{"id":279,"date":"2019-05-31T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T12:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/?p=279"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T10:24:45","slug":"african-studies-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/2019\/05\/african-studies-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"African Studies Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Busi Khangala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The African Studies Collection is an internationally-renowned collection of research resources pertaining to Africa, particularly, but not limited to, Africa, South of the Sahara. It includes Africana, with extensive collections of monographs, periodicals, ephemera, pamphlets, videos, sound recordings, maps, conference papers, and newspapers. Housed in the JW Jagger Building (the south wing of the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library), the collections are made available to researchers and students, in a magnificent historic reading room now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specialcollections.uct.ac.za\/jagger-reading-room\">restored to its original condition<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_55961-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The restoredReading Room of the JW Jagger Building showing desks, shelves, computers, etc.\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_55961-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_55961-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_55961-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The restored Reading Room of the JW Jagger Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 1953, the African Studies Library (as it was then known) largely owed its origin to the efforts of Mr R F M Immelman, University Librarian from 1940 to 1970, for whom the collection of African and Southern African material was a particular focus. \u00a0He acquired (often by donation) many valuable materials, including manuscript materials such as the C. Louis Leipoldt Collection and the Bleek &amp; Lloyd Collection of Bushman Materials. \u00a0It was due to Mr Immelman\u2019s indefatigable collection-building that Harry Oppenheimer recognized the worth of the Africana material at UCT and generously donated funds for the establishment of the University\u2019s Centre for African Studies, and for the development of the African Studies Library\u2019s collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/001_0011-1.jpg\" alt=\"The cover of Contrast Literary Magazine, 1960.\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/001_0011-1.jpg 555w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/001_0011-1-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption>The cover of Contrast Literary Magazine, 1960.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/congo_in_four_acts2_Fotor-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"DVD cover of Congo in Four Acts, which is available in the African Studies Film Collection.\" class=\"wp-image-309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/congo_in_four_acts2_Fotor-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/congo_in_four_acts2_Fotor-768x1095.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/congo_in_four_acts2_Fotor-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/congo_in_four_acts2_Fotor.jpg 1517w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> The African Studies Collection also holds what has often been acknowledged to be one of the finest collections of films on Africa in the world and works in close conjunction with Visual Archives in Special Collections in maintaining and adding to its film holdings. One of the collection\u2019s other strengths is its impressive pamphlet collection. This grey literature is used extensively by undergraduates (not necessarily because they are referred to it but rather because they find it while searching the catalogue). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with materials in Government Publications, the African Studies Collection has enhanced and supported both teaching and research at the University. Of course, many Africanists, both local and international, are drawn to UCT not only because of its status as a leading tertiary educational institution world-wide, but also because of the breadth of its Africanist holdings housed in Special Collections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Key_map_of_the_Union_of_SA_19161_Fotor_Fotor-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"Key map of the Union of South Africa, 1916.\" class=\"wp-image-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Key_map_of_the_Union_of_SA_19161_Fotor_Fotor-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Key_map_of_the_Union_of_SA_19161_Fotor_Fotor-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/memory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Key_map_of_the_Union_of_SA_19161_Fotor_Fotor-768x564.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Key map of the Union of South Africa, 1916.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nprimary function of the African Studies Collection is to support the\nresearch&nbsp;and teaching needs of the University in the study of Africa. The\nUniversity\u2019s mission statement states that \u2018UCT aspires to become a premier\nacademic meeting point between South Africa, the rest of Africa and the\nworld\u2019.&nbsp; The foundation statement\nunderpinning the mission statement declares, inter alia, that \u2018in advancing UCT\nas an Afropolitan university we will expand our expertise on Africa and offer\nit to the world\u2019 and \u2018engage critically with Africa\u2019s intellectuals and world\nviews in teaching and research\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Busi Khangala. The African Studies Collection is an internationally-renowned collection of research resources pertaining to Africa, particularly, but not limited to, Africa, South of the Sahara. 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