Tag Archives: Politics

Band Aids or Workers Control – some reflections from the BLDS Legacy on the current controversy

We’ve been prompted to write this post by the recent controversy around the 40th anniversary of Band Aid – with the re-release of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ having provoked criticism from Africans both on the continent and in the diaspora. In his Guardian article (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/criticism-bob-geldof-band-aid-charity-single-africa-caused-storm-fuse-odg) Fuse ODG complains that the single ‘inadvertently contributed toContinue reading “Band Aids or Workers Control – some reflections from the BLDS Legacy on the current controversy”

Launching the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS) Legacy Collection

There has been a secret treasure trove lurking in the basement of the Institute of Development Studies building, adjoining the University of Sussex Library – secret, until now. We are delighted to be launching publicly the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS) Legacy Collection, a fantastically rich collection of documents tracking the history of 20th centuryContinue reading “Launching the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS) Legacy Collection”

Public opinion and conflict in South Asia

A brief look at the Bangladesh Liberation War through the holdings of the BLDS Legacy Collection One of the main aims of the British Library for Development Studies Legacy Collection (BLDS) project is outreach and promotion. As part of this we are assisting with some teaching sessions at Sussex in order to demonstrate both theContinue reading “Public opinion and conflict in South Asia”

‘For security reasons it may not be prudent to unfold where I am’ – Ghana’s 1978 electoral commissioner’s letter from hiding surfaces in the BLDS Legacy collection

By Danny Millum – BLDS Metadata and Discovery Officer Cataloguing on the BLDS Legacy Collection project has now reached Ghana, and we’ve just unearthed a fascinating letter from a dramatic time in that country’s political history. On 30 March 1978 the country’s Supreme Military Council, led by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, held a referendum onContinue reading “‘For security reasons it may not be prudent to unfold where I am’ – Ghana’s 1978 electoral commissioner’s letter from hiding surfaces in the BLDS Legacy collection”