Memory of the World Register – Africa

The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register were made in 1997.[1] By creating a compendium of the world’s documentary heritage—manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings[2]—the program aims to tap on its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials.[3] As of 2013, 193 documentary heritages have been included in the Register, among them recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics, aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts, collective lifetime works of renowned giants of literature, science and music, copies of landmark motion pictures and short films, and accounts documenting changes in the world’s political, economic and social stage. Of these, 12 properties were nominated by countries from the region of Africa.

List by country/territory
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

 2007 [4]
Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu Archives  Angola,  Portugal Arquivo Nacional de Angola, Luanda

8°49′04″S 13°13′52″E

 2011 [5]
Colonial archives  Benin National Archives, Porto-Novo

6°30′39″N 2°36′25″E

 1997 [6]
Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations  Ethiopia National Archives and Library, Addis Ababa

9°01′04″N 38°44′58″E

 1997 [7]
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

 2011 [8]
Royal Archives (1824–1897)  Madagascar Department of National Archives, Antananarivo

18°54′24″S 47°31′09″E

 2009 [9]
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

 2017 [10]
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

 2017 [11]
Maṣāliḥ al-Insān al-Mutaʿalliqat bi al-Adyānwa al-Abdān, The human being interests linked to the religions and the body  Mali,  Nigeria
  • Bamba, Mali

17°02′04″N 1°24′32″W

  • Gao, Mali

16°15′51″N 0°03′04″W

  • Gourma-Rharous, Mali

16°52′45″N 1°55′46″W

  • Ber, Mali

16°50′24″N 2°31′48″W

  • Timbuktu

16°46′20″N 3°00′31″W

 2017 [12]
Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius  Mauritius Mauritius Archives, Port Louis

20°11′18″S 57°28′05″E

 1997 [13]
The Records of Indentured Immigration  Mauritius
  • National Archives Department

20°11′18″S 57°27′57″E

  • National Library

20°09′52″S 57°29′53″E

  • Mahatma Gandhi Institute

20°13′38″S 57°30′02″E

 2015 [14]
Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi  Namibia

22°33′26″S 17°05′11″E

  • Personal Archives of Dr. Klaus Goebel, Munich

48°08′10″N 11°33′44″E

 2005 [15]
Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF)  Senegal National Archives, Dakar

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W

 1997 [16]
Collection of old postcards from French West Africa  Senegal National Archives of Senegal, Dakar

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W

 2015 [17]
William Ponty School Collection of Papers  Senegal Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W

 2015 [18]
The Bleek collection  South Africa University of Cape Town/South African Library, Cape Town

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W

 1997 [19]
Archives of the Dutch East India Company  South Africa,  Netherlands,  India,  Indonesia,  Sri Lanka
  • Cape Town Archives Repository (office of the National Archives of South Africa)

33°55′53″S 18°25′26″E

  • Tamil Nadu Archives

13°04′35″N 80°15′38″E

  • Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka

6°54′24″N 79°51′53″E

  • Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (National Archives of Indonesia)

6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E

  • Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands)

52°04′52″N 4°19′35″E

 2003 [20]
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

 2007 [21]
Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection  South Africa Doxa Productions, Hout Bay

34°01′00″S 18°23′21″E

 2007 [22]
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

 2013 [23]
German Records of the National Archives  Tanzania National Archives, Dar es Salaam

6°48′35″S 39°17′08″E

 1997 [24]
Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books  Tanzania Zanzibar National Archives, Zanzibar

6°10′35″S 39°12′06″E

 2003 [25]
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

 2015 [26]

See also

Notes

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

References
  1. "Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  2. "UNESCO MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME: The Asia-Pacific Strategy". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 1999-04-17. Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2004-10-21.
  3. "Twenty-three new inscriptions on Memory of the World Register of Documentary Collections". UNESCO Press. 2003-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  4. "Christopher Okigbo Collection | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  5. "Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu Archives | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  6. "Colonial Archives | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  7. "Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  8. "Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) Archives | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  9. "Royal Archives (1824-1897) | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  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". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  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". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  12. "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 2018-10-27.
  13. "Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  14. "The Records of Indentured Immigration". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  15. "Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  16. "Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF) | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  17. "Collection of old postcards from French West Africa". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  18. "William Ponty School Collection of Papers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  19. "The Bleek Collection | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  20. "Archives of the Dutch East India Company". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  21. "Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  22. "Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  23. "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 2018-10-27.
  24. "German Records of the National Archives | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  25. "Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  26. "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 2018-10-27.
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