Africa: Q&A - From the Ashes, Library Vows to Rebuild Unrivaled Africa Collection

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Johannesburg — Through digitising and worldwide donations, the University of Cape Town plans to preserve African history lost to fire

Cape Town is reeling after one of its worst fires in recent history tore through the University of Cape Town campus, forcing 4,000 students to evacuate as it consumed precious items from the library's rare African Studies collection.

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