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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
05 July 2018
In May the ASCL’s research project 'Being young in times of duress in the Central African Republic', was closed with an end conference in Bangui. The research project, a collaboration with UNICEF, dealt with the relationship between youth and armed groups in CAR. Read the short report of the end conference. (Photo: Sjoerd Sijsma).
05 July 2018
Librarians and archivists in African Studies met in Vienna during the 12th Annual Meeting of ELIAS, European Librarians in African Studies, on 1 June. Information specialists from the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland got together to exchange news on collections, websites, integrating the Sustainable Development Goals and other new developments in their field.
03 July 2018
The ASCL Library recently added pictorial works to its collection showcasing two of Africa’s many colourful fashion and art forms. Two new French-language books, Wax & co: anthologie des tissus imprimés d'Afrique, by Anne Grosfilley, and Wax, by Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, focus on the history of popular West African textiles, which are often referred to as ‘Dutch wax’ (wax hollandais). Read the library highlight!
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