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The Usages of the past: African historiographies since independence
Authors: Odhiambo E.S. Atieno 
Published: April 2022

“I did history at school, but that wasevents, not the realthingsin Mantsoba's prophesies”.[David Coplan 2002]During the recent past poststructuralist and postmodernist era it has become fashionable to think of continents, communities, identities, belonging, tradition, heritage and home as imagined, invented or created entities. The idea of Africa has been tantalising to the West ever since Aristotle in hisHistoria Animaliumreported to the effect that ‘a certain proverb[paroimia]is current that Libya always produces something new -aei Libye pherei ti kaino.’
A Visit to Harare and Bulawayo
Authors: Buxton Andrew 
Published: April 2022

I was invited by ZIMISIS, the Zimbabwe CDS/ISIS User Group, to conduct a
3-day advanced workshop at Harare Polytechnic.
The workshop was partly funded by UNESCO Harare Office, and partly
funded by course fees. UNESCO Paris Office had been approached for support
but were unable to help. After I had made arrangements I was also able to
teach a 2-day beginners’ course at the National University of Science and
Technology, Bulawayo (NUST).
There were over 20 participants on both courses with a PC each, but no
PC provided for the instructor. This meant I was teaching ‘blind’, trying to
remember what appeared on the screen or else having to overlook one of the
participants On both courses the computers had been set up somewhat
differently, which meant that things which worked on some didn't always work
on others.
Electronic Journals and Africa Studies: An Overview and Some Trends
Authors: Damen Jos 
Published: April 2022

Many commercial and non-commercial initiatives regarding electronic journals have started in the last decade. They are, however/so widespread and ad hoc that a complete overview of all online journals is not possible. This paper offers a brief description of the current state of affairs concerning electronic journals from and about Africa and highlights some of the trends.Paper journals have existed since 1665 when the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society appeared in London and Le Journal des Scavans in Paris. A hundred years later more than ten scientific journals were available, mostly published by learned societies in Europe. And by 1850, there were well over a thousand journals with articles specialising in all different scientific fields from ethnology to medicine and geology to philosophy. By 1980 there were well over 180,000 different scientific journals.
African Scholarship and African Studies: Challenges for our Time
Authors: Bundy Colin 
Published: April 2022

It is an honour to have been invited to address a SCOLMA conference on such an auspicious anniversary. Birthday greetings are clearly in order - but I did wonder about the inscription in my card. Dryden seemed a bit frivolous: “I am resolved to grow fat and look young till forty”. And Shakespeare's sonnet is too gloomy:“When forty winters shall besiege thy browAnd dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field“I considered Benjamin Franklin's opinion: “At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.” But I have opted instead for the refrain of a music hall classic, My Old Dutch:“We've been together now for forty yearsAn’ it don't seem a day too much!“
Compiling a gazetteer of the Second Anglo-Boer War
Authors: Jones Huw M. 
Published: April 2022

The idea of compiling a gazetteer for the second Anglo-Boer War presented itself quite simply because of the numerous mistakes and misspellings of place names that we have come across in the literature of the war. In his Author's Note to his splendid illustrated bibliography, R.G. Hackett comments that ‘The variance in spelling of place names follows a decision to adopt the form used in source material’. And in his recent book, M.M. Evans notes the ‘passionately-held and wildly differing views on the spelling of place names’.Southern Africa is a land of many languages, some of which were in a state of rapid transition at the end of the 19th century as the war started. It was then overwhelmingly rural and the names of topographical features as well as farms and villages largely reflected the landscape in which they were located.
Looking at the Walter Rodney Papers: Atlanta, Georgetown and London
Authors: Boukari-Yabara Amzat 
Published: April 2022

Walter Rodney was born in Georgetown, Guyana on March 23,1942. Raised in a middle class family, he won a scholarship to enter the most prestigious local school, Queen's College in Georgetown. In 1960, he went to the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Jamaica. After his undergraduate degree, he attended the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London where, at the age of 24, he received his PhD with honours in African History. Rodney's thesis, A History of the Upper Guinea Coast 1545-1800, was published by Oxford University Press in 1970.During his studies at SOAS, he travelled to Spain, Italy and Portugal in order to access archives about Guinea coast. In these countries, he made contact with anticolonialist movements, especially the Portuguese one headed by Amilcar Cabral.
African Publishing from the Outside
Authors: Smith Kelvin 
Published: April 2022

