Today, very little is known on the history of these camps orwhere they were located. This research proposes to usedigital reconstructions as an opportunity to start aconversation that aims to be dynamic and fluid (as opposedto ‘ending’ a conversation by presenting digitalreconstructions as being authentic and final).

Sarah Schäfer1, Annemie Behr2, Chao Tayiana3, Felix Oke4, Ignatia Madalane5, Birhanu Mekonnen6

Festivals are significant events in the social and culturalrealities of a people. To preserve cultural heritage, specialistscapture what happens before, during, and after a festival byinterviewing participants, taking photographs and recordingaudio and video of the event, etc. This research seeks todemonstrate the use of digital software in both documentingas well as digitizing festival images for mapping and annotation.These processes will enhance the preservation, dataprotection, and privacy of textual documentation of festivals.

Documentation and Digitisation of Festival in PeluAwofeso’s White Lagos: A Definitive and VisualGuide to the Eyo Festival Felix Oke, foke@aul.edu.ng

Documenting Indigenous Conflict Resolution Practices: The case of the Negede Wayto communityBirhannu Mekonnen , birhanumekonin95@yahoo.com

This study explores the indigenousconflict management practice ofthe Negede Wayto community,which is found in the AmharaRegional State, Ethiopia.Specifically, the community lies atthe shores of Lake Tana. It isimportant to record the history ofthis community in digital form andmake it available on digitalplatforms where it will beaccessible to the local communityas well as international ones.

A silent history and an un-singing digital collection: The South African Jewish Music Articles database Annemie Behr, stimia@unisa.ac.za

Community co-production in visualising silenced histories using 3D reconstructions -The case of Kenya’s colonial detention camps. Chao Tayiana, mainachao@gmail.com

This research explores the suitability of digital technologies increating awareness and participation with the history ofdetention camps In Kenya. More than 100 detention campsand emergency villages were set up and operated by thecolonial government between 1952 – 1960.

A Vanishing Collection in Southern Africa: Digitising the collection of the Owl HouseSarah Schäfer , sarah.kate.schafer@gmail.com

Sankofa: Reclamation of the Michael Mosoeu MoeraneMusical HeritageIgnatia Madalane, imrhythm@gmail.com

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In this presentation, the contributors collectively reflect, throughindividual projects, on the imperatives of digital representations ofcultural heritage in Africa. Each project examines a history that issilent in one way or another. Some voices are begging for new waysof sounding its celebrations, while others have never been heard orare in decay, and certain histories have been violently silenced. Ourprojects demonstrate that Africa’s dynamic cultural heritage benefitmore from multimodal approaches than linear ones. Theparticularities of the African context also necessitates ourmethodological approaches and strategies to depart fromnormative Western ones.