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Emory University Libraries hold over 808
films and videos about Africa. They cover the continent and deal with
topics ranging from literature, politics, art, and religion to wildlife.
The Institute of African Studies issues a printed catalogue of these
and maintains an on-line catalog in the Film and Video Resources for African
Studies page to help Emory faculty, staff, students, and visitors
identify and locate materials that will be of use and interest.
The current catalogue was updated in September 2007. Contact the Institute
of African Studies to request copies.
Since 1995, Emory University Libraries have acquired a foundation collection of over 300 recordings of African music. The core holdings include popular and traditional music from throughout sub-Saharan Africa. These recordings are catalogued as part of the Ethnomusicology Collection and coded in the library catalogue for geographic locations. Emory University Libraries also holds grammars, dictionaries, and a selection of language tapes for learning African languages, including Amharic, Hausa, Igbo, Kiswahili, Chi Chewa/Chi Nyanja,Twi, Xhosa, Yoruba, and Zulu. Please visit the Emory College Language Center for more information. You may also visit the National African Languages Resource Center which is dedicated to the advancement of teaching and learning African languages in the U.S.A. and which provides useful information regarding the language resources available to the research community. Finally, the Summer Cooperative African Language institute which will be hosted in 2008 by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers opportunities for both students and teachers interested in African languages to participate in their yearly Summer school.
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Students and faculty from both Emory University and the University of West Indies may access the Imagebase project database using the linked (below) portals. The Cultural Crossings is a constantly growing database of images and visual both from Africa and the Caribbean to serve as resource for teaching and for research. It has been funded by a grant from the Fulbright as well as by financial an logistical support from Emory University. Access to these portal is restricted to the University community of Emory and UWI:
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The Michael Carlos museum is host of an extensive African collection. Some of its artifacts are on virtual display within these pages, and are part of the museum's permanent collections. In 2002, the Carlos museum also hosted the Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity exhibit. Parts of this exhibits are still on view on the Carlos Museum web-site . |
Audiovisual and African Language Resources at Emory.
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