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Jos Damen

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Interested in Africa, Open Access & Wiki. From: African Studies Centre, Leiden (The Netherlands) @ASCLeiden @UniLeiden

Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive) will give a lecture in Leiden about "Copyright in the 21st century, the case of the Internet Archive". Place: Telderszaal, Academy Bld, Rapenburg 73, Leiden. Tuesday 18 March, 16:00 hr. Free entrance, reservation advised linkedin.com/events/lecture…


Doubleface (by Peter Klashorst, 2016)

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Winston Churchill in the White House… Not wearing a suit because he is at war

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Not wearing a suit because he is at war

Four new #openaccess publications in the AEGIS Brill series (a.o Oil-age Africa) aegis-eu.org/aegis-brill-se…


In 1972 Nixon won the US Presidential Elections. Paul Simon wrote a song. "I don't know a soul who's not been battered / I don't have a friend who feels at ease / I don't know a dream that's not been shattered / or driven to its knees / but it's alright" youtube.com/watch?v=AE3kKU…

ASCLibrary's tweet card. Paul Simon - American Tune (1975)

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Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese philosopher & antropologist. The Library Weekly @ASCLeiden of 29 Dec. was written by ASCL's young student intern Issa Niang ascleiden.nl/content/librar…


Roel Coutinho donated his orginal diary 1973/74 to the Library of @ASCLeiden This diary of a young Dutch medical doctor from within the liberation movement of Guinea-Bissau reveals daily life during a revolution in Africa (1973-1974). Portuguese transl.: hdl.handle.net/1887/4172557

ASCLibrary's tweet image. Roel Coutinho donated his orginal diary 1973/74 to the Library of @ASCLeiden This diary of a young Dutch medical doctor from within the liberation movement of Guinea-Bissau reveals daily life during a revolution in Africa (1973-1974). Portuguese transl.: hdl.handle.net/1887/4172557
ASCLibrary's tweet image. Roel Coutinho donated his orginal diary 1973/74 to the Library of @ASCLeiden This diary of a young Dutch medical doctor from within the liberation movement of Guinea-Bissau reveals daily life during a revolution in Africa (1973-1974). Portuguese transl.: hdl.handle.net/1887/4172557

"A luta pela libertação da Guiné-Bissau, vista pelos olhos de um jovem médico neerlandês, Roel Coutinho" - book now #openaccess online -about the liberation struggle in #Guinea-Bissau against Portugal in the 1970s hdl.handle.net/1887/4172557

ASCLibrary's tweet image. "A luta pela libertação da Guiné-Bissau, vista pelos olhos de um jovem médico neerlandês, Roel Coutinho" - book now #openaccess online -about the liberation struggle in #Guinea-Bissau against Portugal in the 1970s hdl.handle.net/1887/4172557

Inventory of Stephen Ellis Archive now online: impressive 295 page inventory of the archive of a distinguished #Africa researcher. Thanks to @tavdhoog and @walkurax1 ascleiden.nl/news/inventory…

ASCLibrary's tweet image. Inventory of Stephen Ellis Archive now online: impressive 295 page inventory of the archive of a distinguished #Africa researcher. Thanks to @tavdhoog and @walkurax1 ascleiden.nl/news/inventory…

Hans Muller, Wikipedian in Residence at @ASCLeiden, moves on to @ubleiden in 2025. Talk: Thursday 19 Dec. 16:00 hr, Herta Mohr Building Leiden, 'Highlights of the African Studies Centre image collection' #Wikipedia commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:C…


Nice gift to the Library of @ASCLeiden, from the collection of Leiden professor Carla Risseeuw (1947-2024): a rare specimen of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (from "1001 Nights") in #Swahili

ASCLibrary's tweet image. Nice gift to the Library of @ASCLeiden, from the collection of Leiden professor  Carla Risseeuw (1947-2024): a rare specimen of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" (from "1001 Nights") in #Swahili

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@fmadore and I are convening a panel on #DigitalHumanities and #AI in #AfricanStudies #ECAS2025. Please submit your paper before 15th Dec guarant.eu/ecasconference… #DH #AfricanHistory


10th European Conference on African Studies will be held in Prague, 25-28 June 2025. Deadline for paper submission: 15 Dec. 2024. #ECAS2025 List of panels ecasconference.org/2025/wp-conten… Website: ecasconference.org/2025/

ASCLibrary's tweet image. 10th European Conference on African Studies will be held in Prague, 25-28 June 2025. Deadline for paper submission: 15 Dec. 2024. #ECAS2025 List of panels ecasconference.org/2025/wp-conten… Website: ecasconference.org/2025/

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Over the course of five years, I've catalogued the personal papers of Stephen Ellis - renowned historian of Africa and former director of the @ASCLeiden. The 295 page inventory is now available online: asclibrary.nl/docs/994044800….


Tanzanian children's and youth literature: @ASCLeiden highlight about information specialist Gerard van de Bruinhorst buying 230 books in Dar es Salaam, among which a selection of Tanzanian children’s and youth literature in English and Swahili #Tanzania ascleiden.nl/content/librar…


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