Unity Archive

Unity Archive, a repository of mostly written documents from the past 140 years, was renovated and inaugurated on June 4, 2023. Ethiopia is one of the few countries in the world that has a long history of writing, and the Ministry of Pen was one of the major institutions that used writing for government administration. The Unity Archives is likely the only indigenous archive in Africa. The documents that are stored in different rooms have been organized in successive governments. Nonetheless, the source of all documents is the Grand Palace. The modern protection, organization, and digitization of documents is currently underway. This exhibition is part of the effort to modernize the protection and organization of the Unity Archive. It is divided into three broad domains: external affairs, internal affairs, and socio-cultural experiences. There are nine themes in these three major areas, and the documents were generated between the 1880s and 1990s.