Bibliothèque Africaine

The Bibliothèque Africaine (African Library) in Belgium is a research library of Africana. Belgian king Léopold II founded it in 1885 during the period of foreign colonization of the Congo and the establishment of the colonial Congo Free State. The library became the responsibility of the Ministry of the Colonies in 1908. As of 2003 it contained some 230,000 volumes.[1] It is now part of the Bibliothèque des Affaires Etrangères, overseen by the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, and since June 2017, accessible through the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels.[2]

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References
  1. Christine Deslaurier (2003). "La documentation africaine à Bruxelles. Les fonds du ministère belge des Affaires étrangères (Burundi, Congo, Rwanda)". Afrique & Histoire (in French) (1) – via Cairn.info. La bibliothèque ministérielle
  2. "The African Library formerly known as the Colonial Library". Libraries: Sections and collections. Kingdom of Belgium, FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
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