Memory of the World Register – Africa
Introduction The first inscriptions on the UNESCO '''Memory of the World International Register''' were made in 1997.By creating a compendium of the world’s documentary heritage – manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials, library and archive holdings – 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. As of 2018, 432 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, 24 properties were nominated by countries from the region of Africa.
List by country/territory  Documentary heritageCountry/TerritoryCustodian(s), Location(s) Yearinscribed Reference Christopher Okigbo CollectionAfricaChristopher Okigbo Foundation, Brussels 2007 Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu ArchivesAngola,PortugalArquivo Nacional de Angola, Luanda 2011 Colonial archives BeninNational Archives, Porto-Novo 1997 Treasures from National Archives and Library Organizations EthiopiaNational Archives and Library, Addis Ababa 1997 Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie) archivesGhana,Netherlands,Brazil,Guyana,Netherlands Antilles,Suriname,United Kingdom,United StatesNational Archives of Ghana, Accra 2011 Royal Archives (1824–1897)MadagascarDepartment 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 bodyMaliMamma Haidara Commemorative Library, Timbuktu 2017  Tadkirat al gāfilin ‘anqubhihtilāf al- mu’minin/ Reminder to those who do not pay attention to the harms caused by the divergence between believersMaliAhmed Baba Institute, Timbuktu 2017  Maṣāliḥ al-Insān al-Mutaʿalliqat bi al-Adyānwa al-Abdān, The human being interests linked to the religions and the bodyMali,Nigeria*Bamba, Mali*Gao, Mali*Gourma-Rharous, Mali*Ber, Mali*Timbuktu 2017  Records of the French Occupation of MauritiusMauritiusMauritius Archives, Port Louis 1997 The Records of Indentured ImmigrationMauritius*National Archives Department	*National Library		*Mahatma Gandhi Institute 2015  Letter Journals of Hendrik WitbooiNamibia*National Archives of Namibia, Windhoek*Personal Archives of Dr. , Munich 2005  Fonds of the "Afrique occidentale française" (AOF)  SenegalNational Archives, Dakar 1997 Collection of old postcards from French West AfricaSenegalNational Archives of Senegal, Dakar 2015  William Ponty School Collection of PapersSenegalInstitut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar 2015  The Bleek collection South AfricaUniversity of Cape Town/South African Library, Cape Town 1997 Archives of the Dutch East India CompanySouth Africa,Netherlands,India,Indonesia,Sri Lanka*Cape Town Archives Repository (office of the National Archives of South Africa)*Tamil Nadu Archives*Department of National Archives of Sri Lanka*Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia (National Archives of Indonesia)*Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands)	 2003  Criminal Court Case No. 253/1963 (State Versus N. Mandela and Others)South AfricaThe National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria 2007  Liberation Struggle Living Archive CollectionSouth AfricaDoxa Productions, Hout Bay 2007 Archives of the CODESA (Convention For A Democratic South Africa) 1991 - 1992 and Archives of the Multi-Party Negotiating Process 1993South AfricaNational Archives and Records Service of South Africa, Pretoria 2013  German Records of the National ArchivesTanzaniaNational Archives, Dar es Salaam 1997 Collection of Arabic Manuscripts and BooksTanzaniaZanzibar National Archives, Zanzibar 2003 Nehanda and Kaguvi mediums’ judgement dockets (April 1897). Case between State versus Nehanda and Kaguvi spirit mediums leading to their execution.ZimbabweNational Archives of Zimbabwe, Harare 2015
See also * UNESCO Memory of the World Register – Arab States (includes North Africa)
Notes A. Names and spellings provided are based on the official list released by the Memory of the World Programme.
References
External links *  UNESCO Memory of the World Programme official website*  UNESCO Memory of the World International Register – Africa