Newly available (in both print and electronic access) and with a special focus on the history and legacies of punishment is the following journal issue:
Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 37, No. 3, 01 Sep 2011
This new issue contains the following articles:
"Introduction: Histories and Legacies of Punishment in Southern Africa", Jocelyn Alexander & Gary Kynoch
"Defining Crime through Punishment: Sexual Assault in the Eastern Cape, c.1835–1900", Elizabeth Thornberry
"Law, Violence and Penal Reform: State Responses to Crime and Disorder in Colonial Malawi, c.1900–1959", Stacey Hynd
"Repression and Migration: Forced Labour Exile of Mozambicans to São Tomé, 1948–1955", Zachary Kagan-Guthrie
"Of Compounds and Cellblocks: The Foundations of Violence in Johannesburg, 1890s–1950s",
Gary Kynoch
"Punishment, Race and ‘The Raw Native’: Settler Society and Kenya's Flogging Scandals, 1895–1930",
David M. Anderson
"Containing the ‘Wandering Native’: Racial Jurisdiction and the Liberal Politics of Prison Reform in 1940s South Africa", Kelly Gillespie
"The Limits of Penal Reform: Punishing Children and Young Offenders in South Africa and Nigeria (1930s to 1960)", Laurent Fourchard
"In the Shadow of Mau Mau: Detainees and Detention Camps during Nyasaland's State of Emergency", John McCracken
"Nationalism and Self-government in Rhodesian Detention: Gonakudzingwa, 1964–1974", Jocelyn Alexander
"Discipline and Punishment in ZANLA: 1964–1979", Gerald Chikozho Mazarire
"State Discourse on Internal Security and the Politics of Punishment in Post-Independence Mozambique (1975–1983)", Benedito Luís Machava
"‘Entering the Red Sands’: The Corporality of Punishment and Imprisonment in Chimoio, Mozambique", Bjørn Enge Bertelsen
"Deviance, Punishment and Logics of Subjectification during Apartheid: Insane, Political and Common-law Prisoners in a South African Gaol", Natacha Filippi
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Friday, 30 September 2011
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Nigerian census portal
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies has good collections of print census documents from across the Commonwealth. Increasingly governments are publishing the material only, either in PDF format, or sometimes as datasets.
We're pleased to highlight the Nigerian census portal, based on the UN DevInfo software platform.
Produced by the National Population Commission, under the authority of the Federal Government of Nigeria, this resouces presents 2006 census data at three different geographic area levels: national, state and local government area, as well as UN data from 2008 on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
We're pleased to highlight the Nigerian census portal, based on the UN DevInfo software platform.
Produced by the National Population Commission, under the authority of the Federal Government of Nigeria, this resouces presents 2006 census data at three different geographic area levels: national, state and local government area, as well as UN data from 2008 on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Wellcome Library - African posters on health
The Wellcome Library has acquired a substantial number (over a thousand) posters published in thirty African countries to promote health and wellbeing. Dating from 1993 to 2010, they were collected in the latter year from the following countries:
Burkina Faso; Benin; Cameroon; Congo (from 1997); Djibouti; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea Bissau; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Uganda; Zaire (up to 1997); Zambia; Zimbabwe.
The best represented countries are Ethiopia (286), Kenya (219), Nigeria (130) and Tanzania (120). Some of the subjects represented:
Contraception and reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, "backyard abortion", breast feeding, weighing babies, child health centres, vitamins, vaccination, African traditional medicine, protection against communicable diseases including: polio, malaria, AIDS, schistosomiasis, food poisoning, nematode infections, tuberculosis, bird flu, and rodent-borne diseases; and against toxic pesticides and diarrhoea, as well as smoking, spitting, female genital mutilation, tattooing, general health education, environmental pollution, men's and women's roles in preserving health, the health of orphans, the health of camels, appeals to Islamic and Christian values and images, individual responsibility, child abuse, and activism.
The Wellcome Library has started cataloguing the collection with brief, first-draft catalogue records. Individual items will become available in the Library as they are catalogued, but in the meantime anyone wants to see works from a particular country may see them in the Wellcome Library by ordering them from the online catalogue.
The Wellcome's blog post about the collection can be seen here
Burkina Faso; Benin; Cameroon; Congo (from 1997); Djibouti; Egypt; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea Bissau; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; Tunisia; Uganda; Zaire (up to 1997); Zambia; Zimbabwe.
