African Newspapers 1992-2018 Library of Congress - Nairobi, Part 2

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Description & Rationale

Library of Congress, Nairobi Office proposes for microfilming a collection of 100 African newspaper titles from 1992-2018 with an estimated 48,000 pages. Countries covered include Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Senegal, Somalia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The collection covers varied topics including business, politics, leisure and economics news that would greatly inform the intellectual debates of the period covered.

Reasons for consideration:

This proposal forms a second part of some of the oldest African newspapers still held by Library of Congress, Nairobi Office. In total there are 100 titles spanning a number of countries with some going back to over two decades. Most of the titles are not widely held in United States and may not even be available from country of origin. The selected collection covers diverse topics that would contribute to the understanding of the country’s politics, social, and economics conditions of the period covered. Of particular interest are several titles from Somalia, still a very difficult country for acquisition.

Almost all of the titles are deteriorated (yellowed, brittle and worn out) and in dire need of preservation. In addition, some of the titles will fill the gaps in existing microfilmed holdings and lengthen the runs of specific titles.

Author(s):

n/a

Publisher(s):

various

Source Format:

Paper

Target Format:

Microfilm

Program:

CAMP

Resource Types:

Newspapers

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries of Origin:

Angola

Botswana

Ghana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mauritius

Senegal

South Africa

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Proposal Contributors:

Contributed by Library of Congress, Nairobi Office staff including:

Dr. Edward Miner Phd, Catherine Thuku, Ruth Sitonik and John Adagala

Posted:

Oct 14, 2020 4:08pm

Updated:

Aug 18, 2021 3:23pm

Source Details

Physical Details:

Some titles are printed in color; some pages are worn out and torn; some include special issues.

Existing Reformatted Materials:

CRL has filmed earlier issues of:

Chronicle (Lilongwe, Malawi) (Dec.7,1993-Apr.19/25,1994;May 3/9-16,June 2/6-July 11/12,1994;Jan.1,2001- :[Gaps] )

The democratus (Jan. 12-Oct. 26,2005:[Gaps])

Weekend democratus (Oct. 30/Nov. 6,2004-Mar. 25/26,2006:[Gaps])

Enquirer (Blantyre, Malawi) (Aug. 2/8,1993- :[Gaps])

Standard (Cape Coast, Ghana) (1965-Oct. 7, 1973]; [1976-1982; Jan. 20-Nov. 3, 1985) [Gaps]

Lavoix kreol (June 1999-Mar. 11/17,2005:[Gaps])

Mosotho (Oct.14,2005-Mar.5,2012:[Gaps])

The people's voice (Apr. 19/25,1998-)

Le populaire (July 1,2002- :[Gaps])

Promotion (no.50 (May 1989))

Wargeyska codka xoriyadda (June 1-14,2006; Mar. 24,2007)

Waddani (Oct. 8/21,2011-Apr. 7/20,2012:[Gaps])

Weekly news (Blantyre, Malawi) (May 6/12,1996- :[Gaps])

The worker (July 1993;July 1997-Nov. 2009:[Gaps])

Xog-ogaal (Jan. 1,2005-Feb. 15,2012:[Gaps])

Library of Congress has filmed earlier issues of:

Boma lathu (sf 91090044)

Guardian (Lilongwe, Malawi) (2011348052)

Statesman (Accra, Ghana : 1992) (LCCN: 2010306908)

Tsopano (sn 94096077)

The weekend statesman (LCCN: 2010306907)

Library of Congress has microfiche for:

Somali press (sn 99021108)

Activity

Status	Current	Description
Flagged	no	The proposal is flagged for further research.
Vetted	no	The proposal has been examined and vetted.
Ballotted	no	The proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
Approved	yes	The proposal has been selected for reformatting. Reformatting efforts are pending.
Reformatted	no	The proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration for reformatting.