Ahmed, S;
(2019)
Archives du Maroc? The official and alternative national archives of Morocco.
Archives and Manuscripts
10.1080/01576895.2018.1558408.
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Abstract
The 2004 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that investigated human rights abuses in Morocco under King Hassan II cited the ‘deplorable state of national archives’ as a major obstacle to its work. In 2013, in accordance with the findings of the TRC, the National Archives of Morocco opened with a colonial fonds, primarily holding records from the period of French colonisation (1912–56). This article seeks to understand the late establishment of a national archives, positing that part of the delay was caused by the focus of Moroccan nationalists on the location of indigenous records and their rejection of colonial archives and historiography.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Archives du Maroc? The official and alternative national archives of Morocco |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/01576895.2018.1558408 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2018.1558408 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Morocco, national archives, colonialism, Hassan II Prize for Manuscripts and Archival Documents |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International > UCL - Qatar |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10068376 |
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