The Arquivo Histórico Nacional is the national archive of Angola. Overseen by the Ministry of Culture, it is headquartered in the city of Luanda on Rua Pedro Felix Machado. As of 2016 a new archives building was under construction in Camama.[1] The Arquivo Histórico Nacional originated in the Centro Nacional de Documentação e Investigação Histórica.
| Arquivo Histórico Nacional | |
|---|---|
 Interactive map of Arquivo Histórico Nacional | |
| 8°49′1.82″S 13°13′54.59″E / 8.8171722°S 13.2318306°E | |
| Location | R. Pedro Félix Machado 49, Luanda, Angola |
| Type | National |
The archive is one of the institutions that hold the Ndembu Archives, which are listed on UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register.[2] A set of slave registration books from 1856 to 1875 formed part of another set of heritage also inscribed on the register.[3]
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edit- ↑ "Ministra visita obras do novo edifício do Arquivo Nacional" [Minister visits site of the new National Archives building], Mincult.gov.ao (in Portuguese), Governo de Angola, 15 October 2016, archived from the original on 24 August 2017, retrieved 24 August 2017
- ↑ "Arquivos dos Dembos / Ndembu Archives". UNESCO Memory of the World programme. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ↑ "Census of slaves in Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique determined by". UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Archived from the original on 2026-01-12. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
- ↑ "Arquivos dos Dembos são património mundial" [Dembos archives are world heritage], Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese), Luanda, 2 October 2011
Bibliography
edit- Republica Popular de Angola: Centro Nacional de Documentação Histórica (PDF) (in Portuguese), Paris: Unesco, 1981
- "Angola: Arquivo histórico nacional prepara novas instalações" [National Historical Archive Prepares New Facilities], Angop.ao (in Portuguese), Angola Press News Agency, 19 April 2017
- "Aprovada a Lei dos Arquivos" [Archives Law Approved], Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese), Luanda, 20 April 2017, archived from the original on 24 June 2020, retrieved 24 August 2017
External links
edit- OCLC WorldCat. Arquivo Nacional de Angola
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