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African Studies Library, University of Cambridge

The Centre of African Studies was established in 1965 by the path-breaking anthropologist, Dr Audrey Richards.  It acts as a hub for graduate level and faculty research, runs weekly seminars and research workshops for graduate students, and  organises international conferences both in Cambridge and African institutions.  In addition to fostering PhD level research, it runs a one-year interdisciplinary Masters degree (MPhil) programme in African Studies.

The primary function of the Library is to support the research and teaching needs of the University in the study of Africa (in particular Africa South of the Sahara)  The Library supports the Centre’s work in promoting research on Africa, and the work of the constituent departments in the University.  A secondary function is, by its policy of buying African published material, to disseminate research carried out in Africa.

The Library collects material in the areas of history, economics, politics, social sciences, geography, anthropology, religion, archaeology, literature, film, and popular culture.  A significant proportion of the materials collected are published in Africa, the US, and Europe.

For more information in regards to our collection, please visit our website.

Caine prize winner announced

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Caine Prize was won by Rotimi Babatunde for Bombay’s Republic – http://bit.ly/MpYqTO  He will be at African Writers’ Evening Wednesday 4th July   http://bit.ly/KWPh49

Read the story here

http://www.caineprize.com/pdf/2012_Babatunde.pdf

The shortlisted writers were at a Caine Prize bookclub event on Saturday – part of “Africa Writes” festival  –  talking  about their work and inspiration. It has been written up here with photos: http://thetanjara.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/caine-prize-shortlisted-writers-meet.html

Africa Writes 2012

Africa Writes 2012

Date/Time: Saturday 30 June & Sunday 1 July 2012, 12-6PM

Venue: Brunei Gallery Building (SOAS) & Torrington Square

The Royal African Society (RAS) is pleased to present Africa Writes – its inaugural annual literature and book festival celebrating contemporary African writing.

Festival highlights include: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s lecture focusing on the legacy of the African Writers Series (Saturday, 30th June, 6-7:30pm); an audience with the 2012 Caine Prize Shortlisted writers, in collaboration with the Black Reading Group and the London Afro-Caribbean Book Club (Saturday, 30th June, 3-4:30pm); interactive story-telling for children (Sunday, 1st July, 12-1pm); and panel discussions on the current publishing landscape for contemporary African writing and the phenomenon of “Writing Away from Home”, which affects so many African writers living in the Diaspora. The festival’s closing event will be Word from Africa, part of Poetry Parnassus at the Southbank (Sunday, 1st July, 6-10pm).

All events are free and open to the public except for the Chimamanda lecture and Caine Prize event for which you need to  RSVP see:-

http://www.royalafricansociety.org/what-we-do/upcoming-ras-meetings/details/1173-africa-writes-2012.html

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