In his acceptance speech for the 1st ZIBF Award for Life-Long Contribution to the African Book Industry in Harare on 2nd August 2004, Henry Chakava made these comments, succinctly encapsulating a confident and optimistic view of a future direction for African publishing.African publishing has come of age, and the challenge facing us now is to democratize the book so as to make it available, accessible and affordable to all our people. These are the challenges I must now place before our new generation of publishers. You must build on the foundations we have established, take advantage of the liberalized marketplace, and harness the emerging technologies to put African publishing squarely on the world map. (Chakava 2004)
The Colenso papers: documenting “an extensive chain of influence” from Zululand to Britain
Authors: Colenso Gwilym 
Published: April 2022

For several decades, members of the Colenso family conducted a vigorous humanitarian campaign across two continents, keeping in touch and exchanging information with one another between England and Natal. Prolific writers, continuously immersed in the often frenetic day to day activity of their campaigning work, they had little time to consider preserving for the future the vast amount of correspondence and documentation they produced. The result is that much of their prodigious output survives today only by chance, dispersed between different collections in the United Kingdom and South Africa.The Colenso papers are authored not by an individual but severally by the members of a family, the family of John William Colenso, the first Bishop of Natal, his brother in law, his wife, their five children and two daughters in law.
Electronic libraries in partnership: BEEP for Africa
Authors: Rossi Pier Luigi 
Published: April 2022

Between September 2008 and September 2009, IRD (Research Institute for Development) established a programme of scanning workshops within the SIST project (System for Scientific and Technical Information) of MAEE (French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs). This initiative involved documentation centers and libraries of public institutions (Universities, Research Institutes) in several French-speaking African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia).The programme enabled the purchase of scanning equipment (fast A4 scanners, PCs, dedicated software) and training teams to digitise documents (theses, articles, books) produced by the staff (researchers, engineers, students) of participating institutions. The Greenstone software was chosen to provide access, over the Internet, to the collections of digital materials. All teams were trained in the installation, administration and use of this tool.The collections made by the project participants consist of documents in pdf format. Metadata is made available either by incorporating existing bibliographic databases (usually in the CDS/ISIS format) or by direct input into the metadata fields of digital files. In the latter case, the metadata entries include document title, authors, publication date and subject.
‘Tin Trunk Literati’ and Beyond: hidden sources for Africa's History
Authors: Killingray David 
Published: April 2022

Serendipity and surprise occasionally contribute to the work of the historian. A chance discovery of crucial documents, a word from an informant, or a brief text helping to resolve a puzzle from the past, can set the adrenalin pulsing. Despite the apparent dull, desk-bound procedures of historical research it can at times be a rather exciting venture with eureka moments. There is another dimension that never ceases to thrill me: bringing to life an insignificant voice from the past, recovering the words of those supposedly ‘without history’, giving flesh and being to a forgotten ‘common person’, and contributing a further piece of evidence to history ‘from below’.Here is aeurekamoment, John L. Comaroff, the South African social anthropologist describing finding the diary of Sol T. Plaatje written about the siege of Mafeking in 1899: “The document was discovered by accident rather than by design.
Do We Need Museums in the Cameroon Grassfields?
Authors: Fubah Mathias Alubafi 
Published: April 2022

This article was provoked by the recent creation of two major state of the art modern museums in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. The two museums in question are the Mankon museum, located at the fon's palace, and the Babungo museum, also located at the Babungo fon's palace. The museums were part of an initiative by an Italian NGO - Centro Orientamento Educativo (COE) - to establish five museums in some regions of Cameroon. The objectives of the initiative were:- The protection and enhancement of the cultural and artistic heritage in its original setting through the creation of five museums (with the publication of catalogues for the collections) in five different areas, stating with the Cameroon Grassfields, which is the western part of the country where artistic heritage is the richest and where the danger of the disappearance and loss of artistic objects is greatest.
Ghanaian funeral brochures: an unexplored rich source of biographical information
Authors: Adjah Olive Akpebu 
Published: April 2022

AbstractDeath in the Ghanaian society is regarded as one of the rites of passage that mark the transition from the present world to the other. It is believed to extend family relationship into infinity and therefore great effort is put into organising befitting funerals. In planning the funeral, a document, which the paper calls the funeral brochure, is prepared. These funeral brochures have become a valuable source of historical, social and biographical information. This article examines 107 Ghanaian funeral brochures belonging to all classes of people in the society, printed between 1993 and 2006. It provides insight into the various pieces of information contained in these brochures that qualify them as a rich source of biographical information. The paper concludes by calling on librarians to begin acquiring funeral brochures as part of their collections.
Digital vs Print resources at African University Institutions: A Discussion Document
Authors: Zell Hans M. 
Published: April 2022

