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Significant archives may have been lost in Cape Town’s fire. Why they matter so much

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The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked UCT academic Shannon Morreira to share her insights on what the loss of rare and specialist collections at the Jagger Library means for the historical records held by the university.

A wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain has wreaked havoc at the University of Cape Town campus. Among the sites of historical significance that have been damaged is the Jagger Library. The library houses rare and specialist collections, such as the important

It’s this that has driven attempts to decolonise the curricula at various higher education institutions. Many of the works are also stored in digital format, but not all. The director of University of Cape Town Libraries, Ujala Satgoor, has confirmed that some valuable collections have been lost but that the fire detection system in the building triggered the fire shutters and many works were saved.

Having access to this archive allowed for reflection on what histories and kinds of knowledge were valued in the past, and what was left out.

 

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