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2004
Journal article
Colecciones latinoamericanas especiales – colecciones desconocidas en el Reino Unido
El portal del "National Register of Archives" (http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/) brinda acceso a muchos materiales de posible interés para investigadores sobre Iberoamérica, aunque su enfoque lo constituyen los documentos relacionados estrictamente con la historia del Reino Unido y con personajes británicos. Desafortunadamente, no permite la búsqueda por materia; los índices están basados...West, Geoffrey ; Cazzasa, Julio ; Millum, Danny ; Topp Fargion, Janet
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2016
Book
West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song
This bold, challenging and celebratory new book accompanies a major exhibition at the British Library the first in the UK to explore in such detail the vibrant cultural history of this complex and compelling region. The authors explain how West Africans have profoundly shaped their own histories, focusing in particular...Casely-Hayford, Gus ; Topp Fargion, Janet ; Wallace, Marion
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2015
Interactive resource
How word, symbol and song shaped history
Gus Casely-Hayford (SOAS and King’s College London), Janet Topp Fargion (British Library) and Marion Wallace (British Library) introduce the cultural dynamism and creativity of West Africa, and explain how word, symbol and song have shaped a thousand years of history.Casely-Hayford, Augustus ; Topp Fargion, Janet ; Wallace, Marion
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Language, script and symbol in West Africa
West Africa is a place of great diversity – in language, in writing, in the hugely varied means of recording information and passing it on. Marion Wallace and Janet Topp Fargion (British Library) explore the region’s contribution to literacy, and the creativity with which West Africans communicate in word and...Wallace, Marion ; Topp Fargion, Janet