Angola’s untold history: archive project explores LGBTIQ+ lives and struggles: As I write these lines, I mourn the passing of Carlos Fernandes, a leading queer activist and organiser in Angola. Carlos was found dead in his home earlier this year under circumstances that are still being investigated. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer …
Wales Broadcast Archive: UK’s first national archive shows importance of preserving our audiovisual history: Hundreds of thousands of hours of broadcasting history are available for the first time. National Library of Wales This month’s launch of the Wales Broadcast Archive marks a major step forward in the curation of our collective audiovisual heritage. Housed at …
How British theatre censorship laws have inadvertently created a rich archive of Black history: Readers reports, scripts and selected photographs. From top left Garland Anderson, Una Marson and Isabel Cooley who appeared in the ethnic Players Theatre Guild productions of Anna Lucasta. Alamy/Fair Use/Creative Commons In an age of so-called “cancel culture” it’s important to …
New book on Mapungubwe Archive contests history of South African world heritage site: The new home of the Mapungubwe Archive. University of Pretoria Museums/Mapungubwe Archive Mapungubwe is a world heritage site and national park located on the border between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. From about 1000 AD the settlement there developed into a major …
Timbuktu manuscripts placed online are only a sliver of West Africa’s ancient archive: MICHELE CATTANI/AFP via Getty Images The ancient Timbuktu manuscripts of Mali were back in the headlines following internet giant Google’s initiative to host a collection of them at an online gallery. The images of the documents, text in Arabic, can be found …
Archive files on your Linux desktop with Ark for KDE: When I finish with a project, I often like to take all the files I’ve created for the project and put them into an archive. It not only saves space, but it gets those files out of my way, and prevents them from turning up …
Rotate and archive logs with the Linux logrotate command: Logs are great for finding out what an application is doing or troubleshooting a possible problem. Almost every application we deal with generates logs, and we want the applications we develop ourselves to generate them too. The more verbose the logs, the more information we have. …
How to archive files on FreeDOS: On Linux, you may be familiar with the standard Unix archive command: tar. There’s a version of tar on FreeDOS too (and a bunch of other popular archive programs), but the de facto standard archiver on DOS is Zip and Unzip. Both Zip and Unzip are installed in FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 by …
Sibongile Khumalo, the transformative singer who built an archive of South African classics: Sibongile Khumalo singing the South African cantata REwind in New York, 2007. Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images South African singer Sibongile Khumalo (1957-2021) was born into a dynasty of musicians. Her grandfather was a maskandi artist. This is a popular form derived from indigenous …
Event Archive – Late Night, Date Night – a Culture interest event taking place on 2021-02-14 00:00:00 in Canada Calling lovers of nature, old-fashioned romantics and cultural enthusiasts! This Valentine’s Day, February 14th, we’d like to welcome you to the Gallery for a cozy evening inside the historic Steamship Terminal building, with stunning wildlife art …
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Event Archive – Ordinary Days – The Musical – a Music interest event taking place on 2020-10-13 00:00:00 in Canada Four people, two stories, one glorious city. Ordinary Days is an uplifting musical about every day moments with extraordinary impact. It follows four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, …
Event Archive – Ordinary Days – The Musical – a Music interest event taking place on 2020-10-11 00:00:00 in Canada Four people, two stories, one glorious city. Ordinary Days is an uplifting musical about every day moments with extraordinary impact. It follows four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, …
Event Archive – Ordinary Days – The Musical – a Music interest event taking place on 2020-10-12 00:00:00 in Canada Four people, two stories, one glorious city. Ordinary Days is an uplifting musical about every day moments with extraordinary impact. It follows four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, …
Event Archive – Arts & Music in the Gardens – a Music interest event taking place on 2020-08-26 00:00:00 in Canada The Gardens at HCP in Saanich are hosting the 23rd year of Arts & Music in the Gardens. This is the HCP’s largest annual fundraiser for the gardens. It is a magical event that …
Event Archive – Arts & Music in the Gardens – a Music interest event taking place on 2020-08-27 00:00:00 in Canada The Gardens at HCP in Saanich are hosting the 23rd year of Arts & Music in the Gardens. This is the HCP’s largest annual fundraiser for the gardens. It is a magical event that …
Exploring the Indian Ocean as a rich archive of history – above and below the water line: Shutterstock This article is part of a series on oceans being co-ordinated across all The Conversation sites. This is an introductory article on the Indian Ocean. Similar essays will be featured on the other oceans of the world. …
LinkArchiver automatically submits links to the Internet Archive: The internet is forever, except when it isn’t. “Link rot”—where once-valid links to websites become broken over time as pages move or sites go offline—is a real problem for people who try to do research online. The Internet Archive helps solve this problem by making submitted content available in …