Digital resources and the speed and ease with which researchers anywhere can now access vast amounts of information have transformed the nature of the research process. The advent of electronic resources and digital libraries and repositories has also dramatically changed the function of academic libraries in terms of organization, service delivery, and collection development, with much information and many resources now accessed online. Nowadays, librarians and information professionals are expected to provide services to library users who increasingly demand instant access to information on multiple digital platforms.The attraction of electronic resources and the archiving of these resources, is easy to understand: they are eco-friendly, time and cost saving, offer multi-access, round the clock availability, and provide a facility to access resources without requiring a physical presence in the library.
Reflections on Libraries and Archives I
Authors: Ellis Stephen 
Published: April 2022

I am very pleased to be asked to say a few words to this meeting of archivists and librarians. I am myself a historian, and therefore I love archives. I actually find it a sensual experience to see and feel old documents. Terry Barringer, who invited me to talk to you this morning, encouraged me to say something about my personal experiences of archival research, so allow me to begin with some personal remarks and anecdotes.I started my PhD, on the history of nineteenth-century Madagascar, in 1976. Before then, I don't believe I had ever been in an archive. In the course of doing research for my PhD, I made quite extensive use of government, missionary and private archives in the United Kingdom, France and Madagascar. An exciting moment was locating the archives of the first French Resident of Madagascar after its conquest by French troops in 1895, Hippolyte Laroche.
Mindful parenting intervention for parents of children with skin conditions: a single group experimental cases series
Authors: Heapy Connor , Norman Paul , Emerson Lisa-Marie , Murphy Ruth , Bögels Susan , Thompson Andrew R. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractBackground:Parents of children with eczema or psoriasis experience high levels of parenting stress, which can negatively impact their child’s mental and physical health.Aims:We aimed to investigate the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of a mindful parenting intervention for parents of children with eczema or psoriasis.Method:Seven parents of children (4–12 years old) with eczema or psoriasis took part in an 8-week mindful parenting group intervention. A single-case experimental design was adopted, whereby parents completed daily idiographic measures of parenting stress related to their child’s skin condition. Parents also completed standardised questionnaires measuring their parenting stress, depression, anxiety and quality of life, and children completed a quality of life measure, at four time points: baseline, pre-intervention, post-intervention and 6-week follow-up. Parents provided qualitative feedback after the intervention.Results:All parents completed the intervention and showed improvements in idiographic measures of parenting stress from baseline to follow-up. Improvements in parenting stress were larger at follow-up than post-intervention, suggesting the benefits of intervention continue beyond the intervention. Six of seven parent–child dyads showed improvement in at least one of the wellbeing measures, from pre-intervention to post-intervention or follow-up. Feasibility was demonstrated through good participant retention, adherence to home practice, and treatment fidelity. Acceptability was demonstrated through positive parent evaluations of the intervention.Conclusions:Mindful parenting can be an effective, feasible and acceptable intervention for parents of children with eczema or psoriasis. Future studies should attempt to replicate the findings through randomised controlled trials.
“Sex Education’s Many Sides”: Eugenics and Sex Education in New York City’s Progressive Reform Organizations
Authors: Haager Julia B. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis article argues that reformers’ racial nativism, belief in the power of eugenics to improve society, and desire to restrict US citizenship to certain racial groups contributed to reproductive and eugenic curriculum used by early public-school sex education programs. It utilizes newspaper accounts and archival records from the headquarters of the American Social Hygiene Association, Committee of Fourteen, United Neighborhood Houses, and Child Study Association in New York City to answer several crucial questions: What dangers did each organization attribute to adolescent sexuality and reproduction? How did each envision its role in societal improvement and in the sex education movement? What did these reform organizations consider as the ideal relationship between the home, school, and society? While the existing scholarship explains how each of these organizations fit into the larger historical context of progressive reform, examining them separately downplays the degree to which ideas about race, reproduction, immigration, and US citizenship circulated among reformers, especially as leaders of these groups worked across organizational lines to promote sex education.
WHAT IS A RESTRICTIVE THEORY?
Authors: MEADOWS TOBY 
Published: April 2022

