An important quantity of colonial archives is still present in areas in the DRC which were not affected by war or plunderings. The project wants to survey these archives, order these, provide metadata and select which documents are most relevant for further research and possible digitisation. The areas selected are Boma and Bandundu.
The economic basis for professional black and white photography in Cameroon disappeared in 1998 with the introduction of new identity cards. They were issued with instant photographs, removing the need for 'passport photographs'. These had been the main work of rural photographers who could process…
This project has two main components.The first part will be based at the Buea Archives, South-West Region of Cameroon, and aims to survey and assess the documents held there. A training course in digital archiving techniques will be offered to the Archives personnel and a limited number of…
The Cameroon Press Photo Archives (CPPA) were founded in Buea in January 1955 by the British colonial administration and were operational until Anglophone West Cameroon unified with the Francophone Republic of Cameroun under President Ahmadou Ahidjo, to form the United Republic of Cameroon in 1972…
This pilot project will survey manuscripts held in some of the libraries of Abéché, the main Saharan centre of Eastern Chad. In 1890 Abéché became the capital of the Sultanate of Waday, which had been the main political entity of the region since its foundation in 1635. After being the epicentre of…
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