Inspiration from faculty leads to the donation of a painting
Posted May 30, 2022
By Esmeralda Kale, Librarian, Herskovits Library Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, and this past year the Herskovits Library was fortunate to receive...Category: From the Mellville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies
Blazing a Trail: Women Africanist PhDs
Posted January 11, 2021
by Florence Mugambi, Librarian, Herskovits Library of African Studies As part of Northwestern’s celebration of 150 years of admitting women students, a Herskovits Library...
Special Treatment: the care of African language books
Posted December 15, 2020
by Katie Risseeuw, preservation librarian, Northwestern University You can read the original post with pictures on the Library Blog site. For decades, the Herskovits...
From the Herskovits Library of African Studies: Ganzeer
Posted December 8, 2020
by Gene Kannenberg, Jr., Research and Media Assistant, Herskovits Library of African Studies The work of the artist known as Ganzeer often focuses on...
New acquisitions by the Herskovits Library
Posted September 29, 2020
by Esmeralda M. Kale, George & Mary LeCron Foster Curator of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies In addition to answering your...
From the Herskovits Library of African Studies: Spotlight on Claude Barnett Research Collection
Posted September 17, 2020
by Florence Mugambi, Librarian, Herskovits Library of African Studies The Herskovits Library’s Claude Barnett Research Collection offers a window on 1950s–60s African affairs as...