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15 - Jacques-Phillipe Potteau, North African and Hindoo Bombay, from Darwin’s collection of anthropological photographs
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Jacques-Phillipe Potteau, North African and Hindoo Bombay, from Darwin’s collection of anthropological photographs, drawn from a set made at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie,...
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
Africa Research Forum Talk: Morten Jerven on African development statistics
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Morten Jerven of Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, introduces his book 'Poor numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it'. This event...
Collection: Centre of African Studies
Institution: Centre of African Studies
Created: Mon 3 Jun 2013
CAS and CGHR Event - 'Decolonising African Studies?' - Prof Christopher Clapham, University of Cambridge
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This event was jointly hosted by the Centre of African Studies and the Centre of Governance and Human Rights on November 6th 2019. The discussant was Dr Adam Branch.
Collection: Centre of African Studies
Institution: Centre of African Studies
Created: Thu 7 Nov 2019
CAS Public Seminar: Prof Shadreck Chirikure, University of Oxford/University of Cape Town - Decolonise what?...
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This event was part of the Michaelmas Term Public Seminar Series on the theme of 'Archaeology, Heritage, and the decolonization of Africa’s Past'.
Collection: Centre of African Studies
Institution: Centre of African Studies
Created: Tue 12 Nov 2019
CAS Seminar: Labels and definitions: reflections on urban dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa - Dr Deborah Potts (Reader in...
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A talk by Dr Deborah Potts, part of the 'African Cities' seminar series.
Collection: Centre of African Studies
Institution: Centre of African Studies
Created: Fri 22 Jan 2016
CAS Seminar: Prof Wale Adebanwi, University of Oxford - "Africa as a “Dissimilar” System? Knowledge Production on...
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A talk given as a part of the Michaelmas Term 2017 seminar series ' Rethinking African Studies. Histories and Futures of Knowledge Production on Africa'
Collection: Centre of African Studies
Institution: Centre of African Studies
Created: Wed 18 Oct 2017
CGHR Researcher Spotlights - Dr Duncan Omanga
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CGHR interviews Dr Duncan Omanga (Moi University; Visiting Fellow, Centre for African Studies, University of Cambridge). Dr Omanga's research looks at the use of social media by...
Collection: Centre of Governance and Human Rights
Institution: Department of Politics and International Studies
Created: Thu 23 Jun 2016
Chris Boonzaaier - 16 May 2015 - The Role of Traditional Knowledge in the Management and Sustainability of Built...
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Chris Boonzaaier (University of Pretoria): The Role of Traditional Knowledge in the Management and Sustainability of Built Heritage Resources
Collection: African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Tue 16 Jun 2015
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Chikocha
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Ngoma (a Swahili word which literally means ‘drum’) are happenings during which music, dance and song act together to realize performances related to the most important rites of...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Documenting Karamojong Oral Culture in Hamburg
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Interview with Luisa Nativi. In this inteview Luisa Nativi performs and translates a number of songs and tales of the Karamojong (Uganda)
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Épopée de Soundjata
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Deux thèmes de l’épopée de Soundjata qui sont typiques pour la version de Kéla: l’histoire de la libération de Nagana Tiriba par l’ancêtre des Diabaté, et l’histoire de l’achat...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Headless Crabs
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This aetiological narrative establishes the crab’s origin and its moral significance for the present. Narrated to children, it is a cautionary story that suggests identification —...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Hogbetsotso festival and migration stories
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In this fragment Dr. Datey-Kumodzie recollects the historical migration of the Ewes and offers songs related to the festival. The organization of the Hogbetsotso festival is...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: I rather die than marrying this man
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In this inteview Luisa Nativi performs and translates a song about a woman complaning for marrying a man whom she did not want to marry (Karamojong, Uganda)
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Jealous Twins
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This tale treats competition within the family and, in particular, betrayal among brothers. It explores the contradiction inherent in peer-relationships within the family:...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Kijiti
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The Swahili song Kijiti, whose text was composed by the famous taarab artist Siti binti Saad (1898-1950) to express her anger about the abuses committed against women that often...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Kunguiya and Kilua
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Ngoma (a Swahili word which literally means ‘drum’) are happenings during which music, dance and song act together to realize performances related to the most important rites of...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Kyaso
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Ngoma (a Swahili word which literally means ‘drum’) are happenings during which music, dance and song act together to realize performances related to the most important rites of...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Ndege we
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Ngoma (a Swahili word which literally means ‘drum’) are happenings during which music, dance and song act together to realize performances related to the most important rites of...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011
Daniela Merolla: Verba Africana Series: Self presentation
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At the beginning of the interview, the interviewee made it clear that he was a repository of a very special, secret knowledge that no other researcher could reveal and that he was...
Collection: World Oral Literature Project Collections
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 8 Jun 2011