review of the literature 1888–Part Two
Authors: Mutaboba J. Wasonga 
Published: April 2022

Some academic libraries in Zaire were established and sustained during the colonial period, mainly by missionaries. Before Zaire was granted independence in 1960, three important academic institutions of higher education were known and had libraries. These were: Grand Seminaire de Majidi, Université Lovanium and Université Officielle du Congo.This school trained candidates for priesthood in the Catholic Church. In 1953, its library had 19,500 volumes for teachers and 4,500 for students reading philosophy and theology. Access to the teachers’ collection was restricted unless particular students had special permission to enter the library. (Tete Wersey 1983) mentioned that the library had a general catalogue on fiches with 4 clear sections: (a) Africa; (b) Sciences; (c) Biographies and (d) Africans’ Biographies.
Malawi’s hidden bibliographies: a preliminary survey of some earlier texts
Authors: Msiska Augustine W.C. 
Published: April 2022

In his article, in the Zambia Library Association Journal in 1973, the late Rigg referred to bibliographies appearing at the end of a book or article as ‘hidden’. Thus, he wrote:One type of bibliography which is invariably most elusive to hunt down is the so-called “hidden bibliography” at the end of a book or article. These may be anything from a few lines to the length of a chapter and vary enormously in their usefulness, but should not be ignored.It is Rigg’s article that has inspired the present writer to carry out a similar investigation on Malawi as Rigg’s on Zambia. It is only fair to stress the usefulness of such bibliographies as Rigg had earlier pointed out. A researcher may find a single bibliography on his subject, but is bound to discover more information if he turns to the hidden bibliographies.
Colonial Office Confidential Print: an underutilised resource for African Studies
Authors: Hannam Harry 
Published: April 2022

The purpose of this article is to throw some light on the origin, arrangement, content, indexing and availability of Colonial Office Confidential Print and to suggest that for students of British imperialism, especially as it developed in Africa, CO Print deserves more attention than it currently receives. Admittedly there are difficulties in discovering precisely what was issued in Print format, particularly for the period from 1920 up to the demise of the Colonial Office in 1966, but with the assistance of the guides and indexes, some unpublished, to which reference will be made, access can be gained to this valuable resource.Confidential Print first appeared within the Colonial Office in the mid nineteenth century, principally for reasons of administrative convenience. At a time when correspondence with the colonies was conducted by the exchange between individual Governors and the Secretary of State, of handwritten despatches – typewriters were not introduced into the colonial Office until 1893 – the production of printed volumes of correspondence on the more important issues of the day was necessary in order that the main papers on a subject could be widely circulated within the office without constant reference to the original despatches.
African and African-related sources in St. Petersburg, Russia
Authors: Dobronravin Nikolai 
Published: April 2022

African and Africa-related collections in St. Petersburg can be found in a number of museums, archives, libraries and other institutions. Unfortunately, there is no joint catalogue or detailed description of the collections in either Russian or any other language. Therefore not all St. Petersburg African sources can be covered here. For example, until recently not much was written about Russian expeditions to East Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The diary of a zoological expedition from Mombasa to Entebbe in 1914 including some interesting ethnographic material is currently in press at St. Petersburg University Press (ed. by Prof. Andrei Zhukov, African Studies Department, St. Petersburg University).The only exception is Ethiopia. Most Ethiopian manuscripts in St. Petersburg have been described in two catalogues: Boris A. Turaev. Ethiopian manuscripts in St. Petersburg. St Petersburg, 1906, and Vyacheslav M. Platonov. Ethiopian manuscripts in St. Petersburg collections. St Petersburg, Russian National Library, 1996.
Setting up the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration
Authors: Josias Anthea 
Published: April 2022

Nelson Mandela is one of history's most extraordinary individuals. He has many identities and roles: a son of the Eastern Cape; a South African citizen; elder in a large family; the longest-serving political prisoner on Robben Island and in other apartheid prisons; former leader of the ANC; former President of South Africa; international statesperson; and the most powerful symbol of dedication to human liberation in the world. Establishing an institution of memory to honour him, to document his life, and promote his legacy is imperative.From the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Project Statement
New Directions in Reference and Collections Development in Africana Collections in the United States
Authors: Page Laverne 
Published: April 2022

