Showcasing Connections Through Collections

Welcome to Ibali, the digital collections showcase of the University of Cape Town (UCT), hosted by UCT Libraries. We invite you to explore our textual and audio-visual materials that reflect the diverse topics of research at our university. The name Ibali comes from the isiXhosa word for "story". It expresses our hope that you experience many different stories while you explore our collections.

There are three different categories of showcase sites available on Ibali, representing:  collections held by the Library, collections developed for research projects by UCT departments, and collections curated independently by students and researchers.  

UCT Collections

Browse the showcases of collections belonging to UCT departments

UCT Library Collections

Browse showcases held within the UCT Libraries

Curators' Corner

Browse student and researcher curated sites

Browse our featured sites

ReTAGS

ReImagining Tragedy from Africa and the Global South, a theatre project archive

RePhotoSA

Historical and repeat photography archive of southern African landscapes

Jagger Fire & Recovery

Journey through moments and media captured during the Jagger Library fire salvage and recovery phase.

The Medicine Chest

An experimentally curated website that showcases one object – a small medicine chest – and the multitude of its resonances.