Almeda: African Literary Metadata

30/07/2026

We are delighted to present our first Yorùbá-content dataset on the iconic photoplay magazine, Atọ́ka!

We are also very grateful for the generous help and expertise of Kọ̀lá Túbọ̀sún for his expert help!

Read more about it here: https://almedaresearch.org/new-dataset-atoka-magazine-nigerian-photoplays/

See and download the data: Harris, Ashleigh and Kọ̀lá Túbọ̀sún. ‘Atọ́ka Magazine: Nigerian Photoplays’. Zenodo, 30 July 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21700455

24/06/2026

New data set: Two Tone Magazine, poetry from Zimbabwe 1964-1982. Read more about it on our website: https://almedaresearch.org/new-dataset-two-tone-magazine-zimbabwe/

Download the dataset: Harris, Ashleigh. ‘Zimbabwean Poetry in Two Tone Magazine (1964–1982)’. Zenodo, 24 June 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20829712

30/03/2026

On 10 April 14-16 CET Ashleigh Harris will be in Paris, talking about how the ALMEDA project uses Linked Open Data and the Semantic Web to create sustainable and multilingual data on African literary and expressive culture. Join in online!

23/03/2026

Reminder: If you are in Uppsala/Stockholm on Thursday 26 May, join us for the 'Locating Film in the Multiple Geographies of the Audiovisual Archive' symposium. See program details below!

11/03/2026

We are proud to announce a symposium on African film and the audiovisual archive organised by ALMEDA postdoctoral fellow, Oulia Makkonen, and funded by . The symposium takes place on 26 March. Read more about it on our website.

https://almedaresearch.org/locating-film-in-the-multiple-geographies-of-the-audiovisual-archive-26-march-2026-uppsala-university/

09/03/2026

Reminder: join us for Gloria Ajami Makokha's symposium on the Materialities of Oral Cultures in East Africa this coming Thursday. No registration required. See details here: https://almedaresearch.org/materialities-of-oral-cultures-in-east-africa-an-online-symposium-12-march-2026/

Join us online for a symposium on the Materialities of Oral Cultures in East Africa, organised by postdoctoral fellow Gloria Ajami Makokha on 12 March 2026. All details available through the following link:
https://almedaresearch.org/materialities-of-oral-cultures-in-east-africa-an-online-symposium-12-march-2026/

02/03/2026

Join us online for a symposium on the Materialities of Oral Cultures in East Africa, organised by postdoctoral fellow Gloria Ajami Makokha on 12 March 2026. All details available through the following link:
https://almedaresearch.org/materialities-of-oral-cultures-in-east-africa-an-online-symposium-12-march-2026/