Africana resources and collections: three decades of development and achievement, edited by Julian W. Witherell, and published by Scarecrow Press in 1989, is a festschrift honouring Hans Panofsky, a pioneer in Africana librarianship. It was, and continues to be, a fitting tribute to a man who was a leading figure in the promotion of co-ordinated co-operative programmes for acquisitions and bibliographic control of Africana from 1959 to 1989. This one volume with contributing articles by Hans’ Africana colleagues contains a wealth of historical information about librarianship, cataloguing, and the acquisitions of Africana for that time period. An update of this volume is now due.Within the last two decades, there have been many significant developments in American libraries. This short presentation will not attempt to bridge that distance. Instead, it will offer a brief accounting of fairly recent Africana activity in selected American libraries.
Railway records as sources of information for the study of Kenya history
Authors: Mnjama Nathan M. 
Published: April 2022

The history of Kenya is closely linked to the history of the railways. Although the reasons for the construction of this line were varied, one result of its construction was the rapid socio-economic development of Kenya which followed its completion in 1901. The railway's role in the socio-economic development of Kenya was perhaps best summed up by Sir Edward Grigg, the Governor of Kenya, in a speech to mark the official opening of the Uganda extension when he remarked:The results of this railway project of thirty years ago have exceeded the wildest dreams of its originators. By accident the railway revealed the lovely highlands of Kenya and enabled us to plant there an outpost of the British race, which has in my belief a great part to play in the history of the European contact with Africa. It has been responsible also for the fact that we have been able to improve and establish economic crops over a rich and fertile country which until its advent had absolute no external trade. Cotton, coffee, sisal, wheat – all these things have been brought here by European pioneers and these things have been established simply because the railway has been built. Without the railway none of these valuable crops could have been established here for a day.
A Calender of Kwame Nkrumah papers in the Documentation Centre of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, 1935-1948
Authors: Akussah Harry 
Published: April 2022

The potential of private papers as primary sources for research cannot be overemphasised. Unlike other archives, private papers can give researchers closer contact with their subjects since such papers frequently reflect natural human prejudices and emotions.The National Archives of Ghana (NAG), in accordance with article 5 of the Public Archives Ordinance No. 35 of 1955 in realising the immense value of private papers instituted a special programme in 1961 to systematically acquire and process papers relating to the Ghanaian president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah from all over the world. This laudable effort succeeded in enriching the stock of the Archives with Nkrumah's papers acquired from both the USA and Britain. In addition to papers there are his books and other documentary materials, which constitute his entire personal library during the period of his studies abroad.
A Glimpse Over the Land and Peoples of Mozambique: The Collections Assembled During the Colonial Period and their Importance for the Rebuilding of the History of Mozambique
Authors: Roque Ana Cristina , Ferrão Livia 
Published: April 2022

Museums as well as other public and private institutions in Portugal and abroad, have collections of a diversified nature assembled during the 20th century in the former Portuguese colonies. Several important collections of archaeological and ethnological objects as well as photographs and documents from Mozambique are known today through scientific papers, publications and exhibitions promoted either by public or private initiatives. However, there are still a number of unknown collections that not only are important vehicles of information regarding the regions and peoples of Mozambique but also provide an important contribution for a better understanding of its history.The Collection of the Anthropological Mission of Mozambique (AMM), gathered between 1936 and 1956, is an example of the importance of these collections.
Copyright and literary piracy in Ghana
Authors: Alemna A.A. , Dodoo V. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis paper discusses the issue of copyright, especially as it pertains in Ghana. It also examines the extent of literary piracy and its impact on authors and the book industry in Ghana. Remedies proposed to curb this activity include resourcing of the Copyright Office; creation of copyright awareness; and strict prosecution of offenders.
Digitisation at the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies: A consideration of processes and outcomes
Authors: Guittar Michelle , Easterbrook David L. 
Published: April 2022

