National Archives of Senegal explained

Archives Nationales du Sénégal
Alternative Name:	National Archives of Senegal
Country:	Senegal
City:	Dakar
Coordinates:	14.6829°N -17.4385°W
Site:	https://askanwinfos.com/

The National Archives of Senegal (Archives Nationales du Sénégal) is headquartered in Dakar, in the Central Park building on Avenue Malick Sy. It was first called Archives Nationales in 1962, but the collection existed since 1913 as the archives of the colonial French West Africa administration. It moved from Saint-Louis to Dakar after 1958.^[1]

Archivists

Archivists have included:

• Claude Faure (1911-1920)
• Prosper Alquier (1921-1922)
• Médoune Mbaye (1922-1936)
• André Villard (1936-1942)
• (1945-1948)
• Jacques Charpy (1951-1958)
• Jean-François Maurel (1958-1959)
• Saliou Mbaye (1976-2005)
• Babacar Ndiaye, circa 2010-2011? http://www.ica.org/en/international-archives-day-dakar-9-june-2011
• Fatoumata Cissé Diarra, circa 2013?-present

See also

• Unesco Memory of the World Register – Africa
• Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal
• History of Senegal

Bibliography

• Book: Saliou Mbaye . Guide des archives de l'Afrique occidentale française . 491084474 . Dakar . fr . 1990. (Includes information about the National Archives of Senegal)
• 10.17723/aarc.53.4.pu7105854h265711 . Oral Records in Senegal . . Saliou Mbaye . 53 . 4 . 566–574 . 1990. free . (Includes information about the National Archives of Senegal)
• Jacques Charpy . Les archivistes de l'AOF face à leur temps . . 97 . 368 . 293–309 . 10.3406/outre.2010.4507 . fr . . 2010. .

External links

• Official site (in French)
• WorldCat. Archives nationales (Senegal)
• Web site: Senegal Archives Project . Cooperative Africana Materials Project . . Chicago .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historique des Archives du Sénégal . fr . Archivesdusenegal.gouv.sn . Gouvernement du Sénégal . Dakar . 8 August 2017 .