Preserving the past, lighting the way forward.

The Centre for Feminist Archives and Documentation preserves African women’s memories, knowledge and heritage, to inspire present and future generations.

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Dakar, 1966 — Archives CDAF

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3 decades documented, 6 dated items.

  1. The 1960s 2 items
  2. The 1970s 3 items
  3. The 1980s 1 items

Collection still thin Well-documented decade

What the centre does

  • Collect

    Gathering women’s archives and accounts, before time or forgetting carries them away.

  • Preserve

    Protecting this heritage for the long term, as originals and as digital copies.

  • Share

    Making these accounts available, for research and for teaching alike.

  • Unite

    Building a committed community around this shared memory.

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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.

Offer a collection How a donation works

  • You remain the owner of your documents
  • You decide what becomes available
  • Your originals are returned after digitisation