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Memory of the World Register – Africa

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The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were announced in 1997.[1] By creating a compendium of important library and archive holdings – including books, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and digital documents[2] – the program aims to use its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.[3] As of 2023, 494 pieces of documentary heritage have been included in the register.[3] Of these, 26 are from Africa.[4] They include recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics; aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts; collected lifetime works of renowned figures of literature, science, and music; copies of motion pictures and short films; and accounts documenting changes in the world’s political, economic and social stage.

List by country/territory

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Documentary heritage[A] Country/Territory Custodian(s), Location(s) Year
inscribed 		Reference
Christopher Okigbo Collection Africa Christopher Okigbo Foundation, Brussels

50°49′33″N 4°22′32″E / 50.825953°N 4.375628°E / 50.825953; 4.375628 (Christopher Okigbo Foundation)

2007 [5]
Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu Archives  Angola,
 Portugal 		Arquivo Nacional de Angola, Luanda

8°49′04″S 13°13′52″E / 8.817705°S 13.231108°E / -8.817705; 13.231108 (Arquivo Nacional de Angola)

2011 [6]
Colonial archives  Benin National Archives, Porto-Novo

6°30′39″N 2°36′25″E / 6.510954°N 2.606833°E / 6.510954; 2.606833 (National Archives, Porto-Novo)

1997 [7]
Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations  Ethiopia National Archives and Library, Addis Ababa

9°01′04″N 38°44′58″E / 9.017869°N 38.749318°E / 9.017869; 38.749318 (National Archives and Library of Ethiopia)

1997 [8]
Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) archives  Ghana,
 Netherlands,
 Brazil,
 Guyana,
 Netherlands Antilles,
 Suriname,
 United Kingdom,
 United States 		National Archives of Ghana, Accra

5°33′40″N 0°12′29″W / 5.561230°N 0.207952°W / 5.561230; -0.207952 (National Archives of Ghana)

2011 [9]
Royal Archives (1824–1897)  Madagascar Department of National Archives, Antananarivo

18°54′24″S 47°31′09″E / 18.906557°S 47.519057°E / -18.906557; 47.519057 (Department of National Archives, Antananarivo)

2009 [10]
Kitāb Shifā al-Asqām al-Āriḍat min al-Ẓahir wa al-Bāṭin min al-Ajsām/the Book of Healing from internal and external diseases affecting the body  Mali Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu

16°46′20″N 3°00′31″W / 16.77227°N 3.00855°W / 16.77227; -3.00855 (Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library)

2017 [11]
Tadkirat al gāfilin ‘anqubhihtilāf al- mu’minin/ Reminder to those who do not pay attention to the harms caused by the divergence between believers  Mali Ahmed Baba Institute, Timbuktu

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

2017 [12]
Maṣāliḥ al-Insān al-Mutaʿalliqat bi al-Adyānwa al-Abdān, The human being interests linked to the religions and the body  Mali,
 Nigeria

17°02′04″N 1°24′32″W / 17.0345431°N 1.4087605°W / 17.0345431; -1.4087605 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°15′51″N 0°03′04″W / 16.2642627°N 0.0512146°W / 16.2642627; -0.0512146 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°52′45″N 1°55′46″W / 16.8791262°N 1.9293344°W / 16.8791262; -1.9293344 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°50′24″N 2°31′48″W / 16.8399082°N 2.5301112°W / 16.8399082; -2.5301112 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°46′20″N 3°00′31″W / 16.77227°N 3.00855°W / 16.77227; -3.00855 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

2017 [13]
Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius  Mauritius Mauritius Archives, Port Louis

20°11′18″S 57°28′05″E / 20.188388°S 57.468040°E / -20.188388; 57.468040 (Mauritius Archives)

1997 [14]
The Records of Indentured Immigration  Mauritius

20°11′18″S 57°27′57″E / 20.1883723°S 57.465845°E / -20.1883723; 57.465845 (National Archives Department)

20°09′52″S 57°29′53″E / 20.1644551°S 57.4981759°E / -20.1644551; 57.4981759 (National Library)

20°13′38″S 57°30′02″E / 20.2271633°S 57.500497°E / -20.2271633; 57.500497 (Mahatma Gandhi Institute)

2015 [15]
Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi  Namibia

22°33′26″S 17°05′11″E / 22.557201°S 17.086442°E / -22.557201; 17.086442 (National Archives of Namibia)

48°08′10″N 11°33′44″E / 48.1360011°N 11.5623301°E / 48.1360011; 11.5623301 (Personal Archives of Dr. Klaus Goebel)

2005 [16]
Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF)  Senegal National Archives, Dakar

