Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali

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12°38′20″N 8°01′17″W / 12.638873395642504°N 8.021251480713378°W / 12.638873395642504; -8.021251480713378LocationBamako, MaliEstablished2002

The Direction Nationale des Archives du Mali is a governmental entity responsible for safeguarding archival heritage of Mali, including the collection and preservation of its national archives.^[1] The National Assembly approved its creation in 2002 (decree n°02-262/P-RM du 24 mai 2002). Previously the Minister of Culture directed archives-related efforts.^[2]

The Malian national archives is headquartered in Bamako on the Avenue de l’Union Africaine. Prior to 2006 it was in the Kuluba area of the city.^[2] As of 1979 the governmental Institut des Sciences Humaines [1] oversaw the archives.

The materials kept in the archives are grouped as "old" (pre-1915), "recent" (1915-1958), and "new" (since 1958) (fonds anciens, recents, nouveaux) and organized by topic, as follows:^[3][2]

• A. Official Acts
• B. General Correspondence
• D. Ethnological, Geographical and Historical Studies; Administrative Organization; Deliberations of the Administrative Council; États Civils; Census; Taxes; Conseil Supérieur; Cartography and Topography
• E. Politics; Religions; Islamic Affairs; Exterior Relations
• F. Police; Prisons
• G. Education
• H. Health; Public Assistance
• J: Postal Service
• K: Railroads
• L: Navigation; Meteorology; Aviation
• M: Justice
• N. Military
• O: Property and Land Grants
• P. Customs
• Q: Economic Affairs; Industry; Mines
• R: Agriculture; Zoological; Forests; Fish
• S: Labor
• T: Budget; Treasury; Special Agencies
• U: Archives

Directors have included:

• Moussa Niakaté, 1964-circa 1974?
• Aliou Ongoïba, circa 1992-2013^[4][5]
• Seydou Diabaté, circa 2017^[6]

• National Library of Mali

in English

• David Conrad (1976). "Archival Resources in Mali". History in Africa. 3: 175–180. doi:10.2307/3171569. JSTOR 3171569. S2CID 163289168.
• Stephen A. Harmon (1992). "Malian National Archives at Kuluba: Access and Applicability". History in Africa. 19: 441–444. doi:10.2307/3172012. JSTOR 3172012. S2CID 161216102.
• Gregory Mann (1999). "Dust to Dust: A User's Guide to Local Archives in Mali". History in Africa. 26: 453–456. doi:10.2307/3172151. JSTOR 3172151. S2CID 153812227.

in French

• Moussa Niakate (1973). "Les Archives Nationales du Mali et leurs possibilites dans le cadre de la recherche". Études Maliennes (in French) (2). Institut des sciences humaines du Mali: 56–69. OCLC 875326144.
• Moussa Niakate (1973). "Les Archives Nationales du Mali". Études Maliennes (in French) (5): 69–83.
• Moussa Niakaté, ed. (1974). Archives nationales du Mali: repertoire, 1855-1954 (in French). Bamako: Institut des sciences humaines du Mali. OCLC 1616808.
• Jan Jansen (2006). "Les Archives nationales du Mali en transition". Afrique & Histoire (in French). 5 – via Cairn.info.

• Jim Jones. "Archives Nationales du Mali". Colonial History of French West Africa. United States: West Chester University. (Notes taken by Jones during research in the archives; includes description of fonds and series)