Peter Limb (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
Submitted: Mon, 16 October 2006
Dr. Peter Limb
Africana Bibliographer/Assistant Professor of History
Africana Library--MSU Libraries
100 Library, Room E224B
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1048 USA
phone (517) 432-6123 ext. 239
e-mail: limb@msu.edu
Internet guide: "An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet"
http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.html
Curriculum vitae online: http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.cv.html
Previous Appointments:
Africana Librarian, University of Western Australia
Lecturer, Perth Central Metropolitan College of TAFE:
Australian Bibliographic Network
Education:
B.A. University of Adelaide (1977).
B.A. (Hons.). University of Adelaide (1978).
Grad. Dip. Lib. Studies (WAIT), (1981).
Ph.D. University of Western Australia (1998).
Publications:
Books:
1. _The ANC and Black Workers, 1912-1992: an Annotated Bibliography_
(London : Hans Zell, 1993) 380 pp.
2. Dr. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo, personal papers / compiled by Peter Limb
Bellville, South Africa : Mayibuye Centre, 1995.
3. _with Jean-Marie Volet, _Bibliography of African Literatures_ (Lanham:
Scarecrow Press, 1996) 433 p.
Dissertation: 'The African National Congress and black workers in South
Africa : continuity and change in their relationships before 1940'
Ph.D.--University of Western Australia, 1997.
Edited Journals:
1. _Australian Library Review_ special issue on Africa and Area Studies,
v. 11, no. 4, Nov. 1994.
Edited Newsletters:
1. Viva (Perth; Adelaide; Melbourne) 1990-1993
2. WACARE Newsletter ca. 1985-
Membership of Editorial Boards:
1. H-Africa (a moderated, electronic list on African History), 1995-
2. H-SouthAfrica (a moderated, electronic list on Southern African
History), 1996-
3. Mots pluriels (Edited by Jean-Marie Volet, this electronic journal
publishes articles in French and English on contemporary world issues,
including Africa. http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP.html
Published articles:
1. "The ANC & Black Workers," in N. Etherington (ed.), _Peace, Politics
and Violence in the New South Africa_ (Oxford: H. Zell, 1992)
2. "Trends in African Studies in Australian Libraries," _Australian
Library Review_ v. 11 no. 4 Nov. 1994
3. "Area Studies, Access to Resources and Australian Libraries,"
_Australian Library Review_ v. 11 no. 4 Nov. 1994
4. "African Studies on the Internet" _African Studies Association of
Australia and the Pacific [AFSAAP] Review and Newsletter_ v. 17 1995
5. "Black Access to Electronic Research Services in South Africa: Problems
and Prospects of Real Change" _African Studies Association of Australia
and the Pacific Review and Newsletter_ v. 18 no. 1 1996, pp. 13-17.
6. "'Of Deeds Most Foul and Vile': a short comparative history of Robben and
Rottnest Penal Islands" _AFSAAP Review and Newsletter_ v. 20, no.1, June
1998. pp.15-19.
7. "Representations of black workers in the black press in South Africa
1897-1997" (forthcoming)
"'Of Deeds Most Foul and Vile': a Short Comparative History of Robben &
Rottnest Penal Islands" in African Studies Association of Australasia &
the Pacific Review v.20 no.1 June 1998, pp.15-19
Available: http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az.rob.html
"An Australian Historian at the Dawn of Apartheid: Fred Alexander in South
Africa, 1949-50" in Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand
History November 1999.
Available: http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/articles/limb.htm
with Jean-Marie Volet, "New African Perspectives: Editorial" Mots
pluriels 13, April 2000. Available: http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP1300edito.html
"'Representing the Laboring Classes': African Workers in the African
Nationalist Press, 1900-60" in Les Switzer and Mohamed Adhikari(eds.),
South Africa's Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation
Under Apartheid (Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies,
2000), pp. 79-127
"New Scenarios on Africa, African Studies, and the Internet" Mots
pluriels 18, August, 2001. Available: http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP1801pl.html
"Sol Plaatje's Attitudes to Labour, Empire, and Gender," Sociology, Rand
Afrikaans University, 2001 (seminar paper published online: http://general.rau.ac.za/sociology/limb.pdf)
"Rethinking Sol Plaatje's Attitudes to Empire, Labour and Gender" Critical
Arts vol. 16 no. 1 2002
"Early ANC Leaders and the British World: Ambiguities and Identities"
Historia 47 no.1 2002, pp. 56-82
"2001 Mafikeng SAHS Conference" AHA Bulletin (Australian Historical
Association) no. 94, 2002
"Introduction," to Innovation (Pietermartizburg) 24 2002: pp. 1-3
"Ethical Dilemmas in Southern African Archives and Libraries" Innovation
24 2002, pp. 51-58. Available: http://www.library.unp.ac.za/Innovation/InnovationPdfs/No24Limb.pdf
"Ethical Dilemmas Facing Africanist Librarians, Archivists and Scholars
Today" African Research and Documentation (London) 89 2002, pp. 3-18.
