African Studies Portal - UW-Madison Libraries : Community Exchanges
Area Studies Librarian
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This guide was created by Kimberly Rooney and Emilie Songolo and is managed by Kimberly Rooney. For questions contact kcrooney@wisc.edu.
Librarian Here and About
The 2016 YALI Fellows visit Memorial Library to hear presentations on library resources and managing a large and complex research library system
Emilie at the 2017 spring meeting of the Africana Librarians Council at Northwestern University
Book buying at l'Harmattan in Paris
Advising students majoring in French on library and information science careers at the annual FRIT Major Fête
A visit to the National Archives of Cameroon
At the orientation session for grad students in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
Setting up for the 8th Black Women Wellness Day
Visiting the Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University
A visit from members of the Central African Initiative
The 2017 YALI Fellows gather for presentations on grant seeking and UW library resources.
UW-Madison guest, Josephine Kulea visits special collections.
International Women's Day 2018
Madison's chapter of the 2018 International Women's Day, hosted and founded by Emilie Songolo with support from the 4W Women and Wellbeing Initiative, welcomed guest speaker Josephine Kulea from Kenya to present her work providing assistance and schooling for young girls in the Samburu region.
In Honnor of Harold Scheub
This poster and book display was created for the exhibit honoring UW-Madison Department of African Cutural Studies emeritus Harold Scheub. His many publications are a testament to his dedication to the study of oral literature and folklore in southern Africa.