The centre
The CDAF
Safeguarding memories. Passing on struggles. Inspiring the future.
Our mission
The CDAF collects, preserves, shares and circulates the archives and accounts of women and feminist movements.
It forms a living heritage that supports research, education and transmission between generations. What these documents carry does not belong to the past: they are evidence, methods and precedents that today’s struggles need.
Safeguarding memories. Passing on struggles. Inspiring the future.
- 6 items preserved
- 3 collections built
- 0 people documented
- 3 places represented
What the centre does
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Collect
Gathering women’s archives and accounts, before time or forgetting carries them away.
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Preserve
Protecting this heritage for the long term, as originals and as digital copies.
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Share
Making these accounts available, for research and for teaching alike.
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Unite
Building a committed community around this shared memory.
What the collection documents
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Memory
What is remembered, and what was almost forgotten.
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Archives
The documents themselves, described item by item.
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Community
The women who carried these struggles, together.
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Transmission
What passes from one generation to the next.
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Heritage
What was left to us, and must be made to bear fruit.
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Vision
What these memories make possible tomorrow.
A glimpse of the collection
Explore the archives-
Written document Une de la revue « Awa », numéro 12 juillet 1966 Couverture du douzième numéro de la revue Awa, première publication féminine d’Afrique de l’Ouest francophone. -
Photograph Marche des femmes pour le droit de vote, Dakar 8 avril 1966 Photographie de presse prise lors de la marche du 8 avril 1966, réunissant plusieurs centaines de femmes entre la place de l’Indépendance… -
Written document Restricted access Registre des adhérentes de l’Union des femmes travailleuses 1971 – 1976 Registre manuscrit couvrant les années 1971 à 1976. Contient des données nominatives : consultation encadrée. -
Photograph Atelier de couture de la coopérative de Grand-Yoff vers 1979 Série de quatre photographies documentant l’activité de la coopérative de couture fondée en 1979. -
Sound recording Restricted access Entretien avec une institutrice de Saint-Louis novembre 1978 Enregistrement d’un entretien mené dans le cadre de la campagne de collecte de récits de 1978, portant sur l’accès des filles à… -
Video Premium Assemblée des femmes de Thiès sur la santé maternelle 17 mars 1984 Captation vidéo d’une assemblée publique tenue en 1984, consacrée à l’ouverture d’un centre de santé maternelle dans le quartier de Randoulène.
Do you hold archives?
A family photograph, a leaflet, a notebook, a recording. What sleeps in a cupboard may be missing from our shared memory. The centre supports donations, deposits and loans for digitisation.
- You remain the owner of your documents
- You decide what becomes available
- Your originals are returned after digitisation