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Archives

National Archives of Ghana
21 Castle Road Adjacent YWCA, Adabraka
P.O.Box GP 3056
Accra, Ghana
GA Address GH-GA-050-7200
Website
Regional offices:

Greater Accra Western North (Sefwi Wiawso) Bono (Sunyani) Volta (Ho)

Eastern Region (Koforidua) Bono East (Techiman) OTI (Dambai) Upper West (WA)

Central Region (Cape Coast) Ahofo (Goaso) Savannah (Damango) Upper East (Bolgatanga)

Western Region (Sekondi) Ashanti (Kumasi) North East (Nalerigu) Northern (Tamale)

Manhyia Archives (formally Manhyia Records Office)
Institute of African Studies
P.O. Box AS 477, Asawase-Kumasi
Ghana

Telephone: +233 0322 398511/51 33971
Email: manhyiaarchives@yahoo.com
Website

The mission of the Manhyia Archives is to provide efficient and reliable professional records and archives management services to promote democracy, human rights, justice, accountability, good governance, development, and the study of our history, culture, and national identity..

Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD)
P.O. Box 3056
Castle Road
Accra
Ghana

Email: praad@4u.com.gh
Website
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The PRAAD building at Cape Coast holds a large body of documentary material including printed material, manuscripts, maps, drawings, and photographic collections. These are held in a large room in the archive building ideally designed as a repository. However, irregular power supply, poor functioning, and unsatisfactory maintenance of air conditioners as well as humidity and dust control problems have led to a deterioration in the physical conditions of the collections.

Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana
University of Cape Coast
Website

• Online records from the Regional Archive at Cape Coast, Ghana: pre-colonial and colonial documents preservation project

This pilot project targets endangered archival collections in the Central administrative region of Ghana and will be undertaken in collaboration with the Central regional directorate of Ghana’s national archives - the Public Records and Archives Administration Department (PRAAD).

Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana

• Preservation of endangered historical records in the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana (EAP256)
  
• Digitized archival records from Preservation of endangered historical records in the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) in Tamale, Northern Ghana (EAP256)

Located 400 miles north of the Atlantic coast in West Africa, Tamale was founded in early 1907 by the British as an administrative centre for the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. British Direct Commissioners were stationed there, reporting to the governor in Accra on colonial and administrative matters. PRAAD's holdings in Tamale now include these reports, recording colonial disputes, administrative tasks, boundary discussions, court proceedings, land tenure and chieftancy affairs, as well as correspondence with the missionary church in the Northern Territories. The archives also contain historical manuscripts on diverse subjects including slavery and the history and culture of northern Ghana. The extent of the archives is quite large, containing over 30,000 boxes and approximately 2,100,000 individual records.

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Endangered Archives: Ghana

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Libraries

Accra Central Library
Osu Klottey
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 57 138 8401
Email: abrahamyebuah@gmail.com
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Balme Library
University of Ghana
W.E.B. Dubois Rd
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 030 251 2407/024 938 1615
Email: eaoagyei@gmail.com

Ghana Institute of Journalism Library
32nd Gamel Abdul Nasser Rd. Osu
P.O. Box GP 667, Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 302 228336
Email: info@gij.edu.gh
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Museums

National Museum of Ghana
2 Barnes Rd
Accra, Ghana
Telephone: +233 30 222 1633
Email: gmmb.acc@gmail.com
Website

The National Museum of Ghana was established in 1957 and is the ultimate repository of knowledge on the various cultural elements of the people of Ghana, including their languages, chieftaincy systems, foods, dressing, and handicraft. The museum is divided into three primary sections: Ethnography, Archaeology, and Arts.

Record Offices

• Ghana Births and Deaths Registry
  2nd Liberia Road, Ministries
  Accra, Ghana
  Email: ing@bdr.gov.gh
  

• Marriage Registration