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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.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
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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Amilcar Cabral Amilcar Cabral
Format: mp3Collection: African liberation movements
Amilcar Cabral, leader of the liberation Movement of Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands, assassinated by the Portuguese and the CIA. He talks informally in New York in October 1972 with representatives of African-American organizations. This talk is the basis for his book Return to the Source.
Nelson Mandela Released Nelson Mandela Released
Collection: African liberation movements
Short excerpt from speech by Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, upon his release from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years of incarceration.
Global Resistance - South Africa Global Resistance - South Africa
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: African liberation movements
Amandla!; Winnie Mandela talks about the role of Black mothers in South Africa, Afrikaaners, the necessity to destroy apartheid.; People Shall Govern from Radio Free South Africa; Winnie Mandela about the grassroots struggle, the Black Womens Federation, prison and political education; Winnie Mandela on the creation of the Freedom Charter by the ANC, hope for the freedom of South Africa; Toi Toi song
Global Resistance Africa to Palestine from Roots of Resistance Global Resistance Africa to Palestine from Roots of Resistance
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProgram: Roots of ResistanceCollection: African liberation movements
Amilcar Cabral, leader of the liberation movement of Guinea-Bissau and the cape Verde Islands, talks about the basis for his book, Return to the Source; Winnie Mandela, one of the leaders of the African National Congress, speaks on the internalized oppression of Africans in racist South Africa; Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, speaking on the day of his release from prison, where he had been held for over 20 years; Chris Hani, a leader of the anti-apartheid movement, interviewed by Barbara Lubinski and Herber Dreher during a visit to san Francisco; Speech by a spokeswomen for Arab Students, with chants in solidarity with Palestine during a Bay Area demonstration in the late 1970s; Poet June Jordan reciting one of her poems about Palestine at a solidarity event held in 1990.
Interview with Soares da Silva, Representative of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Interview with Soares da Silva, Representative of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Format: TranscriptCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Interview with Soares da Silva, Representative of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
The War for Liberation in Eritrea The War for Liberation in Eritrea
Publisher: Eritrea Material Aid CampaignFormat: PamphletCollection: Eritrea
Pamphlet containing information about the history of Eritrea\'s war of independence, the relationship with Ethiopia, Soviet intervention, internal struggle inside Eritrea and solidarity in the US.
A Free Eritrea- A New Ethiopia A Free Eritrea- A New Ethiopia
Publisher: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Eritrea
Flyer for a benefit event in Bernal Heights, San Francisco for the Eritrean Relief Committee.
Africa\'s New Nation- Independent After 30 years of war: Eritrea Africa\'s New Nation- Independent After 30 years of war: Eritrea
Publisher: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Eritrea
Eritrea 1984 Eritrea 1984
Format: FlyerCollection: Eritrea
Informal Discussion with the chairwomen of the National Union of Eritrean Women in Oakland
The Question of Zaire Congo: The History of the 1977-78 Uprising in the Congo The Question of Zaire Congo: The History of the 1977-78 Uprising in the Congo
Publisher: John Brown Book Club; Prarie Fire Organization CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Zaire-DRC
documents of Congolese National Liberation Front Message from U.S. Representative, Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC) Serge Mukendi; press release Mar. 8, 1978; press release Mar. 18, 1978; press release Sept. 26, 1978; external delegation of FLNC, Nov. 9, 1978; external delegation FLNC Nov. 11, 1978; external delegation FLNC 1981; statutes of the Congolese National Liberation Front (FLNC)