The Royal Music of Central Africa retains the archives of Jules G & Eacute; Rard-Libois (1923-2005) which was the founder of the center of African Tuda and Documentation (CEDAF). This renowned center; is now int & acute; at the MRAC as a section of the time of time. The archives of Jules g & eacute; rard-libois contain, among other things, an important fund of photos which provide information on the & Égrave; nements and the actors of the unwanted Congo and the postcolonial riode. They also encompass the sound recording of the N & Eacute; Gociations of the Belgo-Congolese round table of 1960, as well as a collection of works and journals.

The archives are constitutes of these gathereds of 1958 & agrave; 2004, throughout the activity; Professional of G & Eacute; Rard-Libois. This took place within the framework of publication projects of devoting works. The political evolution of the Congo and the Belgian-Congolese relations, that is, the main research areas of the Research Center and Socio-Political Information (CRISP), & Eacute; by gif-Libois. These works in particular destined Allow Congolese researchers to be acc & acate; Reliable sources of the History of the Congo. & nbsp;

The archives embrace a large p & acute; history of the Congo which goes from the years 1940 & agrave; It happens to the power of Laurent D & Eacute; Sir & Eacute; Kabila in 1997. An important thing about the work of the Belgian parliamentary investigation commission on the circumstances of the assassination, in January 1961, of Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese Prime Minister. J. G & Eacute; Rard-Libois participated as an expert & agrave; This commission in 2000-2001. The second in importance is that concerning the r & Ocirc; de Che Guevara in the Congolese Rilla in 1965. The other Ries relate to the Congo in the war (1940-1945), & agrave; the p & eacute having presented The 1960s are unwanted, to the R & Eacte; ES 1960, to the R & Eacute; GIME MOBUTU (1965-1993), & agrave; The trajectory of Laurent D & Eacute; Kabila (1979-1999), etc.