ASL Resources of the Week – Sept 30, 2021
Potabilisation des eaux de surface en Afrique de l’Ouest : Solutions techniques adaptées
de l’expérience de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal.
David, Frédéric ; Diop, Khadim ; Naulet, Frédéric et al ; 2020
Ce document poursuit un double objectif : contribuer à la vulgarisation des connaissances techniques sur le traitement des eaux de surface en Afrique de l’Ouest, et guider le lecteur dans le choix de dispositifs de potabilisation de l’eau adaptés.
Open Access
Tuning the kingdom : Kawuugulu musical performance, politics, and storytelling in Buganda
Kafumbe, Damascus ; 2018
Series: Eastman/Rochester studies in ethnomusicology; volume 7.
“…Tuning the Kingdom documents how Kawuugulu has historically articulated and embodied principles of the three inextricably related domains that serve as the backbone of Kiganda politics: kinship, clanship, and kingship..”
Available online and in Music Library Stacks ML3917.U33 K34 2018
COVID-19 in the Global South: Impacts and Responses
Edited by Carmody, Pádraig ; McCann, Gerard ; Colleran, Clodagh ; O’Halloran, Ciara; 2020.
…Africa and the Economic Pathologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic ..; Policy Milieu for Combatting COVID-19 and Sustainability of African Economies..; Ride-hailing Drivers Left Alone at the Wheel: Reflections from South Africa and Kenya..; COVID-19 Lockdowns in Africa: Their Effects and Challenges..
“..the book offers vital insights into how the impact of COVID-19 can be mitigated in some of the most challenging socio-economic contexts worldwide.”
Open Access
Habwe, John ; 2014; Series: Fasihi yetu
..Hadaa ya Nafsi ni hadithi yenye kusisimua na inyaogusa msomajii hasa anapoyatafakari Maisha ya Mwinyi, mamake, babake na Rafiki yake, Shaka…
Available in Mugar 6th Floor Display Shelf PL8704.H23 H33 2014
You may be familiar with AJOL.info, but we would like to introduce you to a few more open access journal platforms promoting African research and scholarship from around the continent. There is only partial overlap with AJOL, so be sure to take a look!
https://www.nigerianjournalsonline.com
This platform hosts and indexes academic journals from different higher institutions and associations with the goal of providing greater online visibility of Nigerian research. Some 35 journals are listed.
http://ejol.aau.edu.et/
hosted by Addis Ababa University. The objective of EJOL is to provide a platform to publish local journals online using Open Journals System (OJS) so as to increase participating journals visibility, and to the research convey through open access (OA). Twenty journals are listed and include subjects within the sciences and the humanities.
http://www.kenyajournals.com/
Kenya Journals, a broad-based open access publisher, was founded on two key tenets: To publish the most exciting researchers with respect to the subjects of our functional Journals. Secondly, to provide a rapid turn-around time possible for reviewing and publishing, and to disseminate the articles freely for teaching and reference purposes. Offers approx. 100 journals across the following broad categories: Medical, Social, Biological, and Physical Sciences, Arts and Education, and Legal Studies.