Catalogue description Colonial Office: African Studies Branch: Original Correspondence

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Reference: CO 955
Title: Colonial Office: African Studies Branch: Original Correspondence
Description:

This series contains files of the African Studies Branch reflecting its functions as a source of information and technical advice on African administration and in organising conferences on the subject.
Date: 1950-1962
Related material:

For papers of Louis Branney, land tenure expert in the Branch, see CO 959
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Colonial Office, African Studies Branch, 1950-1961
Physical description: 115 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

In 1950 an African Studies Branch was established to advise on local administration, land tenure and the administration of justice in Africa. In 1961 this branch was dissolved, and most of its staff transferred to the new Department of Technical Cooperation.

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