Arquivos Históricos Nacionais da República da Guiné-Bissau

The Arquivos Históricos Nacionais da República da Guiné-Bissau (AHN; English: National Historical Archives of Guinea-Bissau) formed on 10 November 1984 per government decree 31/84.^[1] Part of the Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa [de], the archives is located on Avenida dos Combatentes da Liberdade da Pátria in Bissau.

History

Some of the AHN's collection derives from the colonial-era Centro de Estudos da Guine Portugesa.

During the Guinea-Bissau Civil War, the archives suffered destruction and damage to more than half of its holdings.^[2]

See also

• National Library of Guinea-Bissau
• History of Guinea-Bissau

References

1. "Arquivos: INEP, Bissua". Casa Comum (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Fundação Mário Soares [pt]. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
2. Patricia C. Franks, ed. (2018). International Directory of National Archives. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7743-4.

This article incorporates information from the Portuguese Wikipedia.

External links

• Official site
• "History of Bolama, the first capital of Portuguese Guinea (1879-1941), as reflected in the Guinean National Historical Archives (EAP266)". Endangered Archives Programme. British Library. doi:10.15130/EAP266.