Teacher looking for archival sources on the colonial pasts of Belgium, Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda?
The Belgian State Archives preserve the largest collection of records on Belgium’s colonial past – over 10 kilometers of documents!
The virtual exhibition Archives I Presume? offers a curated selection from this vast collection. Dozens of letters, photographs, maps, plans, government publications, and statistics bring the Congo Free State (1885-1908), the Belgian “model colony” Congo (1908-1960), and the Ruanda-Urundi administration (1919-1962) vividly to life. Through subthemes, teachers can quickly and easily find ready-to-use sources for their lessons.