From its inception, the goal of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University has been to collect as comprehensively as possible materials from and related to Africa, regardless of subject. Due to this comprehensive collection policy, the library contains many materials that are not readily available at other institutions in the United States, Europe or Africa, as was made evident by last year's SCOLMA presentation on materials on sport at the Herskovits Library.Starting in the mid-1990s, the Herskovits Library began to consider digitising portions of its unique resources, not only to better serve its local community of researchers on the Northwestern University campus but remote users as well, regardless of location. Along with increased availability, such digitisation would support broader access to primary resources in African studies, leading to expanded research as well as enhanced teaching and curriculum enrichment, especially for undergraduate students.
Soldiers of the Queen: photographs of Africa, 1867-1902 in the National Army Museum
Authors: Harding Marion 
Published: April 2022

By way of introduction, and to put the body of this paper in context, it may be helpful to say a few words about the National Army Museum and its Collections.The Museum received its Royal Charter in 1960 when it was established at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and moved to its present location in Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, where it opened to the public in 1971. Under the terms of its Charter, the Museum is responsible for collecting, preserving and interpreting items relating to the the history of the British Army from 1485 to the present day, the Indian Army until 1947, and the land forces of Britain's overseas possessions until their respective dates of independence.
Images of Africa: television's eye
Authors: Malden Sue 
Published: April 2022

Obviously by the very nature of the output of BBC Television, we hold a very wide range of programmes and are by no means a specialist Africa collection. Our specialism is the media. This paper covers the range of material we hold - age; subject; production source and formats and then looks briefly at the professional problems this material poses in terms of intake, storage and subject cataloguing and indexing. Finally, it gives you a brief introduction to the use made of the library.The Library's prime responsibility is to store and document BBC produced and transmitted programmes and any other footage that may be of reuse or archival value. However, the library is very closely involved in the production process, assisting production staff by documenting all their recordings as they are made and edited in the post production process right up to transmission.
An eye to the future: iconography in post-apartheid South Africa
Authors: Loos Jackie 
Published: April 2022

The South African Library is the oldest such institution in South Africa, having been founded in Cape Town in 1818, but its Iconographic Section was not officially established until 1986. Demand for research and copying services has increased steadily since 1990, and we are now receiving a gratifying number of enquiries from overseas picture researchers and specialists.I have been Iconographic Librarian for about four years, which is not nearly long enough for me to pose as an expert, but in our country there are so few specialists in picture research that those of us who work with pictures soon achieve specialist status, whether warranted or not.Our collection consists of some 100,000 images, mainly photographs, limited to Southern Africa and covering subjects of socio-cultural interest. It is a reference and research collection intended primarily to provide visual information, and it therefore includes copies of material held by other institutions.
The Archivist, the Scholar and the Possibilities of Decolonising Archives in Zimbabwe
Authors: Muchefa Livingstone 
Published: April 2022

The well-worn routes of colonial history leading to London, Paris, Lisbon, and elsewhere may remain fruitful for historians of the post-colonial period. Since former colonial powers remained involved, or at least interested, in what was going on in their former colonies, intelligence reports and diplomatic materials from the last fifty years may be of value to social scientists of the present. Historians also have turned to records from the United States, the former USSR, and other states with extensive involvement in African politics. The archives of humanitarian groups, non-governmental organizations, newspapers, and other institutions also contain materials produced by African governments. Some intentionally gathered materials, while others accreted them indirectly over the course of their work. (Samuel Fury Childs Daly 2017).Although Daly's quotation was focused on the post-independence period in Biafra, the sentiments resonate precisely with circumstances elsewhere in understanding African history through the archives.
V. A Publisher's perspective
Authors: Zell Hans 
Published: April 2022

