Memory of the World - Latin America and the Caribbean
IPEAFRO Collection - Abdias do Nascimento Archives
The archive comprises historical documents generated or received by Abdias do Nascimento or by the organization he founded in 1926 The collection reflects lesserknown aspects of the history and culture of Brazil Latin America and the Caribbean in the 20th and 21st century especially in relation to Afrodescendant communities and their cultural and social initiatives in favour of civil and human rights in their dialogue with global national and Latin American and the Caribbean societyIt consists of about 25 linear meters of text documents 223 cassettes 64 vinyl records 267 audiovisual documents on analogue media VHS tapes Beta Cam UMatic 150 audiovisual records in digital format minidv videos DVD and external hard drives 20693 iconographic elements 6123 photographs on paper 13528 negatives and positives in colour and black and white The collection includes essays reports annotations manuscripts interviews correspondence magazines theatre programs scripts newspaper articles speeches and laws posters and other historical records
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