Contact Information

• Name:

  Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique

• Postal Address:

  CP 2033
  Maputo
  Mozambique

• Location:

  Ava. Filipe Magaia, 715, r/c

• Telephone:

  (258) 1 42-11-77

• Facsimile:

  (258) 1 42-34-28

• E-mail:

  ahm@ahm.mz

• Director:

  Dr. Joel das Neves Tembe

• Year founded:

  1934

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Archive

• Types of source material:

  Archival records
  Ephemera
  Government records
  Grey literature
  Newspapers
  Oral histories
  Photographs
  Posters
  Sound recordings
  

• Size:

  Archives: 20 km; library: 25,000 books, 1734 periodicals; 50,000 photographs; 1,500 maps; 1,500 posters

• Holdings:

  Archival records, 1850-1975: the main divisions are: General Government, Civil Administration, African Affairs, etc. and provincial records. State companies: (compagnie au Mozambique), 1892-1942, etc. Special Section: and commercial enterprises. Collection of colonial photographs covering urban development, economy (plantations, industries), transportation (railroads), and communication, ethnography (ethnic groups, etc.) Collection of posters published in the post-independence period. Oral history recordings (1,450 hours) and national radio broadcasts (Radio Mozambique) (2,994 hours). There is legislation to receive books and pamphlets (Decret 19/71) and periodicals (loi de Imprense).

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  Portuguese, English, French
  

Access Conditions

• Access conditions:

  Presentation of a research project.

• Access restrictions:

  30 years

• Finding tools:

  Card catalogs
  Electronic catalogs
  Guides
  Inventories
  

• Catalog URL:

  http://memoria-africa.ua.pt/entrada.asp

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications:

• Arquivo. Périodique: (1987- )
• Etudes et Documents. Séries

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