Bibliographical Collection
The rich documentary legacy of the HNA of Cape Verde includes an important bibliographical collection of legislative documents from the former Portuguese colonies, such as Angola (from 1870 to 1974),…
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African Collection
Documentation of neighbouring countries which share strong bonds with Cape Verde, such as Saint Tome and Principe, through the papers of the Guardianship of Services and Colonists (from 1900 to…
Local Authorities Collection
Documentation of the Administrative Office and the Council of Praia (from 1848 to 1975), and the papers of the City Council of Riberia Grande, Paúl, Porto Novo, São Nicolau, Sal,…
Judiciary Collection
This collection holds documents of the Cape-Verdean Court of Justice: all the civil and criminal proceedings between citizens and public institutions. This includes the papers of the Regional Court of Ribeira Grande, the Court of…
Taxes and Customs Collection
This collection has great value for the analysis of historical foreign trade relations with Cape Verde, including papers from the former taxes and customs authorities, such as the islands of São Nicolau,…
Ministerial Collection
Includes documents which belonged to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (from 1975), the Ministry of Economic Coordination, Justice, Culture, Infrastructure and Transports (from several years), including provincial departments (Source)
Central Administration Collection
Houses documents which belonged to the General Government’s Office (books of register and manuscripts from 1674 to 1928, and papers from 1803 to 1926). In addition, this collection houses documents of the…
Registry of Notaries Collection
Includes protocols and wills (Source)
Church Registers Collection
This collection is the most important for genealogical research and holds Catholic Church registers of christening, marriage, and death from all islands. Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1867; the HNA keeps among its collections the…
Eugénio Tavares
The purpose of this website is to make known all the facts of the life and work of Eugénio Tavares, the great Cape Verdean poet, who was also a journalist,…