SCOLMA Conference 2021 (online) - 14th June - Afternoon Session

SCOLMA (UK Libraries & Archives Group on Africa)

Oun a ní la ? gbé l’árug? – It is the heritage we have that we must celebrate: Publishing, Collecting & Accessing African-language Materials

What is the state of African-language publishing and creativity today, and how has it changed? How should libraries and archives collect, provide access to and promote African-language material?This year’s conference of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) will take place on 14 June 2021 online.There are 2 sessions across the whole day conference, please make sure to sign up to both the morning and afternoon sessions if you want to receive the links to join.Links to join us will be shared with you 24 hours before the event via the email that you register with.Please note that Q&amp;A will be recorded as part of the event. Recordings will be made available at some point after the live event, and we will send the link to the attendee list.Afternoon Session Programme:14.00–14.40	Panel 3: African Languages and Library Collections, Past and Present (3)‘African-language Publishing and the British Library’s Collections’<ul><li>Marion Wallace (British Library, UK)</li></ul>‘Somali language books in Leiden’<ul><li>Jos Damen (African Studies Centre Library, University of Leiden, Netherlands)</li></ul>14.40–14.50 Break14.50–15.50	 Panel 4: African languages in teaching, publishing and research‘Language and Scholarship: A Survey of Materials in the Ghanaian Local Languages in the Johannes Zimmermann Library’<ul><li>Korklu A Laryea (University Library, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana) and </li><li>Rosina A Anati Budu (Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana)</li></ul>‘Publishing in the Media of Indigenous Languages: Is it Worth it?’<ul><li>Kgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)</li></ul>‘The Papa Mfumu'Eto 1er Papers as a teaching resource’ <ul><li>Daniel Reboussin (George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, USA)</li></ul>15.50–16.00	 Summing up <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/155609870311" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Please click to view the programme, timings and book for the SCOLMA Conference 2021 Morning Session 10:00-12:50, Monday 14th June.</a>

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