National Archives of Guinea
{{Short description|National archives of Guinea}}
{{Infobox archives
| name = National Archives of Guinea
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| alternative name = Les Archives Nationales
| archive type = national archives
| creation =
| country = Guinea
| city = Conakry
| coordinates = {{coord|9.513692724659704|-13.706340531722653}}
| site =
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The National Archives of Guinea were established in the 1960s{{Cite journal|last=Klein|first=Martin|date=1981|title=Report on Archives of the Popular and Revolutionary Republic of Guinea in Conakry|journal=History in Africa|volume=9|pages=333–334|doi=10.2307/3171527 |jstor=3171527 |s2cid=162308688 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3171527|url-access=subscription}} after the country gained its independence. They have been moved three times since then and are currently situated in the capital city of Conakry.{{cite journal |last=Counsel |first=Graeme |year=2009 |title=Archival and Research Resources in Conakry, Guinea |journal=History in Africa |publisher=Cambridge University Press |volume=36 |pages=439–445 |doi=10.1353/hia.2010.0003 |jstor=40864528|s2cid=162709679 |language=en}} As of around 1995, the archives had a collection of over 3,000 volumes.{{cite book|author=Gale Research Inc|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: Africa|url=https://archive.org/details/worldmarkencyclo02gale|url-access=registration|access-date=16 March 2011|year=1995|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=978-0-8103-9880-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldmarkencyclo02gale/page/189 189]}}
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