Search Help

How does this work?
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.

Search Results

Interview with Stan West Interview with Stan West
Date: 3/8/1988Call Number: SS 044BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Stan West on Angola and Libya.
Conversations with Grenadians Conversations with Grenadians
Call Number: SS 045Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Conversations with Grenadians a year and a half after the invasion. Produced for Pacifica '87.
"Jamaica: Paradise for Whom?" "Jamaica: Paradise for Whom?"
Call Number: SS 046Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
This hour long documentary looks at the high unemployment and poverty rate in Jamaica due to its political, social and economic situation. Produced by Sue Supriano and mixed in the KPFA studios by volunteers.
Interview with Farika Interview with Farika
Date: 4/8/1984Call Number: SS 047Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika about the Rastafari movement in Jamaica.
South African Indigenous Music South African Indigenous Music
Call Number: SS 048Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
South African Indigenous Music
First International Book Fair in Zimbabwe First International Book Fair in Zimbabwe
Date: 8/22/1983Call Number: SS 049Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Side A: Includes interviews with various people at the First International Book Fair in Zimbabwe on African literature and racial issues in Africa. Side B: Indigenous music.
Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa
Call Number: SS 050AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa on Zimbabwe and health.
Interview with Joyce Sikakane Interview with Joyce Sikakane
Call Number: SS 050BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Joyce Sikakane, a South African journalist and an activist living in Zimbabwe.
Interviews with Joyce Sikakane and Julia Frederikse Interviews with Joyce Sikakane and Julia Frederikse
Call Number: SS 051Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Short conversations with Joyce Sikakane and Julia Frederikse, writers on Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Interview with Joyce Sikakae Interview with Joyce Sikakae
Date: 8/1/1983Call Number: SS 052AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Joyce Sikakae about the fight for independence in South Africa as well as her life as a South African writer and activist.