1. The Endangered Archives Programme: our projects in Francophone West Africa Jody Butterworth 22 nd January 2016

2. www.bl.uk 2 EAP266: History of Bolama, the first capital of Portuguese Guinea (1879-1941), as reflected in the Guinean National Historical Archives

3. www.bl.uk 3 http://eap.bl.uk

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6. 6 Insect infested material Disintegrating documents Poor storage

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8. 8 Djenné Library and examples of some of the manuscripts housed there.

9. www.bl.uk 9 EAP449: Social history and cultural heritage of Mali: preserving the archives of professional photographers The Saklay collection after reorganisation Portrait photograph by Abdourahmane Sakaly

10. www.bl.uk 10 EAP764: Preserving the memory of the colonial past in Dogon country. A survey of historical collections of the endangered archives of Bandiagara Old Prefecture, Bandiagara Archives rehoused

11. www.bl.uk 11 EAP051: Bamum script and archives project: saving Africa's written heritage Archival partner: Archives du Palais des Rois Bamoun

12. www.bl.uk 12 EAP054: Archiving a Cameroonian photographic studio

13. www.bl.uk 13 EAP334: Digital preservation of Wolof Ajami manuscripts of Senegal

14. www.bl.uk 14 Syliphone Label (EAP187, EAP327, EAP608) BL Sounds http://soundsdev.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Syliphone-record-label- collectionhttp://soundsdev.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Syliphone-record-label- collection

15. www.bl.uk 15 http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/endangeredarchives/

16. www.bl.uk 16 jody.butterworth@bl.uk Website: http://eap.bl.uk Blog: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/endangeredarchives/