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
Country/Territory | Documentary heritage[A] | Year inscribed |
Custodian(s), Location(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Africa | Christopher Okigbo Collection | 2007 | Christopher Okigbo Foundation, Brussels | [4] |
Benin | Colonial archives | 1997 | National Archives, Porto-Novo | [5] |
Ethiopia | Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations | 1997 | National Archives and Library, Addis Ababa | [6] |
Madagascar | Royal Archives (1824–1897) | 2009 | Department of National Archives, Antananarivo | [7] |
Mauritius | Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius | 1997 | Mauritius Archives, Port Louis | [8] |
Namibia | Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi | 2005 | National Archives of Namibia, Windhoek; Personal Archives of Dr. Klaus Goebel, Munich | [9] |
Senegal | Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF) | 1997 | National Archives, Dakar | [10] |
South Africa | The Bleek collection | 1997 | University of Cape Town/South African Library, Cape Town | [11] |
South Africa | Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others) | 2007 | The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria | [12] |
South Africa | Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection | 2007 | Doxa Productions, Hout Bay | [13] |
Tanzania | German Records of the National Archives | 1997 | National Archives, Dar es Salaam | [14] |
Tanzania | Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books | 2003 | Zanzibar National Archives, Zanzibar | [15] |
Notes
^ A. Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.
References
- ↑ "Third Meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Programme". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Twenty-three new inscriptions on Memory of the World Register of Documentary Collections". UNESCO Press. 2003-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ↑ "Christopher Okigbo Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Colonial Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Royal Archives (1824-1897)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ↑ "Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "The Bleek Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "German Records of the National Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
- ↑ "Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2009-09-07.