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New Photograph and Film Collections available at Bristol Record Office

Bristol Record Office is undertaking a project to audit the photographic and film collections which it received from the former British Empire and Commonwealth Museum and to catalogue a selection of them. A number of collections, covering over 6,500 photographs and 70 films and including material on Africa, are now available for research. The catalogue for photographs is at http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/narratives.php?irn=14182 and the catalogue for films at http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/narratives.php?irn=14181 . More catalogues will be added as the project continues until October 2017.

40th Anniversary of Soweto Uprising

16th June 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the uprising by Soweto school students which inspired an international movement against apartheid. ‘Remember Soweto’ is a symposium being held at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedord Way, London WC1, 5-8pm on 16th June, where former student activists, historians and journalists will reflect on the domestic and regional importance of the uprising and its legacy today (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/african-studies/african-studies-events/remember-soweto). On 18th June the ‘Spirit of Soweto: racism and rebellion 40 years on’ conference will be held at the Barbara Strang Teaching Centre, Newcastle University NE1 7RU, 11am-5pm, to learn from South Africa’s experience in nourishing anti-racist and international solidarity movements in 2016 (http://scolma.org/event/scolma-annual-conference-2016-african-medicine-matters/).

Britian Zimbabwe Society Research Day, 18 June 2016

The Britain Zimbabwe Society will be holding its annual Research Day on Saturday 18 June 2016 at St Antony’s College, Oxford. The theme is ‘Health and Politics in Zimbabwe and the Diasporas’ and the keynote address will be given by Dr Portia Manangazira, Director of Disease Control in the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health. Panels will address epidemics (particularly cholera, AIDS/HIV and bilharzia) and politics, mental health in Zimbabwe, and  health and the Zimbabwean diaspora (focusing on the problems of stress and trauma, health education and skills, and the dynamics of the care sector). The draft programme can be found at http://www.britain-zimbabwe.org.uk and registration is now open.

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