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Africana Collections in South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Lesley Hart
Lesley Hart*
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University of Cape Town Libraries
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In this paper, I have chosen to interpret the term “Africana” quite widely and I shall discuss both primary and secondary sources. I shall refer, in particular, to my home institution, the University of Cape Town Libraries, because that is the one of which I, naturally, have most knowledge. I have tried, however, to gather as much information as I can from colleagues in other institutions in South Africa, so as to give my talk as wide a base as possible.

I should like to tell you about some of the challenges that currently face African Studies collections, about recent legislation that affects the access to information in South Africa, as well as some of the ways in which South African history is being recorded and is being made available electronically.

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African Research and Documentation , Volume 90: African research & documentation in the new millennium: Papers presented at the SCOLMA 40<span class='sup'>th</span> Anniversary Conference, Oxford, June 2002 , 2002 , pp. 59 - 70
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Copyright © International African Institute 2002

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