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The first inscriptions on the UNESCO Memory of the World International Register were announced in 1997. By creating a compendium of important library and archive holdings – including books, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, and digital documents – the program aims to use its networks of experts to exchange information and raise resources for the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of documentary materials. As of 2023, 494 pieces of documentary heritage have been included in the register. Of these, 26 are from Africa. They include recordings of folk music, ancient languages and phonetics; aged remnants of religious and secular manuscripts; collected lifetime works of renowned figures of literature, science, and music; copies of motion pictures and short films; and accounts documenting changes in the world’s political, economic and social stage.

List by country/territory

Documentary heritage 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 / 50.825953°N 4.375628°E / 50.825953; 4.375628 (Christopher Okigbo Foundation)

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

8°49′04″S 13°13′52″E / 8.817705°S 13.231108°E / -8.817705; 13.231108 (Arquivo Nacional de Angola)

2011
Colonial archives  Benin National Archives, Porto-Novo

6°30′39″N 2°36′25″E / 6.510954°N 2.606833°E / 6.510954; 2.606833 (National Archives, Porto-Novo)

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

9°01′04″N 38°44′58″E / 9.017869°N 38.749318°E / 9.017869; 38.749318 (National Archives and Library of Ethiopia)

1997
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 / 5.561230°N 0.207952°W / 5.561230; -0.207952 (National Archives of Ghana)

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

18°54′24″S 47°31′09″E / 18.906557°S 47.519057°E / -18.906557; 47.519057 (Department of National Archives, Antananarivo)

2009
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 / 16.77227°N 3.00855°W / 16.77227; -3.00855 (Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library)

2017
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 / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

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

17°02′04″N 1°24′32″W / 17.0345431°N 1.4087605°W / 17.0345431; -1.4087605 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°15′51″N 0°03′04″W / 16.2642627°N 0.0512146°W / 16.2642627; -0.0512146 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°52′45″N 1°55′46″W / 16.8791262°N 1.9293344°W / 16.8791262; -1.9293344 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°50′24″N 2°31′48″W / 16.8399082°N 2.5301112°W / 16.8399082; -2.5301112 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

16°46′20″N 3°00′31″W / 16.77227°N 3.00855°W / 16.77227; -3.00855 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

2017
Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius  Mauritius Mauritius Archives, Port Louis

20°11′18″S 57°28′05″E / 20.188388°S 57.468040°E / -20.188388; 57.468040 (Mauritius Archives)

1997
The Records of Indentured Immigration  Mauritius

20°11′18″S 57°27′57″E / 20.1883723°S 57.465845°E / -20.1883723; 57.465845 (National Archives Department)

20°09′52″S 57°29′53″E / 20.1644551°S 57.4981759°E / -20.1644551; 57.4981759 (National Library)

20°13′38″S 57°30′02″E / 20.2271633°S 57.500497°E / -20.2271633; 57.500497 (Mahatma Gandhi Institute)

2015
Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi  Namibia

22°33′26″S 17°05′11″E / 22.557201°S 17.086442°E / -22.557201; 17.086442 (National Archives of Namibia)

48°08′10″N 11°33′44″E / 48.1360011°N 11.5623301°E / 48.1360011; 11.5623301 (Personal Archives of Dr. Klaus Goebel)

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

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

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

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

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

16°46′36″N 3°00′21″W / 16.77663°N 3.00575°W / 16.77663; -3.00575 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

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

33°57′29″S 18°27′39″E / 33.958056°S 18.460833°E / -33.958056; 18.460833 (Ahmed Baba Institute)

1997
Archives of the Dutch East India Company  South Africa,
 Netherlands,
 India,
 Indonesia,
 Sri Lanka

33°55′53″S 18°25′26″E / 33.931495°S 18.423812°E / -33.931495; 18.423812 (Cape Town Archives Repository)

13°04′35″N 80°15′38″E / 13.076368°N 80.260424°E / 13.076368; 80.260424 (Tamil Nadu Archives)

6°54′24″N 79°51′53″E / 6.906759°N 79.864734°E / 6.906759; 79.864734 (Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka)

6°16′43″S 106°49′08″E / 6.278623°S 106.818899°E / -6.278623; 106.818899 (Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia)

52°04′52″N 4°19′35″E / 52.081037°N 4.3262802°E / 52.081037; 4.3262802 (Nationaal Archief)

2003
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 / 33.958070°S 18.460832°E / -33.958070; 18.460832 (The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa)

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

34°01′00″S 18°23′21″E / 34.016636°S 18.389210°E / -34.016636; 18.389210 (Doxa Productions)

2007
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 / 25.736375°S 28.205835°E / -25.736375; 28.205835 (National Archives and Records Service of South Africa)

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

6°48′35″S 39°17′08″E / 6.809694°S 39.285492°E / -6.809694; 39.285492 (National Archives, Dar es Salaam)

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

6°10′35″S 39°12′06″E / 6.1764393°S 39.2016237°E / -6.1764393; 39.2016237 (Zanzibar National Archives)

2003
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 / 17.794351°S 31.063766°E / -17.794351; 31.063766 (National Archives of Zimbabwe)

2015

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. "Launch of the International Memory of the World Register 2022-2023 Cycle". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  2. Diop, Papa Momar; Jordan, Lothar (2022). "The UNESCO Memory of the World Program as a Possible Catalyst for Fostering Peace and Peace Studies in Africa". Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa: 763–773. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92474-4_56.
  3. ^ "64 new inscriptions on UNESCO's Memory of the World Registers". UNESCO Press. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. "Memory of the World". UNESCO. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  5. "Christopher Okigbo Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  6. "Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  7. "Colonial Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  8. "Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  9. "Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  10. "Royal Archives (1824-1897)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  11. "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 2024-12-18.
  12. "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 2024-12-18.
  13. "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 2024-12-18.
  14. "Records of the French Occupation of Mauritius". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  15. "The Records of Indentured Immigration". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  16. "Letter Journals of Hendrik Witbooi". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  17. "Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  18. "Collection of old postcards from French West Africa". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  19. "William Ponty School Collection of Papers". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  20. "The Bleek Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  21. "Archives of the Dutch East India Company". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  22. "Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others)". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  23. "Liberation Struggle Living Archive Collection". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  24. "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 2024-12-18.
  25. "German Records of the National Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  26. "Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and Books". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  27. "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 2024-12-18.

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