Karunananda Chetty
Vesper Hichilombwe Chisumpa
Anthea Josias
Madelaine Meyer
Tomaida Chilumbu Milingo
Khwezi Mpumlwana
Elizabeth Msadabwe
Matongo Mugwagwa
Zanele Riba


Karunananda Chetty is Associate Director of the Documentation Centre and Librarian at the University of Durban, Westville, South Africa. He received a Masters of Arts in Computers/ Librarianship from the University of Natal.

Vesper Hichilombwe Chisumpa is a Lecturer in the University of Zambia's Social Development Studies Department. He received a Masters in Arts at the University of Ghana, and his major field was Population Studies.

Anthea Josias is the Coordinator of Collections and Computerization at the Mayibuye Centre in the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She received a B. Bibl (Honours) degree in Library and Information Science, from the University of Western Cape, where her major fields included research methodology; library management; international and comparative librarianship; information technology; with a thesis concerning: Digitizing Museum and Archival Collections,^Ôwith special reference to the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. As Collections Coordinator at the Mayibuye Centre she also is responsible for coordinating the collections management division of the Robben Island Museum. She is engaged in documenting the Mandela's collection of gifts and awards, a selection of which will go on display at the Mandela Museum, opening at Qunu later this year.

Madelaine Meyer is the Principal Archivist in the Computer Processing Division, and Information Systems Division for the National Archives in Pretoria. She earned a Masters of Arts Degree from the University of Pretoria University in History with a thesis concerning passive resistance in South Africa during WWII.

Tomaida Chilumbu Milingo is a Lecturer for the Department of Language and Social Sciences Education at the University of Zambia. She is a representative from CIVITAS Zambia -- a network of civic education NGOs. She received a Masters in Arts from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, and her major field was Education. Her research interests include gender, religion, and education and women.

Khwezi Mpumlwana is the Manager of Education at Robben Island Museum, Cape Town, South Africa. He received a B. Bib. Degree from the University of Western Cape. His major fields are Librarianship, History and English, and Information Science.

Elizabeth Msadabwe has been the Chief Librarian of Zambia Library Service. After arriving in Zambia in 1968, she served as Chief Cataloguer for five years. After her marriage in 1973, she served as Provincial Librarian for the Western Province for 20 years, running a network of small libraries throughout the province. She received an Associate of the Library Association degree at the Manchester College of Librarianship, and her major field was Library Studies.

Matongo Mugwagwa is a Statistician/Analyst for the Ministry of Education in Lusaka, Zambia. She received a degree in Geoinformatics from the ITC in the Netherlands. Her major field was cartography and GIS.

Zanele Riba is an ANC Archivist, in Johannesburg, South Africa. She received a Bachelors in Social Science at the University of Cape Town. Her major field was Industrial Sociology and Personnel Management.


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