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Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali
12°38′20″N 8°01′17″W / 12.638873395642504°N 8.021251480713378°W / 12.638873395642504; -8.021251480713378
LocationBamako, Mali
Established2002

The Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali is a governmental entity responsible for safeguarding archival heritage of Mali, including the collection and preservation of its national archives. The National Assembly approved its creation in 2002 (decree n°02-262/P-RM du 24 mai 2002). Previously the Minister of Culture directed archives-related efforts.

Archives Nationales du Mali

The Malian national archives is headquartered in Bamako on the Avenue de l’Union Africaine. Prior to 2006 it was in the Kuluba area of the city. As of 1979 the governmental Institut des Sciences Humaines oversaw the archives.

The materials kept in the archives are grouped as "old" (pre-1915), "recent" (1915-1958), and "new" (since 1958) (fonds anciens, recents, nouveaux) and organized by topic, as follows:

  • A. Official Acts
  • B. General Correspondence
  • D. Ethnological, Geographical and Historical Studies; Administrative Organization; Deliberations of the Administrative Council; États Civils; Census; Taxes; Conseil Supérieur; Cartography and Topography
  • E. Politics; Religions; Islamic Affairs; Exterior Relations
  • F. Police; Prisons
  • G. Education
  • H. Health; Public Assistance
  • J: Postal Service
  • K: Railroads
  • L: Navigation; Meteorology; Aviation
  • M: Justice
  • N. Military
  • O: Property and Land Grants
  • P. Customs
  • Q: Economic Affairs; Industry; Mines
  • R: Agriculture; Zoological; Forests; Fish
  • S: Labor
  • T: Budget; Treasury; Special Agencies
  • U: Archives

Staff

Directors have included:

  • Moussa Niakaté, 1964-circa 1974?
  • Aliou Ongoïba, circa 1992-2013
  • Seydou Diabaté, circa 2017

See also

References

  1. "Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali", Primature.gov.ml (in French), retrieved 10 August 2017
  2. ^ Jansen 2006.
  3. Conrad 1976.
  4. Harmon 1992.
  5. L'Essor (11 December 2013), Archives nationales: un besoin de formation permanente (in French), Maliactu [fr]
  6. "Direction nationale des archives", L'Essor (in French), Bamako, 11 May 2017

Bibliography

in English
in French
  • Moussa Niakate (1973). "Les Archives Nationales du Mali et leurs possibilites dans le cadre de la recherche". Études Maliennes (in French) (2). Institut des sciences humaines du Mali: 56–69. OCLC 875326144.
  • Moussa Niakate (1973). "Les Archives Nationales du Mali". Études Maliennes (in French) (5): 69–83.
  • Moussa Niakaté, ed. (1974). Archives nationales du Mali: repertoire, 1855-1954 (in French). Bamako: Institut des sciences humaines du Mali. OCLC 1616808.
  • Jan Jansen (2006). "Les Archives nationales du Mali en transition". Afrique & Histoire (in French). 5 – via Cairn.info. Free access icon

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