Club de Dakar

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0102 PP MS 53
Held at	: School of Oriental and African Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html ›
Full title	: Club de Dakar
Date(s)	: Created 1977-1988
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 5 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Club de Dakar | campaigning body on economic relations

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Club de Dakar was founded on 2-3 December 1974 as a French initiative to improve industrial relations between western industries and Francophone African countries. It was instigated by Mohammed T. Diawara (later President of the Club), Minister for Planning, Ivory Coast. Following conferences in Birmingham in 1978, a British branch was established and interests were expanded to include Anglophone African countries. It seems that the Club de Dakar ceased its activities in c1988.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, 1977-1988, relating to the Club de Dakar, comprising correspondence, research papers and publications. Includes lists of members; press cuttings; conference and discussion papers; minutes of meetings; reports; accounts and publications.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
The majority of the papers are in French, with some material in English.

System of arrangement:

The papers have been arranged into the following sections: files created by William Black-Campbell, a member of the Club de Dakar; Club de Dakar membership lists; Club de Dakar conference and meeting papers; Club de Dakar reports and accounts; Club de Dakar discussion papers; other papers; and publications. Within each section, papers have been arranged chronologically.

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred to SOAS shortly after the Club de Dakar ceased its activities in 1988.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
16 May 2000