"Accessing African archives, libraries and journals: Partnerships, ethics
and equity in the 21st century" African Research and Documentation
(London) 90 2002, pp. 29-41.
"HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A Select Bibliography," Society in Transition,
33 (3) 2002, pp. 455-469 [published in late 2003].
"Sol Plaatje Reconsidered" African Studies 62(1) 2003, pp. 33-52.
"Labor" in Melvin E. Page (ed.), Colonialism: an International Social,
Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia (Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio,
2003), vol. 1, pp. 325-328.
"Sol T. Plaatje (1876-1932)" in Melvin E. Page (ed.), Colonialism: an
International Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia (Santa Barbara,
Calif. : ABC-Clio, 2003), vol. 2, pp. 473-474.
"'No People Can Be Expected to Be Loyal under Such Difficulties':
Ambiguities and Identities among Early ANC Leaders" Social Dynamics 29(1)
2003, pp. 1-26.
"CAMP and African Newspaper Microfilm Preservation and Digitisation" in
Opportunities for Newspaper Preservation and Access in South Africa:
Papers Presented at the South African Newspaper Seminar 17-19 March 2003,
Cape Town, National Library of South Africa, 2003.
"Recent Developments in African Scholarly e-Resources" in Focus on the
Center for Research Libraries. Vol. 23 no. 4 Summer 2004, pp. 8-9
"South Africa: Mining: capitalization and unionization, 1940s-80s," in
Kevin Shillington (ed.) Encyclopedia of African History (London; New York:
Routledge, 2005) vol. 2, pp. 1445-1447.
"Trades Unionism and Nationalism," in Kevin Shillington (ed.) Encyclopedia
of African History (London; New York: Fitzroy Dearborn/Routledge, 2005),
vol. 3 pp. 1578-1580.
"Trade Unions: Postcolonial", in Kevin Shillington (ed.) Encyclopedia of
African History (London; New York: Routledge, 2005), vol. 3 pp. 1577-1578.
"Z. K. Matthews (1901-68)" in Kevin Shillington (ed.) Encyclopedia of
African History (London; New York:Routledge, 2005), vol. 2 pp. 955-956.
"Ezekiel Mphahlele," in Kevin Shillington (ed.) Encyclopedia of African
History (London; New York: Fitzroy Dearborn/Routledge, 2005), vol. 2 pp.
1045-1046.
"Partnership as a New Paradigm of Reference Librarianship in African
Studies" in The Reference Librarian 87/88 2004 pp. 151-162: also published
as: D. LeFond and G. Walsh (eds) Research, Reference Servide, and
Resources for the Study of Africa (Haworth, 2004), pp. 151-162.
"Ken Saro-Wiwa," in Encyclopedia of the World's MInorities (London: New
York: Routledge, 2005).
"Albert Luthuli" in Encyclopedia of the World's MInorities (London: New
York: Routledge, 2005).
"John Garang" in Encyclopedia of the World's MInorities (London: New York:
Routledge, 2005).
"Africana Periodicals: Problems and Progress of Collection and Publication
in a Globalizing Information Economy" in V. Ewalds and D. Henige (eds.)
Africanist Librarianship in an Era of Change (Lanhma, MD: Scarecrow Press,
May 2005), pp. 125-140.
"The Digitization of Africa," Africa Today (Bloomington, Indiana
University Press), Volume 52, Number 2, Winter [January] 2006, pp. 3-19.
"I-Kongilesi Lilizwi ezindi ezindlwini (Congress' Name is Household)":
Politics and Class in the Cape Province during the 1920s," in Historia:
Joernaal van die Historiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika = Journal of the
Historical Association of South Africa Volume 51, no. 1 Mei / May 2006 pp.
49-86
"A.B. Xuma," in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, revised edition, forthcoming online, and later print)
"African studies bibliography: a state-of-the-art review" Africa
Bibliography(Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming)
[chapter] in: The International Anti-Apartheid Movement (Cape Town, SADET,
forthcoming 2006)
"The African National Congress" in Krista Johnson and Sean Jacobs eds.
Encyclopedia of South Africa (Boulder, forthcoming 2007/8)
"The International Anti-Apartheid Movement" in Krista Johnson and Sean
Jacobs eds. Encyclopedia of South Africa (Boulder, forthcoming 2007/8)
"Luthuli, Albert John" in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming,
Routledge 2007/8)
"Sachs, Albie" in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming, Routledge
2007/8)
"First, Ruth" in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming, Routledge
2007/8)
"Mandela, Nelson" in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming,
Routledge 2007/8)
"Plaatje, Sol" in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming, Routledge
2007/8)
"Slovo, Joe" in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming, Routledge
2007/8)
"Huddleston, Trevor", in Encyclopedia of African Thought (forthcoming,
Routledge 2007/8)
with Deryck Schreuder, "Australia and Africa: Historical Relations" in
Deryck Schreuder and Jim Angel (eds.) Australia's New Horizons (Sydney,
forthcoming)