Today marks the 28th anniversary of South Africa’s first post-apartheid elections, now commemorated as Freedom Day. Previously, under the apartheid regime, non-whites in general had only limited voting rights, while black South Africans were unable to vote at all. The…
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Freedom Day – new perspectives on apartheid from the BLDS Legacy Collection
Tagged with: African history, African pamphlets, Apartheid, Independence, South Africa
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies)
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies)
Football, poetry and fables -the surprising features in BLDS African port harbour magazines
By Danny Millum – BLDS Metadata and discovery officer There are many fascinating rabbit holes to explore in the BLDS Legacy Collection, and you often come across them in the most unexpected places. Perhaps this just shows our limited imagination,…
Tagged with: Africa, African history, Cameroon, Cultural history, Football, Industry, Poetry, Ports, Somalia, Tanzania
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies), IDS
Posted in BLDS (British Library for Development Studies), IDS