The National Archives of Senegal (''Archives Nationales du Sénégal'') is headquartered in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...
, in the Central Park building on Avenue Malick Sy. It was first called ''Archives Nationales'' in 1962, but the collection existed since 1913 as the archives of the colonial
French West Africa
French West Africa (, ) was a federation of eight French colonial empires#Second French colonial empire, French colonial territories in West Africa: Colonial Mauritania, Mauritania, French Senegal, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guin ...
administration. It moved from
Saint-Louis to Dakar after 1958.
Archivists
Archivists have included:
* Claude Faure (1911-1920)
* Prosper Alquier (1921-1922)
* Médoune Mbaye (1922-1936)
* André Villard (1936-1942)
* (1945-1948)
* Jacques Charpy (1951-1958)
* Jean-François Maurel (1958-1959)
* Saliou Mbaye (1976-2005)
* Babacar Ndiaye, circa 2010-2011
* Fatoumata Cissé Diarra, circa 2013?-present
See also
* Unesco
Memory of the World Register – Africa The first inscriptions on the UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promotin ...
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Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal
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History of Senegal
The history of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary era.
Paleolithic
The earliest evidence of human life is found in the valley of the ...
References
Bibliography
* (Includes information about the National Archives of Senegal)
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External links
Official site (in French)* WorldCat
Archives nationales (Senegal)*
Government agencies established in 1913
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
Archives in Senegal
Government of Senegal
1913 establishments in the French colonial empire
Buildings and structures in Dakar
History of Dakar
Dakar-Plateau
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