Library

 This Library Highlight showcases three new acquisitions with a compelling background story: Algériennes surexposées: Marc Garanger dans la guerre d’Algérie by Zalia Sékaï, British colonisation of Northern Nigeria, 1897-1914: a reinterpretation of colonial sources by Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, and the FESPACO catalogues 2021 Pro, 2023, and 2023 Pro.

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Our latest archival collection is now available for consultation in the African Library. Explore the research collection of Ton Dietz, former ASCL Director, on his favourite spot in Africa: Pokot in Kenya. Pokot residents gave Dietz the name Ilat, or ‘thunder and lightning’.

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(Babylone1969, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons) On 1 February, Fela Kuti was posthumously honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognised his contributions to global music and his pioneering role in the development of the Afrobeat genre. Kuti became the first African artist to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award since it was established in 1963.

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