The Archives Nationales du Sénégal (in
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: ''National Archives of Senegal'') is headquartered in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
, 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 administration. It moved from
Saint-Louis to Dakar after 1958.
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
*
Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal
*
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
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Bibliography
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External links
Official site (in French)* WorldCat
Archives nationales (Senegal)*
Government agencies established in 1913
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
Archives in Senegal
Government of Senegal
History of Senegal
1913 establishments in the French colonial empire
Dakar
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