African Studies in the Digital Age: Disconnects? - Softcover

'Published to mark the 50th anniversary of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa), and based on papers presented at its Golden Jubilee conference in Oxford in 2012, this collection of essays seeks to understand the complex changes brought about by the digital revolution, and the impact of the Internet age for the study of Africa, in and beyond the continent'.

'Many other insightful papers, by librarians, archivists, researchers and academics from three continents, analyse the creation and use of digital research resources and archives in and about Africa, exploring the new opportunities for research, issues of teaching and access, making online resources more equitably available, as well as drawing attention to the potential problems and digital divides'.

'An essential acquisition for all African studies collections'.

Hans M. Zell, in The African Book Publishing Record, Volume 41, no. 3 (2015)
'This quietly subversive little volume of papers from a conference to report progress by African's digital libraries is full of facts to explode stereotypes about Africa in the information age'.

Martin Mulligan, Writer and Journalism Consultant, in: The Round Table: the Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, April 2015.

African Studies in the Digital Age. DisConnects? is an essential new analysis of the effects of the digital revolution on the study of Africa, tackling questions of digitisation, access and resources, new opportunities and digital divides.