ASL Resources of the Week 3-25-2022

LIBRARY NEWS

Your librarians are ready and available to provide:

  • Library Instruction: Your African Studies Library Staff are available to offer customized instruction sessions for your course.
  • Research Guides for your course: customized to your specific course or subject; see our current list of Research Guides here
  • Additional Services: click the following links for services for Faculty and Graduate Students.

Suggest a Purchase: Are there books or other resources that the library ought to acquire? Please fill out our Suggest a Resource form: https://www.bu.edu/library/research/collections/suggest-a-resource/
(In particular, faculty, we ask that you PLEASE submit resources for consideration. Do not assume resources have been purchased without a faculty request.)

Questions? You can contact us for assistance in the following ways:

Beyond Google Scholar: Measuring your Research Impact with Alternative Metrics  

When: April 14, 2022 from 12pm-12:30pm  

Where: Via Zoom (you will receive a zoom link when you register below)

In this half-hour presentation, learn about the different types of altmetric tools for measuring your research impact. We will discuss some of the newest metrics available, and dive into the some of the freely available tools. Attendees will get a brief overview of some of the advantages and disadvantages of using these metrics. Finally, we provide some examples of how scholars are using altmetric tools to increase the visibility of their research.

Registration:  https://bu.libwizard.com/f/altmetricsregistration 

Spring 2022  CineMAfriq@BU Film Series                     
April 13, 5:30pm:  Afrique: je te plumerai / Africa: I will fleece you*
* Participants watch the film at their convenience and join us for an informal and fun film discussion.  Stay tuned for more information!

 Featured Resource : Drama Online Pilot 
The BU Libraries is collaborating with CAS to offer a pilot of the database Drama Online during the Fall 2022 semester. A preview is also currently available thru 4/8/22. Drama Online combines exclusively available ‘playtext’ content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays. It provides recordings from major theater companies, like the National Theatre, to audio recordings, such as those from LA Theatre Works, to criticism and context guides.
**Please note that the resource does include some Africana content. The easiest way to access this is to Explore by ‘Genres and Forms’ and browse under ‘Theatre from Around the World’.

RECENT LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS

Here is a sampling of our newer acquisitions.

 

ትግርኛ ንዛረብ. ; Tegreñā nezārab = Let’s speak Tigrinya : (a first-year textbook)

Tesfamariam, Issayas ; 2018

An integrated language course in Tigrinya which is designed for first and second year university students.

Mugar Library   PJ9111 .T47 2018

 

 Colonial legacies and the rule of law in Africa : Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Shomade, Salmon A., 2022

This book focuses on the continued impact of the colonial legacy on the rule of law in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. 

Available online through BU Libraries

 

 I am because we are: readings in Africana philosophy; Revised edition..

Hord, Fred L. (editor) ; Lee, Jonathan Scott (editor) ; 2016

Bringing together writings by prominent black thinkers from Africa, the Caribbean, and North America, Fred Lee Hord and Jonathan Scott Lee made the case for a tradition of “relational humanism” distinct from the philosophical preoccupations of the West. Revised and expanded edition

Available online through BU Libraries

 

  New daughters of Africa : an international anthology of writing by women of African descent

Busby, Margaret (editor) ; 2019

This follow-up to the original landmark anthology brings together fresh and vibrant voices that have emerged from across the globe in the past two decades, from Antigua to Zimbabwe and Angola to the United States. Key figures, including Margo Jefferson, Nawal El Saadawi, Edwidge Danticat, and Zadie Smith, join popular contemporaries such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Imbolo Mbue, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Taiye Selasi, and Chinelo Okparanta.

Available online through BU Libraries