Repositories

  • Contact Information

    • Name:

      Archives Nationales de la République centrafricaine

    • Postal Address:

      BP 881
      Bangui
      Central African Republic

    • Location:

      Présidence de la République

    • Telephone:

      (236) 61 38 71

    • Facsimile:

      (236) 61 57 87 ou 61 79 57

    • E-mail:

      dan@intnet.cf

    • Director:

      Célestin Dimanche

    • Year founded:

      1969

  • Collections

    • Type of repository:

      Archive

    • Types of source material:

      Archival records
      Artifacts
      Business records
      Electronic archives
      Government records
      Grey literature
      Maps
      Music
      Newspapers
      Photographs
      Posters
      Sound recordings

    • Holdings:

      The National Archives is composed of three units: archival documents, dating from 1806-present; the library; and the documentation center. In short, we are a documentary complex at the service of the administration and researchers.

    • Receiving new material?

      No

    • Languages:

      French, English, Sango

  • Access Conditions

    • Access conditions:

      On the presentation of identification papers (research certificate, national identity card, or passport in the case of foreign users.)

    • Access restrictions:

      25, 40, 90 years

    • Finding tools:

      Accession lists or registers
      Card catalogs
      Guides

    • Copier available?:

      No

  • Repository publications:

    • Répertoire des lois centrafricaines 1957-1997..
    • Répertoire des personnalités politiques centrafricaines 1957-1997..
    • Répertoire des tentes législatifs et réglementaires 1958-1988..

  • References:

    <a href="text\Cordell75.htm">Cordell, Dennis D. "Research Resources in Chad and the Central African Republic." History in Africa 2 (1975): 217-20.</a>