The Haiti Memory Project and the digitization of oral histories
Thus far in this series, I haven’t really featured any digital oral history projects, which is a
Articles by
Liz Timbs
Liz Timbs is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in African History at North Carolina State University. She is a contributing editor at Africa is a Country.
The preservation of nostalgia (by evicted black residents of Cape Town’s now white suburbs)
So far, a lot of what has been covered in this series has focused on digitized
Badilisha Poetry X-Change
So, my brief hiatus turned into a bit bigger of a break than I was planning.
Digital Matatus
For the past couple of months, I’ve only been able to get out posts on a
Nigerian Nostalgia
Nigeria has gotten a lot of attention on this platform in the past few weeks, with
The Queering Slavery Working Group
Since I first started out selecting digital projects for this series, I have been struck by
Digitizing Ferguson
On March 4th, the Justice Department released an 86-page report of its investigation of the Ferguson
A Social History of the Gambia
An archive - stretching from 1820 to 1960 - of civil, police, and criminal records in colonial Banjul.
The African Rock Art Digital Archive
Last summer, I got the chance to visit the Origins Museum on the University of the
African Hip Hop
This week I thought I’d try something a little different, inspired by some links I came
African Activist Archive
In the U.S., the past few months have showcased the power of social activism in bringing
The Winterton Collection
I absolutely love photography. This might be obvious from some of the choices I’ve made for