Research Areas

History, Archives and Records Management, Humanities Computing, and Good Governance, ,

Profile

Paul Lihoma holds a Ph.D. in Information Science and a Master of Science (with Distinction) in Information Management & Preservation, both from the University of Glasgow. He also holds a BA (Pub Admin) from the University of Malawi. Dr. Lihoma works as Director of the National Archives of Malawi.

Publications

• Book Chapters
  Lihoma, P. ‘Commentary on How the File was Invented’ in McLeod, J, et al (eds) (2024) Michael Moss on Archives: Beyond the Four Corners of the Page (London: Routledge) (2024)
  

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• Book Chapters
  Lihoma, P. ‘State Power and the Shaping of Archives in Malawi’ in Prescott, A. and Wiggins, A. (eds) (2023). Archives: Power, Truth, and Fiction (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2023)
  

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• Journal Article
  4. Chowdhury, G., McLeod, J., Lihoma, P., Teferra Abate, S., & Wato, R. (2021). Promoting access to indigenous information in Africa: challenges and requirements. Information Development. (2021)
  

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• Book Chapters
  3. Lihoma, P.. ‘Silences in Malawi’s Archives’, in Moss, M. and Thomas, D. (eds) (2021) Archival Silences: Missing, Lost and Uncreated Archives (London: Routledge) (2021)
  

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• Journal Article
  6. Tough, A.G. and Lihoma, P. (2018). Medical Record Keeping in Malawi: Is there a case for hybrid systems and intermediate technologies? International Records Management Journal, 102:2, 1-14 (2018)
  

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• Book Chapters
  5. Lihoma, P. ‘Valuing oral and written texts in Malawi’, in Thomas, D, and Moss, M. (eds) (2018). Do Archives Have Value? (London: Facet Publications) (2018)
  

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• Book Chapters
  7. Lihoma, P. ‘History and development of information and recordkeeping in pre-dominantly oral Malawi’ in Oliver, G, and Fioreli, N (eds) (2016) Engaging with Archives and Records: Histories and Theories. (London: Facet Publishing) (2016)
  

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• Book Chapters
  8. Lihoma, P. The influence of one-party era on archives in Malawi: 1964-1994, in Lowry, J and Wamukoya, J (eds) (2014) Integrity in Government through Records Management: Essays in Honour of Anne Thurston (London: Ashgate). (2014)
  

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• Journal Article
  9. Tough, A.G, and Lihoma, P. (2012). The development of record keeping systems in the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1870s – 1960s, Archives and Manuscripts, 40:3, 191-216 (2012)
  

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• Journal Article
  11. Lihoma, P. (2009) Survey of expatriate archives in Malawi: their location, condition and associated challenges‘, Archives, vol. xxxiv, 121, pp. 34-44 (2009)
  

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• Journal Article
  12. Lihoma, P. (2008), Situation of archives in Africa: the case of National Archives of Malawi‘, African Research & Documentation, 106: 3-11 (2008)
  

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