The Ken Saro-Wiwa Archive, a collection of deathrow
correspondence and other material from
Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa to Irish
nun Sister Majella McCarron (OLA), is one of
Maynooth University Library’s most hard-working
collections. Since acquiring the archive in 2011, it
has been utilised as part of a wide range of
outreach experiences, including seminars,
exhibitions (nationally and internationally), blog
posts, articles, poetry workshops, school visits,
and guided tours.Most recently, the collection was
the focus of a workshop delivered as part of the
module Peace, Religion and Diplomacy offered on
both the MA in Mediation and Conflict Intervention
and the MA in International Peacebuilding,
Security, and Development Practice at Maynooth
University (MU).
New approaches to skill acquisition and critical
thinking using primary sources are increasingly
common across campus and beyond. They
present to the Library exciting ways to engage with
users, and to the archivists awonderful opportunity
to share their knowledge and love of archival
collections to an engaged and enthusiastic
audience.
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