The Ebola epidemic in 2014 was framed as the most serious humanitarian crisis that West Africa has faced since the beginning of this millennium. In Liberia and Sierra Leone, two countries that had just come out of civil wars less than twelve years ago, were the most affected.  As Ebola spread in these countries, skepticisms, rumors, and distrust spread along, making it difficult for frontline workers and humanitarian actors to tackle the epidemic. To control the narratives and build trust, INGOs and national authorities had to turn to the music industry to produce sensitization/education songs. But they were not alone in this contested space: Along came the protest songs to expose structural violence and the hierarchy of humanities. What explains the emergence of the latter in Liberia and Sierra Leone? What role(s) did music play during the epidemic?  This is a qualitative case-study of music as an expressive art for the subalterns. This thesis is grounded in anthropology, humanitarian studies, and postcolonial studies. Six songs that emerged during the Ebola epidemic have been analyzed within the cultural and contextual matrixes they were produced. The emergence of protest songs can be explained by the deep-rooted distrust of outsiders and the fact that postwar reconstruction efforts in Liberia and Sierra Leone have not managed to fundamentally alter the perceptions of a remote state.

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine librarians experiences on working with e-mediums and how the digital divide affects the visitors of the libraries possibilities to access information. The method for the study is qualitative interviews with librarians about the electronic section of the library. As a basis of the analysis I have used Michael Bucklands theory about avaliability. It presents issues with barriers that can affect how well the visitors at the library can provide themselves with information. I have chosen to find answers to my research questions through qualitative interviews with five librarians at different public libraries in Sweden.The questions are focusing on how the librarians have experienced their work with e-books and how they think that the visitors of the libraries feel about electronic mediums. Also on how the digital divide affects on how well the users of the library achives information.  The librarians experiences of working with e-mediums is similair. The adventages that were lifted was the availability with e-books, the users can get them directly and do not need to wait for the physical book to come in to the library. It is easy to download and easy to carry with you. Also the fact that several people can borrow the e-book at the same time. The cons are the costs from the publishers and the limitation on what shall be availible for the libraries to take in.

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