AbstractIn providing a good foundation for mathematics, set theorists often aim to develop the strongest theories possible and avoid those theories that place undue restrictions on the capacity to possess strength. For example, adding a measurable cardinal to
$ZFC$
is thought to give a stronger theory than adding
$V=L$
and the latter is thought to be more restrictive than the former. The two main proponents of this style of account are Penelope Maddy and John Steel. In this paper, I’ll offer a third account that is intended to provide a simple analysis of restrictiveness based on the algebraic concept of retraction in the category of theories. I will also deliver some results and arguments that suggest some plausible alternative approaches to analyzing restrictiveness do not live up to their intuitive motivation.
Potassium carbonate effects on spray mixture pressure changes and final pH
Authors: Mueller Thomas C. , Landry Randall L. , Beeler Joseph E. , Steckel Lawrence E. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThis research examined a potential nuisance aspect of the use of the volatility-reducing agent (VRA) potassium carbonate when combined with glyphosate in spray-tank mixtures. A VRA is now required to be added to dicamba applications to reduce off-target movement from volatility. When no VRA potassium carbonate was added to the spray mixture, there was no pressure buildup. The addition of VRA potassium carbonate plus glyphosate (which lowers the pH) resulted in an observed pressure buildup. Although the gas produced was not identified, it would be expected to be carbon dioxide formed by the dissolution of the carbonate anion from the VRA. Source water pH range from 3.2 to 8.2 had no effect on pressure buildup. Pressure buildup was directly related to water temperature, with a linear response to temperature when the VRA was added last; in contrast, a less direct relationship of temperature to pressure buildup existed at temperatures >30 C when the VRA potassium carbonate was added first. There was no effect on the pressure increase from adding a defoamer or a drift control agent.
Building a Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure to Address Global Grand Challenges for Macrosystem Ecology
Authors: Loescher Henry W. , Vargas Rodrigo , Mirtl Michael , Morris Beryl , Pauw Johan , Yu Xiubo , Kutsch Werner , Mabee Paula , Tang Jianwu , Ruddell Benjamin L. , Pulsifer Peter , Bäck Jaana , Zacharias Steffen , Grant Mark , Feig Gregor , Zhang Leiming , Waldmann Christoph , Genazzio Melissa A. 
Published: April 2022

AbstractThe development of several large‐, “continental”‐scale ecosystem research infrastructures over recent decades has provided a unique opportunity in the history of ecological science. The Global Ecosystem Research Infrastructure (GERI) is an integrated network of analogous, but independent, site‐based ecosystem research infrastructures (ERI) dedicated to better understand the function and change of indicator ecosystems across global biomes. Bringing together these ERIs, harmonizing their respective data and reducing uncertainties enables broader cross‐continental ecological research. It will also enhance the research community capabilities to address current and anticipate future global scale ecological challenges. Moreover, increasing the international capabilities of these ERIs goes beyond their original design intent, and is an unexpected added value of these large national investments. Here, we identify specific global grand challenge areas and research trends to advance the ecological frontiers across continents that can be addressed through the federation of these cross‐continental‐scale ERIs.
Advances in Deformable Plate Tectonic Models: 1. Reconstructing Deformable Continental Blocks and Crustal Thicknesses Back Through Time
Authors: King Michael T. , Welford J. Kim 
Published: April 2022

AbstractDeformable plate tectonic models have been demonstrated to be a useful technique for quantifying temporal variations in strain rate and crustal thickness within recent plate kinematic studies. Using the GPlates software, deformable plate models offer an approach to visualize and assess the interplay of plate kinematics and deformation. However, several assumptions are imposed in previous studies that limit their ability to explain the crustal evolution of various tectonic regimes. Examples of these assumptions include, but are not limited to, the rigid nature of continental blocks and boundaries used to define deformable regions, and uniform crustal thickness assumptions at model start times. In this study, we address these assumptions with newly presented applications using the interplay of GPlates and its python programming library, pyGPlates. In particular, we demonstrate the ability to create deformable continental blocks, reconstruct present day crustal thickness estimates back through time, and how the landward extent of present day crustal thickness estimates can be used to define the limits of deformable plate models and rift domain boundaries a priori. To demonstrate their application and validity, these concepts are evaluated using a previously published deformable plate model of the southern North Atlantic that is tested using 4 modeling scenarios herein to assess the impact of variable model inputs. These models provide insight regarding the pre‐Jurassic (200 Ma) crustal thickness template of the southern North Atlantic, the evolution of continental blocks during rift‐related deformation, and the potential impact of ancient orogenic terranes during subsequent rifting within the North Atlantic.