Recent scholarship on archival research has raised questions concerning the character and
impact of'the archive'on how the traces of the past are researched, the use and analysis of …

In this book, Duane Jethro creates a framework for understanding the role of the senses in
processes of heritage formation. He shows how the senses were important for crafting and …

European archives hold historical voice recordings that were produced by linguists,
ethnologists and musicologists during colonial rule in African countries. While these …

This article examines the ways in which the voluminous archive of the Dutch East India
Company (VOC) controlled, constructed and delimited the presence of slaves in the paper …

Africa's regional archives offer crucial records to explore the continent's postcolonial past.
Although these archives are often difficult to locate and access and are exposed to several …

The long southern African past before the advent of European colonialism remains
neglected despite powerful post-apartheid impulses of various kinds for its recovery and …

The history of archival management in Uganda reveals the foundational relationship
between austerity and colonial archival institutions. This article discusses how …

Purpose This paper aims to assess the appraisal, disposal and transfer of records of the
Kruger National Park (KNP) rangers' diaries processes from 1926 to 1930 with a view to …

If Bantustans were artifices of the apartheid state–'puppet'regimes ruling through the
despotism of 'tradition', rather than through modern bureaucratic techniques–what are we to …

Purpose The purpose of the study is to assess the role of political power and politics in
selecting, creating and preserving Liberation Movement archives in South Africa …