The vibrant lives of old Claremont
The preservation of nostalgia by evicted black residents of one of Cape Town’s now very white suburbs.
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Liz Timbs
Liz Timbs is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in African History at North Carolina State University. She is a contributing editor at Africa is a Country.
African poets for Africa
Badilisha is rare: an African project funded by a mix of government and private art donors, facilitating media access to African poets.
Digital Matatus
For the past couple of months, I've only been able to get out posts on a
Nigerian Nostalgia
Nigeria has gotten a lot of attention on this platform in the past few weeks, with
The Queering Slavery Working Group
This tumblr focuses on reading, researching, and writing histories of intimacy, sex, and sexuality during Atlantic slave period.
Digitizing Ferguson
On March 4th, the Justice Department released an 86-page report of its investigation of the Ferguson
A Social History of the Gambia
An archive – stretching from 1820 to 1960 – of civil, police, and criminal records in colonial Banjul.
The African Rock Art Digital Archive
Last summer, I got the chance to visit the Origins Museum on the University of the
African Hip Hop
This week I thought I'd try something a little different, inspired by some links I came
African Activist Archive
In the U.S., the past few months have showcased the power of social activism in bringing
The Winterton Collection
I absolutely love photography. This might be obvious from some of the choices I've made for
World War I in Africa
In honor of the centenary of the Great War, Jacques Enaudeau and Kathleen Bomani set out
Slave Biographies
Last week, I discussed the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database and two of its offshoot projects, the African
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
When I was first given the opportunity to write this weekly series, I reached out to
The African Sources of Knowledge Digital Library
Organized at Harvard University, this digital library contains rare handwritten and out-of-print African language documents of non-latinate scripts.
Africa Cartoons
A digital archive featuring the work of over 180 cartoonists from throughout the African continent.
The Digital Mandela
Finding ways to deconstruct the legacy from reality when it comes to South Africa’s democratic president, Nelson Mandela.
Africa Through a Lens
An online archive of photos taken from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office photographic collection housed in the UK’s National Archives.
The Afrobarometer
Inaugurating our series on digital African projects. We’ll document projects working to make more resources about Africa’s past and present available online.