An important quantity of colonial archives is still present in areas in the DRC which were not affected by war or plunderings. The project wants to survey these archives, order these, provide metadata and select which documents are most relevant for further research and possible digitisation. The areas selected are Boma and Bandundu.
At the Bamum Palace Archives – a small dusty room inside the walls of the palace – are held over 7000 documents, many of which pre-date the arrival of the first Europeans in 1902. These documents are written in African languages and transcribed in an indigenous African writing system – the Bamum…
This project has two main components.The first part will be based at the Buea Archives, South-West Region of Cameroon, and aims to survey and assess the documents held there. A training course in digital archiving techniques will be offered to the Archives personnel and a limited number of…
This pilot project will survey manuscripts held in some of the libraries of Abéché, the main Saharan centre of Eastern Chad. In 1890 Abéché became the capital of the Sultanate of Waday, which had been the main political entity of the region since its foundation in 1635. After being the epicentre of…
An important quantity of colonial archives is still present in areas in the DRC which were not affected by war or plunderings. The project wants to survey these archives, order these, provide metadata and select which documents are most relevant for further research and possible digitisation. The…
Supported by
Share this page
Please consider the environment before printing