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The Preservation and Promotion of the Photographic Heritage of West Africa, St. Louis, Senegal, 25-27th January 1999 (Report by Hermione Cornwall-Jones)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Hermione Cornwall-Jones*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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Conferences, Meetings, Seminars
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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1 West African participants came from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo

2 Martin Taureg can be contacted regarding the Photo Archives Programme via the West African Museums Programme, B. P. 357 - 140, Rue Moussé Diop, Dakar, Sénégal, tel. ++ 221 822 5057 / 823 8848, fax. ++ 221 822 1233. Email: mtaureg@ns.arc.sn

3 For example, I was invited to give a paper addressing international initiatives in the standardization of museum documentation, with a case study of the cataloguing and information retrieval system developed for the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Photo Collection. WAMP intends to publish the conference proceediñgs

4 The chair of the committee is Mrs Victoria James, Deputy Director / Liaison Officer, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Directorate of Research and Training, P. M. B. 12556, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria, tel. ++234 1 263 6075 / 263 1935, fax. ++ 234 1 264 4642