Archives Nationales du Burundi
Unlocking Burundi's Memory
For the first time in history, Burundi's national archive is searchable, citable, and free to every Burundian citizen.
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A National Memory at Risk
In 2011, archivist Jean Bosco Ntungirimana documented a crisis: thousands of Burundi's national records lay damaged by rain and pests, stored in disorganized piles with no path to preservation. In partnership with ABADBU and MBUYU, a scanning team in Bujumbura has spent four years digitizing 1.8 million pages — through rolling blackouts, on battery power, with cellular internet.
Read the Full Story →“Burundi will celebrate its independence without any improvement in the preservation of the national collective memory.”
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