The best represented countries are Ethiopia (286), Kenya (219), Nigeria (130) and Tanzania (120). Some of the subjects represented:
Contraception and reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, "backyard abortion", breast feeding, weighing babies, child health centres, vitamins, vaccination, African traditional medicine, protection against communicable diseases including: polio, malaria, AIDS, schistosomiasis, food poisoning, nematode infections, tuberculosis, bird flu, and rodent-borne diseases; and against toxic pesticides and diarrhoea, as well as smoking, spitting, female genital mutilation, tattooing, general health education, environmental pollution, men's and women's roles in preserving health, the health of orphans, the health of camels, appeals to Islamic and Christian values and images, individual responsibility, child abuse, and activism.
The Wellcome Library has started cataloguing the collection with brief, first-draft catalogue records. Individual items will become available in the Library as they are catalogued, but in the meantime anyone wants to see works from a particular country may see them in the Wellcome Library by ordering them from the online catalogue.
The Wellcome's blog post about the collection can be seen here
Monday, 4 April 2011
Nigerian Political Pamphlets
With news of the delay in the Nigerian elections it seems timely to promote the Political Pamphlets collections again.
The Political Pamphlets collection includes material published by political parties, trade unions and pressure groups; including material such as election campaign material, manifestos rules and regulations etc. As well as pamphlets, leaflets and booklets the collection includes posters, flags, paper hats and stickers and badges.
Material relating to Nigeria currently available on the catalogue dates from 1957 to 1998, and includes materials from parties such as the: Action Group of Nigeria; All Peoples Party; Alliance for Democracy; Dynamic Party; Kano People's Party; Mid-West State Movement; National Party of Nigeria, Nigerian National Alliance; Nigerian National Democratic Party; Nigerian Youth Congress; Northern People's Congress; People's Redemption Party; Progressive Peoples Party; Social Democratic Party; Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria; Talakawa Party; Unity Party of Nigeria and the Workers Party of Nigeria.
We're always happy to accept new material for the collection. Please contact the Commonwealth Studies Librarian if you have material relating to elections, political parties or other political campaigns.
The Political Pamphlets collection includes material published by political parties, trade unions and pressure groups; including material such as election campaign material, manifestos rules and regulations etc. As well as pamphlets, leaflets and booklets the collection includes posters, flags, paper hats and stickers and badges.
Material relating to Nigeria currently available on the catalogue dates from 1957 to 1998, and includes materials from parties such as the: Action Group of Nigeria; All Peoples Party; Alliance for Democracy; Dynamic Party; Kano People's Party; Mid-West State Movement; National Party of Nigeria, Nigerian National Alliance; Nigerian National Democratic Party; Nigerian Youth Congress; Northern People's Congress; People's Redemption Party; Progressive Peoples Party; Social Democratic Party; Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria; Talakawa Party; Unity Party of Nigeria and the Workers Party of Nigeria.
We're always happy to accept new material for the collection. Please contact the Commonwealth Studies Librarian if you have material relating to elections, political parties or other political campaigns.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Africa through a lens
Africa through a lens is a set of thousands of images taken from a broader photographic collection of Foreign and Commonwealth Office images, held at The National Archives. Starting with some incredible early photographs from the 1860s, the images span over 100 years of African history. These images are now available, for the first time, to view online at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/africa/.
The website includes podcasts looking at the origins and aims of the project; a focus on Nigeria; Africa through a lens, discussing photography and image making; and finally a podcast on conserving the images. Users can tag images on Flickr to add information about these as not all are captioned, and the captions are representative of the time they were taken (and not necessarily captions we would use today).
Particular strengths in coverage include South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Zanzibar and Tanzania
The website includes podcasts looking at the origins and aims of the project; a focus on Nigeria; Africa through a lens, discussing photography and image making; and finally a podcast on conserving the images. Users can tag images on Flickr to add information about these as not all are captioned, and the captions are representative of the time they were taken (and not necessarily captions we would use today).
Particular strengths in coverage include South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Zanzibar and Tanzania
Friday, 10 September 2010
New archives catalogue additions - Nigeria
Included in the recent batch of handlists added to the ULRLS catalogue are three collections relating to Nigeria
Nigeria: Mid West Affairs: Oba of Benin (ICS92) includes papers dating from 1926 to 1946 concerning the Oba of Benin, including correspondence with the Governor on the revision of the Benin-Warri boundary, 1926; correspondence and papers on links between Eweka II, Oba of Benin and Fio Agbano II, King of Glidji, Togo, 1934; correspondence on request from the Oba for the use of armed Nigerian police during burial ceremony for his mother, 1935; correspondence and papers on alleged libel of Akenzua II, Oba of Benin by H O Davies in article 'My Impressions on Nigeria' in the 'Daily Service', 1940; and correspondence on award of CMG to Akenzua II, 1946.
