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There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
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Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

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Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and Tourism, ZimbabweDate: 12/31/1980Volume Number: 31-DecFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 2
Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 12/31/1981Volume Number: 31-DecFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Reprinted by the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU PF
Prime Minister Opens Zimbabwe Conference on Reconstruction and Development (ZIMCORD) Prime Minister Opens Zimbabwe Conference on Reconstruction and Development (ZIMCORD)
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 3/23/1981Volume Number: 23-MarFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 3
Prime Minister's Independence Anniversary Speech To The Nation Prime Minister's Independence Anniversary Speech To The Nation
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 4/17/1981Volume Number: 17-AprFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 4
Prime Minister Addresses Justice And Peace Commission Prime Minister Addresses Justice And Peace Commission
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information, Posts and TelecommunicationsDate: 2/6/1982Volume Number: 6-FebFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 7
Zimbabwe: The Final Advance Zimbabwe: The Final Advance
Authors: Joshua Nkomo, Robert Mugabe, Eddison ZvobgoPublisher: Liberation Support Movement (LSM) Information CenterYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Documents On The Zimbabwe Liberation Movement
1st Zimbabwe Women's Seminar: Opening Speech by Comrade President Robert Mugabe 1st Zimbabwe Women's Seminar: Opening Speech by Comrade President Robert Mugabe
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Zimbabwe NewsYear: 1979Format: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Reproduction of the original article.
Chimurenga Day, 13th Anniversary of the Battle of Sinoia Chimurenga Day, 13th Anniversary of the Battle of Sinoia
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Department of Information and Publicity ZANUDate: 4/28/1979Volume Number: 28-AprFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
"A Speech by Comrade President R.G. Mugabe broadcast to the Zimbabwe Nation over the Voice of Zimbabwe, Radio Mocambique in Maputo on Saturday, 28th April, 1979"
Robert Mugabe Address in Havana Robert Mugabe Address in Havana
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: ZANU-PFDate: 8/3/1979Volume Number: 3-AugFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
"Address By Comrade Robert G. Mugabe, President of ZANU and Co-Leader of the Patriotic Front to the Sixth Conference of the Heads of State And/Or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries, Havana, August 3, 1979"
Speech by Comrade Robert Mugabe: 3rd Anniversary of Independence Speech by Comrade Robert Mugabe: 3rd Anniversary of Independence
Author: Robert MugabeDate: 4/18/1983Volume Number: 18-AprFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe