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Posted on 9 November 2011, last modified on 9 October 2023
15 July 2014
The South African writer Nadine Gordimer has died on 13 July, in Johannesburg, at the age of 90.
Nadine Gordimer was born on 20 November 1923 in the small East Rand mining town of Springs, the daughter of Jewish immigrants. She published her first story - Come Again Tomorrow - in a Johannesburg magazine at just 15 years of age. She continued to write more than 30 books.
In 1974 Gordimer won the Booker Prize for The Conservationist and she was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1991. The Nobel committee honoured Gordimer for her "great, epic writings centering on the effects of race relations in her country", which had been "of very great benefit to humanity".
08 July 2014
The African Studies Centre's Annual Report for 2013 is out now! In addition to an excellent list of publications by our researchers and our well-attended seminars, you will find other highlights such as the launch of LeidenGlobal in November and the ASC's Annual Lecture by Morten Jerven. Read the Annual Report online or order a hard copy.
30 June 2014
A vibrant new exhibition is on display in the ASC corridors on the 3rd floor and in the ASC Library on the ground floor. Tyler Dolan is a South African photographer specializing in hyper realism that results in colourful imagery. His ‘Walking The Streets’ project documents the various traditions and cultures that reside on the streets of Durban, South Africa. As he writes in the accompanying book: ‘All cities have many sounds and many different kinds of people. (...) We see the street people, we think we know where they come from but we truthfully don’t. This project is about showcasing these people living their everyday lives.’ The exhibition is organised in cooperation with Afrovibes.
27 June 2014
Connecting-Africa and AfricaBib are two bibliographic databases hosted by the ASC that offer a wealth of information. Connecting-Africa is a gateway to African research information produced worldwide. It provides access to more than 50000 publications from 90 repositories as well as information on 1350 Africa experts and on 890 organisations. AfricaBib is a collection of Africana social science titles. It consists of five bibliographic databases: Africana periodical literature; African Women; Women travelers, explorers and missionaries to Africa; Islam in Africa; and Kenya Coast, compiled by ASC researcher Jan Hoorweg. Both websites can now easily be accessed via the menu on the left side on our homepage.
26 June 2014
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