The University of Cape Town's Special Collections comprises internationally-renowned Africana, archives and other research resources.
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Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), notable for his part in the struggle for press freedom in South Africa and championing of the rights of indigenous people. @HiPSA1918 published selections of the engaging letters of Pringle (ed. Randolph Vigne, 2011): hipsa.org.za/publication/the….
ALT Thomas Pringle (1789-1834)
#TodayInHistory 22 July 1825 "To Oppression Oppression! I have seen thee, face to face, / And met thy cruel eye and cloudy brow; / Which once I saw and feared - but fear not now." - Thomas Pringle #ThomasPringle #1820Settlers
#Somerset #HiPSA #freedomofthepress
AB Xuma (1893-1962), first black South African to become a medical doctor, president-general of the ANC 1940-1949. @HiPSA1918 published his autobiography and selected works (ed. Peter Limb, 2012): hipsa.org.za/publication/a-b….
ALT Alfred Bitini Xuma ca 1930
#TodayInHistory 18 July 1933 "The only difficulty here, especially for me an aborigine, is problem of access to literature both medical and general. I have to spend a lot of money for books and journals [1/2]
Deidre also put up a display of examples from Special Collections music archives for delegates to view during their tour of UCT's WH Bell Music Library. (Photograph: Engela Britz-Glanville)
For example, the papers of composer and ethnomusicologist Percival Kirby (1887-1970), known his standard work on the subject (1934) and his collection of indigenous musical instruments on display at the SA College of Music at UCT. See digital showcase: ibali.uct.ac.za/s/pkmi/page/….
Formal music collections of composers and performers mainly reflect the Western classical tradition, but broader archival holdings contain records of other genres and of indigenous music. (Photographs: Theresa Schoeman)
Archivist Deidre Goslett presented a paper in a panel discussion at the @IAML_AIBM conference held at Stellenbosch University giving an overview of music archives in Special Collections and assessing the extent to which they reflect the diversity of South Africa's music heritage.
UCT Libraries is honouring the legacy of the ǂKhomani through a showcase on Ibali.
Thank you to our partners #AfricanTongue with whom we have worked since lockdown to develop the showcase.
Learn more here: ibali.uct.ac.za/s/bvf41/page…
#AfricaDay2024 #AfricaDay
Exactly three years since the Jagger Library fire, Varsity newspaper today reflects on the completion of the recovery and digitisation of the Audiovisual Archive, an accomplishment which has seen it rise phoenix-like from the ashes. varsitynewspaper.substack.co…
#JaggerRecovery
"What gives the pamphlet collection its value is its coverage of socio-political movements and history over the last 70 years in South Africa and Africa outside of official and academic channels."
Learn more: lib.uct.ac.za/articles/2023-…
#JaggerRecovery #AfricanStudies #hiddengem
On #UCTDay2023 6 October there will be guided visits to the Jagger Library and Reading Room which the 2021 Fire severely impacted affecting the archival and African Studies collections and Special Collections services. Register at uct.ac.za/uct-day/events/uct… #GuardiansOfOurMemory
