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The Director of the National Archives, Gavin Emmanuel, has called for greater public interest in Antigua and Barbuda‘s history. Established in 1982, the Archives, located on Factory Road, houses approximately 5 million records, including baptismal documents, slavery lists, and the Codrington papers.
Speaking during Black History Month, Emmanuel highlighted the public’s lack of engagement with the Archives, which he believes has been viewed as a repository of “old papers” rather than a key institution. He stressed the need to better promote Antigua and Barbuda’s history, with digitisation efforts allowing global access to records.
Emmanuel also called for a stronger social media presence and increased awareness in schools. However, he noted that these initiatives require additional funding, not only for the Archives but also for educational courses in history.
He warned of a shortage of historians and archivists in the region, a result of insufficient emphasis on these fields in schools, where STEM subjects dominate. Without a renewed focus, Emmanuel cautioned, there could soon be a void in historical preservation in the region.
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Great initiative! But we also need to make historical information more accessible to the public.
Hopefully, the government takes this call seriously.
Hope this isn’t just talk—real funding and action are needed to protect our historical records.
is there a plan to properly digitize and protect historical documents?
We need more community events and digital resources to make history exciting for younger generations.
Preserving our history is so important! Glad to see this call for more engagement.
In my opinion, Investment in our archives is long overdue. Future generations need to know where we came from
The bots are actively engaged but without substance.
This maybe one of the most important and consequential news articles in that it illustrates the nations interest in its history and the bots are the only entity which chooses to take notice.
A country where PHDs are carried in foreheads and chests as a badge of respect and honour illustrates the shallowness of the islands intellectual population.
Government officials with honorable in their names possess no vision for nation building.
More money didn’t on One Nation Concert each year that providing scholarship to become historians.
Most libraries and archives around the world have digitized their collections while we count the number of passenger ship arrivals.
It’s such a laught in the face of what can be called neglect even there are those who speak about connecting with mother Africa; while they ignore and neglect the basic steps and resources to begin meaningful connection
I hope their are ones in Government who takes head and act in the statements of
The Director of the National Archives, Gavin Emmanuel, who has called for greater public interest.