Nigeria: Mid West State Movement (ICS93) dates from c1956 to 1963 and includes copies of papers on the case for a Mid-West State in Nigeria, 1956-1963; comprising papers produced by the Mid-West Plebiscite Committee, and the Mid-West State Movement, on the campaign for a separate state, with report a tour of the Benin and Delta Provinces. The demand for a separate State or Region by the peoples of the Benin and Delta Provinces of Western Nigeria, the Edo, Urhobo, Isioko, Itsekiri, Western Ibo, Ishan and Afenmai dated back to 1938. After World War Two the demand began to gain momentum. The matter was discussed at the 1957 Conference on the Nigerian Constitution, and the British Colonial Secretary, Alan Lennox Boyd [later Lord Boyd of Merton] appointed a Commission of Inquiry, under Sir Henry Willink to ascertain the facts about the fears of minorities in Nigeria and to propose means of allaying those fears, and to make recommendations on the creation of new states.
J G Wallace papers (ICS111) contain a rough draft of a history of British Law in Northern Nigeria, 1948-1959; and research papers and partial drafts of a history of Benue Province, Nigeria, c1959. The latter include copies of works by others, and of official administrative correspondence and reports, c1928-1959. The two works were originally intended as two volumes of one work; however, the volume on legislation having been completed more readily than that on Benue, Wallace intended to publish it separately. However, there is no evidence that either progressed beyond the state in which these drafts and notes were found. Very little information is known about Wallace apart from a note of his appointments in the Overseas Civil Service in one of the files in ICS111. He was assigned to the Northern Region of Nigeria in 1954, and after passing examinations, was appointed as a member of HM Overseas Civil Service in 1956. In that year he was made a Grade III Magistrate and posted to Nasarawa Division, then became an Administrative Officer Class IV in 1957. In 1958 he was posted in charge of Wukari Division, then of Lafia Division.
Nigeria: Mid West Affairs: Oba of Benin (ICS92) includes papers dating from 1926 to 1946 concerning the Oba of Benin, including correspondence with the Governor on the revision of the Benin-Warri boundary, 1926; correspondence and papers on links between Eweka II, Oba of Benin and Fio Agbano II, King of Glidji, Togo, 1934; correspondence on request from the Oba for the use of armed Nigerian police during burial ceremony for his mother, 1935; correspondence and papers on alleged libel of Akenzua II, Oba of Benin by H O Davies in article 'My Impressions on Nigeria' in the 'Daily Service', 1940; and correspondence on award of CMG to Akenzua II, 1946.
Nigeria: Mid West State Movement (ICS93) dates from c1956 to 1963 and includes copies of papers on the case for a Mid-West State in Nigeria, 1956-1963; comprising papers produced by the Mid-West Plebiscite Committee, and the Mid-West State Movement, on the campaign for a separate state, with report a tour of the Benin and Delta Provinces. The demand for a separate State or Region by the peoples of the Benin and Delta Provinces of Western Nigeria, the Edo, Urhobo, Isioko, Itsekiri, Western Ibo, Ishan and Afenmai dated back to 1938. After World War Two the demand began to gain momentum. The matter was discussed at the 1957 Conference on the Nigerian Constitution, and the British Colonial Secretary, Alan Lennox Boyd [later Lord Boyd of Merton] appointed a Commission of Inquiry, under Sir Henry Willink to ascertain the facts about the fears of minorities in Nigeria and to propose means of allaying those fears, and to make recommendations on the creation of new states.
J G Wallace papers (ICS111) contain a rough draft of a history of British Law in Northern Nigeria, 1948-1959; and research papers and partial drafts of a history of Benue Province, Nigeria, c1959. The latter include copies of works by others, and of official administrative correspondence and reports, c1928-1959. The two works were originally intended as two volumes of one work; however, the volume on legislation having been completed more readily than that on Benue, Wallace intended to publish it separately. However, there is no evidence that either progressed beyond the state in which these drafts and notes were found. Very little information is known about Wallace apart from a note of his appointments in the Overseas Civil Service in one of the files in ICS111. He was assigned to the Northern Region of Nigeria in 1954, and after passing examinations, was appointed as a member of HM Overseas Civil Service in 1956. In that year he was made a Grade III Magistrate and posted to Nasarawa Division, then became an Administrative Officer Class IV in 1957. In 1958 he was posted in charge of Wukari Division, then of Lafia Division.
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