In your interesting series of articles “Reviewing reviews” in ARD (no. 102, 2007) you invite further contributions to this debate, and so may I be permitted to add some observations from the perspective of a publisher or, more particularly, a publisher of African studies reference works.In his article in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing David Henige states “unfortunately, most reference works are never reviewed outside the library literature, if there.” This is not our experience, even though we now make it a practise not to send out unsolicited review copies of our reference works to African studies or any other journals unless editors specifically request a copy, and provide some indication when a review might appear. We invite journal editors to request review copies by mailings of press releases, and email notifications of new books when published.
British Empire & Commonwealth Collection: Exploring Our Online Catalogue
Authors: Pucknell Jayne 
Published: April 2022

We have recently launched a new online catalogue to display information about some of the 1,000s of archives and objects held within the British Empire & Commonwealth (BEC) Collection. Following the process of development and consultation, we are now providing access to a significant part of the Collection. We're also planning further phases of work to improve the visibility of material, especially about people who lived under the confines of the former empire. Our prime motivation is to enable access to material so that it can be explored globally and from multiple perspectives.The BEC Collection is based in Bristol Archives, an appropriate place in that Bristol played a key role in the history of the empire for several centuries, specifically for its part in the transatlantic slave trade.
The Decline of Indigenous Language in African Literature: A Model of the Yoruba Language
Authors: Alabi Adesanya M. 
Published: April 2022

“African literature has presented a lot of problems especially what is to be considered African literature, in which language it should be written, what it should be about, and who should be considered an African writer“(Ndede, 2016:2). This article discusses the linguistic hegemony of the colonial languages with particular reference to Yoruba. “The Yoruba country lies roughly between latitudes 6° and 9°N and longitudes 2° 30’ and 6° 30’ East. The area spreads across the republics of Benin and Togo. The Yoruba are also found in such places as Sierra Leone, Gambia and across the Atlantic in the Caribbean and South America especially in Brazil” (Atanda, 1996; cited in Salawu, 2004).According to Arifalo and Ogen, Yoruba people are forty million worldwide and they further assert that the Yoruba ethnic group is one of the biggest in West Africa (Arifalo and Ogen, 2003; cited in Salawu, 2004).
Validation of a clinical and genetic model for predicting severe COVID-19
Authors: Dite Gillian S. , Murphy Nicholas M. , Spaeth Erika , Allman Richard ,   Lifelines Corona Research Initiative
Published: April 2022

Abstract
Using nested case–control data from the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort, we undertook a validation study of a clinical and genetic model to predict the risk of severe COVID-19 in people with confirmed COVID-19 and in people with confirmed or self-reported COVID-19. The model performed well in terms of discrimination of cases and controls for all ages (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) = 0.680 for confirmed COVID-19 and AUC = 0.689 for confirmed and self-reported COVID-19) and in the age group in which the model was developed (50 years and older; AUC = 0.658 for confirmed COVID-19 and AUC = 0.651 for confirmed and self-reported COVID-19). There was no evidence of over- or under-dispersion of risk scores but there was evidence of overall over-estimation of risk in all analyses (all P < 0.0001). In the light of large numbers of people worldwide remaining unvaccinated and continuing uncertainty regarding vaccine efficacy over time and against variants of concern, identification of people at high risk of severe COVID-19 may encourage the uptake of vaccinations (including boosters) and the use of non-pharmaceutical inventions.
Has Political Theory Become More Political? Evidence and Stakes for Future Theory
Authors: Mohorčich J. 
Published: April 2022

ABSTRACTThis article presents evidence for a secular increase in political engagement in political theory from 1974 to 2019 and analyzes the implications of this growth. Analysis of 385 theory articles published across three periods (i.e., 1974–1976, 2005–2007, and 2017–2019) found a near doubling in topicality among theory articles published in Polity, American Political Science Review, and Political Theory since the 1970s. This change has been substantial, statistically significant, and previously unnoted in the literature. I suggest that the shift toward topicality entails and is entailed by the production of “real events” amenable to and consistent with the theoretical approaches in which successive generations of theorists have been trained. Finally, I explain this shift toward topicality with respect to theory’s responsiveness to real events and to rising levels of professionalization within the field.