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

1997 [17]
Collection of old postcards from French West Africa  Senegal National Archives of Senegal, Dakar

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

2015 [18]
William Ponty School Collection of Papers  Senegal Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

2015 [19]
The Bleek collection  South Africa University of Cape Town/South African Library, Cape Town

33°57′29″S 18°27′39″E / 33.958056°S 18.460833°E / -33.958056; 18.460833 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

1997 [20]
Archives of the Dutch East India Company  South Africa,
 Netherlands,
 India,
 Indonesia,
 Sri Lanka

33°55′53″S 18°25′26″E / 33.931495°S 18.423812°E / -33.931495; 18.423812 (Cape Town Archives Repository)

13°04′35″N 80°15′38″E / 13.076368°N 80.260424°E / 13.076368; 80.260424 (Tamil Nadu Archives)

6°54′24″N 79°51′53″E / 6.906759°N 79.864734°E / 6.906759; 79.864734 (Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka)

6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E / 6.278623°S 106.818899°E / -6.278623; 106.818899 (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia)

52°04′52″N 4°19′35″E / 52.081037°N 4.3262802°E / 52.081037; 4.3262802 (Nationaal Archief)

2003 [21]
Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others)  South Africa The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria

33°57′29″S 18°27′39″E / 33.958070°S 18.460832°E / -33.958070; 18.460832 (The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa)

2007 [22]
Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection  South Africa Doxa Productions, Hout Bay

34°01′00″S 18°23′21″E / 34.016636°S 18.389210°E / -34.016636; 18.389210 (Doxa Productions)

2007 [23]
Archives of the CODESA (Convention For A Democratic South Africa) 1991 - 1992 and Archives of the Multi-Party Negotiating Process 1993  South Africa National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria

25°44′11″S 28°12′21″E / 25.736375°S 28.205835°E / -25.736375; 28.205835 (National Archives and Records Service of South Africa)

2013 [24]
German Records of the National Archives  Tanzania National Archives, Dar es Salaam

6°48′35″S 39°17′08″E / 6.809694°S 39.285492°E / -6.809694; 39.285492 (National Archives, Dar es Salaam)

1997 [25]
Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books  Tanzania Zanzibar National Archives, Zanzibar

6°10′35″S 39°12′06″E / 6.1764393°S 39.2016237°E / -6.1764393; 39.2016237 (Zanzibar National Archives)

2003 [26]
Nehanda and Kaguvi mediums’ judgement dockets (April 1897). Case between State versus Nehanda and Kaguvi spirit mediums leading to their execution.  Zimbabwe National Archives of Zimbabwe, Harare

17°47′40″S 31°03′50″E / 17.794351°S 31.063766°E / -17.794351; 31.063766 (National Archives of Zimbabwe)

2015 [27]

See also

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Notes

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^ A. Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.

References

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  1. ^ "Launch of the International Memory of the World Register 2022-2023 Cycle". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  2. ^ Diop, Papa Momar; Jordan, Lothar (2022). "The UNESCO Memory of the World Program as a Possible Catalyst for Fostering Peace and Peace Studies in Africa". Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa: 763–773. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92474-4_56.
  3. ^ a b "64 new inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Registers". UNESCO Press. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. ^ "Memory of the World". UNESCO. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Christopher Okigbo Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  6. ^ "Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  7. ^ "Colonial Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  8. ^ "Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  9. ^ "Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  10. ^ "Royal Archives (1824-1897)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  11. ^ "Kitāb Shifā al-Asqām al-Āriḍat min al-Ẓahir wa al-Bāṭin min al-Ajsām/the Book of Healing from internal and external diseases affecting the body". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  12. ^ "Tadkirat al gāfilin 'anqubhihtilāf al- mu'minin/ Reminder to those who do not pay attention to the harms caused by the divergence between believers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  13. ^ "Maṣāliḥ al-Insān al-Mutaʿalliqat bi al-Adyānwa al-Abdān, The human being interests linked to the religions and the body". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  14. ^ "Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  15. ^ "The Records of Indentured Immigration". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  16. ^ "Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  17. ^ "Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  18. ^ "Collection of old postcards from French West Africa". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  19. ^ "William Ponty School Collection of Papers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  20. ^ "The Bleek Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  21. ^ "Archives of the Dutch East India Company". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  22. ^ "Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  23. ^ "Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  24. ^ "Archives of the CODESA (Convention For A Democratic South Africa) 1991 - 1992 and Archives of the Multi-Party Negotiating Process 1993". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  25. ^ "German Records of the National Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  26. ^ "Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  27. ^ "Nehanda and Kaguvi mediums' judgement dockets (April 1897). Case between State versus Nehanda and Kaguvi spirit mediums leading to their execution". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
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