{"id":2292,"date":"2022-08-01T10:23:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2022-08-01T10:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T10:23:06","slug":"new-colonial-law-in-africa-1946-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2022\/08\/01\/new-colonial-law-in-africa-1946-1966\/","title":{"rendered":"New! Colonial Law in Africa, 1946-1966"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m pleased to let you know that the Library has recently purchased Colonial Law in Africa, 1946-1966<\/strong> from British Online Archives. This database provides access to the African Government Gazettes from 1946 to 1966.<\/p>\n

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You can access Colonial Law in Africa<\/strong> via the Primary Sources guide<\/strong><\/a>, the Databases A-Z list<\/a><\/strong> or the African Studies guide<\/strong><\/a>. And it will be accessible via DiscoverEd<\/a> in the near future.<\/p>\n

The African Government Gazettes contain copies of the laws and ordinances which were introduced in the years they cover. Each item was originally published as the Government Gazette for a colony and year. Their contents include tenders of property, probate records and insolvency notices. The papers in this database cover the Mau Mau uprising, the creation of the first legislative councils and legal changes to transfer power to those councils.<\/p>\n

Countries covered are:<\/p>\n