Carthage
Michael Gallagher In the wake of the social media explosion influencing events in Iran, I haven’t felt much like writing. I would just rather listen. I suppose it doesn’t always have to…
June 2009
Blaze Gallagher and the American Memory
I only include this because it is a very cool image of a Gallagher. The father’s name is Blaze Gallagher. Seriously. This is Blaze and his son (and his guitar)…
Webinar: Digitizing Islamic manuscripts from Timbuktu
This video outlines Aluka’s efforts in 2006-2008 to digitize the Islamic manuscripts being held in Timbuktu, Mali in private libraries. The narrator is Harlan Wallach, Director of NUAMPS. The presentation…
Sounds of prayer
I was intrigued by the notion that prayer, assuming it is not translated into a local vernacular, would sound remarkably similar in most religions. That sound of prayer, sung prayer,…
Song(s) for the Day: June 11, 2009
Today, not surprisingly, I give you two songs from a joint British/Malian project. They are from Damon Albarn’s project called Mali Music where he went to Mali and worked with…
Twinverse: Precursor to Google Waves or IMing for the Google Maps generation?
I have been playing around a bit with Twinverse and I do see some possibility here. As per usual, I am going to don my teaching cap and think of…
African Art Video
This is a video I made to introduce some of our users to the African Art materials available on the Aluka platform. Some of the material itself is pretty stunning,…