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African Commemorative Fabric: More Than Clothing riendsNEWS F Fa l l 2 014 UNIVERSITY OF wisconsin–madison LIBRARIES Co-author Emilie Songolo (left) and her mother Hand-painted mannequins advertise merchandise at a cloth vendor’s stall at the Central Market, Mrs. Emilie Nguidjol in commemorative textile Kumasi, Ghana. dresses. African Commemorative Fabric: More than Clothing Emilie Songolo, Senior Academic W–Madison Libraries are fabrics call attention to and celebrate Librarian, UW–Madison Urepositories for more than printed political events and persons, religious and Mary Hark, Associate Professor of materials. One such library is the educational groups, and much more. Design Studies, UW–Madison Ruth Ketterer Harris Library, which is When used as a textual and visual dedicated to the study of fabrics and document, the fabric becomes a vehicle design. Books about and samples of to commemorate an event or to celebrate textiles from the United States and a person’s life or achievement. One does many other countries can be found at not need to know how to read in order to this library located in the School of understand the messages found in these Human Ecology in Nancy Nicholas Hall. textiles. In societies where a large portion Another growing UW collection is digital of the population cannot read, the visual and features African Commemorative elements enable everyone to share in the Fabrics. It is accessible through the UW– reception and transmission of the message Madison Digital Image Collection. More that is being conveyed. In this way, the information about these collections is fabric also serves to preserve historical available in the accompanying sidebars. narratives that are important to the Throughout the African continent, community. fabric serves multiple functions in African Studies librarian and people’s daily lives. It is used for clothing, bibliographer Emilie Songolo, grew up shelter, storage, and packing material. in Cameroon where fancy print cloth, Commemorative fabrics, found all over commemorative textiles, homemade batik Co-author Mary Hark (second from left) with Gambian colleagues and friends wearing Africa, serve as a communication device. and a wealth of other richly patterned, traditional garments from Banjul, The Gambia. With colorful repeat patterns, these colorful fabrics were ubiquitous, Continued on page 4 2 | NEWS F riendsNEWS University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries From Maria Saffiotti Dale, President of the Friends Fall 2014 Board of Directors t’s hard to believe that another and promotion, but Maria Saffiotti Dale, President wonderful summer in Madison is they also provided Michael Chaim, Vice President I Yvonne Schofer, Secretary winding down and we are embarking speakers, displays, and M. 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