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Reimagining the Jagger Library – together

When the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Jagger Library burnt to the ground in April 2021, there was no question that it would be restored. However, instead of embarking on the usual closed tender process, the UCT campus and wider Cape Town

One year after the Jagger Fire

Explore the exhibitions held to commemorate the first year since the Jagger Fire. A collaborative initiative between the Centre for Curating the Archive and UCT Libraries.

Commemorating Jagger Library: UCT, DStv launch ‘Stories from the Ashes’

Two years after the devastating UCT Fire of 18 April 2021, UCT in partnership with DStv Africa have launched ‘Stories from the ashes’, which includes a special book made from the ash and remnants of the fire.

Blythe Edwins

Journals and Magazines

Our holdings include current academic journals related to African studies in both print and digital formats. Collections of popular magazines with historic significance, and academic and community periodicals which are no longer published.

Jagger Recovery

Special Collections remains in recovery to rebuild and restore its world-renowned collections after the Jagger Library fire in 2021. Follow our recovery progress.

Published Collections

Our published collections include African studies books, films, maps, newspapers, government publications, rare and Antiquarian books, and pamphlets.

Journals

Browse Journals via Primo, Databases A-Z including open-access journals. Find journals approved by the DHET.

Two years after the Jagger Fire

Explore the exhibitions held to commemorate the second year since the Jagger Fire. A collaborative initiative between UCT Libraries and DStv.

Accredited Journals

Journals approved by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).

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