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Digital Preservation Of Mandinka Ajami Materials Of Casamance, Senegal

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This poster outlines the international research collaboration between Boston University, the West African Research Center, and local experts in Senegal during a 15 month project --funded by the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme-- to digitize, curate, and preserve over 14,000 manuscript pages written in Mandinka Ajami. Technical workflows and challenges, as well as future research opportunities in this area will be discussed. Ultimately, research outputs from this project, along with documentation will be archived and made available at all three institutions, including the "African Ajami Library", an open access repository of aggregated Ajami materials from all over the continent.

Source: Figshare

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1453314

Authors: Castro, Eleni, Fallou Ngom

Institution: Boston University

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Partnerships for the goals

Open Access status: green

Funders: Arcadia Fund, West African Research Association, Boston University