African Studies Library at UW-Madison

03/31/2022

On my way to host the spring meeting of the Africana Librarian’s Council on behalf of UW-Madison on Zoom. I am delighted to host this powerful group 10 years after we hosted them in person on the UW-Madison campus.

12/04/2020

Congratulations to Djaïli Amadou Amal for her new literary prize!

Cameroonian writer Djaïli Amadou Amal has won the 33rd French Literary award Goncourt des Lycéens.

11/03/2020

Today is my first day at work as Head of International and Area Studies for UW-Madison Libraries and the campus African Studies Program just published this beautifully composed piece.
I can't believe I get paid to do this work!

African Studies Librarian Emilie Songolo and UW-Madison Libraries Posted on November 2, 2020 The African Studies Program and African Studies Librarian Emilie Songolo invite you to UW-Madison Libraries, where you can book an appointment to view an array of source materials about and from the African....

06/29/2020

https://www.library.wisc.edu/news/2020/06/29/pickup-by-appointment-service-a-welcome-option-for-researchers/

Whether it’s dinner, groceries, or even library materials, the way we get the items we need has changed dramatically in the last several months due to the impact of COVID-19.

09/05/2019

First day back to Africa at Noon




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Photo credits: Rita Benissan and Aliko Songolo

07/25/2019

It's been great working with this summer class on international development and governance. Thank you, Professor Eunsook Jung, for making the library an integral part of this class and for your dedication to students. You are educating a cadre of well-rounded scholars.

07/19/2019

It was an honor to be invited to exhibit the library's collection of African commemorative fabrics at SoHE during reception for the Mandela Washington Fellows in conjunction with A Diverse Continent: African Textiles in Context at the Lynn Mecklenburg Gallery.
Many thanks to Lesley Sabakinu, Metycia Bengmo, Carolyn Kallenborn, Miriam Campos, and Liese Pfeifer who masterfully helped me mount this exhibit to showcase this significant aspect of African history and society.





Photo credits: Carolyn Smythe Kallenborn and Metycia Bengmo

06/11/2019

On my way to the ELIAS lunch and archive tour at the University of Edingburgh Library

04/12/2019

A shout-out to the graduate students of the UW-Madison Department of African Cultural Studies (ACS) who organized and held a conference yesterday on "African Futures"
Dr. Jamie Thomas, the keynote speaker, gave a thought-provoking talk entitled "Continuity is How They Kill Us"

06/05/2017

Don't forget to add African Politics to your summer reading list. We have some of the titles in this article in UW-Madison Libraries and are ordering the rest as soon as possible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/05/26/announcing-the-fourth-annual-tmc-african-politics-summer-reading-spectacular/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.66d5292a8109

Get this year's African Politics summer reading list and read along!

04/14/2017

Sociality after Karin Barber's keynote yesterday

04/11/2017

The things that brighten your day when you are having a sick day in bed because of a nasty cold.
This is a reminder of one of the reasons I love my job and my career. Library workers are that key that unlocks the door between people and information; and information is power. This has been a fact before and since computers, the Internet and social media.
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