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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.
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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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Nangula Hamutenya and Aaron Mushimba of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) Women’s Council Nangula Hamutenya and Aaron Mushimba of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) Women’s Council
Date: 9/15/1981Call Number: AFR 024Format: Cass A & BCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Nangula Hamutenya, Department officer and Regional secretary for information and political orientation for SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) Women’s Council, speaks about the creation of the women’s council as one of SWAPO’s wings to reflect all of Zambia. She stresses that the SWAPO women’s council is against inequality, and for the active participation of women in the struggle for liberation. She talks about the council’s goals to organize the women of Namibia and to take care of the refugee women and children. She calls on women all over the world to fight with other women for their rights. Aaron Mushimba, chief representative for SWAPO at the Lusaka, Zambia office, talks about the attacks by the South African government on liberation struggles in Namibia, Zambia, and Angola. He emphasizes that SWAPO freedom fighters receive ideological and military training in helping the Namibian struggle, and also mentions that women freedom fighters are equal in all respects, except some of the tougher military training.
Interview of a representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) of Namibia by American students Interview of a representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) of Namibia by American students
Call Number: AFR 026AFormat: Cass ACollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Begins with African people singing about Namibia. A representative of SWAPO (South West African People’s Organization) is interviewed by a couple of American students who are trying to help SWAPO. The SWAPO representative stresses the need for basic materials for schools in Namibia, such as books, chairs, scholarships, and uniforms.
Correspondance to Cuba Correspondance to Cuba
Publisher: SWAPOYear: 1981Format: CorrespondenceCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Letter to Dr. Isodoro, Minister of Foreign Relations of Cuba about upcoming UN meeting and general update.
SWAPO: South West Africa People’s Organization SWAPO: South West Africa People’s Organization
Date: 4/22/1981Call Number: AFR 002Format: CassetteCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
El Salvadoran and South African solidarity with SWAPO (Southwest African People’s Organization), support for national independence movement, opposing US imperialism’s intervention in Namibia. Carlos Martinez representing the movement in El Salvador and Ahmed Obafemi representing the Republic of New Africa (RNA). recorded off bullhorn at a demonstration in New York.
Interview with Jose Uirab Interview with Jose Uirab
Date: 12/12/1983Call Number: AFR 075AFormat: Cass ACollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Jose Uirab talking about the state of the Namibian people’s struggle for liberation from South Africa as of 1983. Discussed is the political and military struggle within Namibia, the role of U.S. Imperialism and Israel by aiding South Africa, the reaction to the liberation activity from the white population of South Africa, and other issues related to African Liberation struggles.
Determined to be Free! Namibian Women Freedom Fighters in People\'s War Determined to be Free! Namibian Women Freedom Fighters in People\'s War
Publisher: Womens Committee Against Genocide for the Dollars for Bullets CampaignFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Namibia: Formula for Independence? 1989 Namibia: Formula for Independence? 1989
Publisher: Episcopal Church People for a Free Southern AfricaDate: 1/1989Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Namibian Workers Organise Namibian Workers Organise
Authors: International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG)Publisher: COSATUYear: 1989Format: BookCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Contents Include: The Road to a National Liberation Movement; Keeping the torch burning; the torch burns bright again; workers unite for independence, building workers solidarity
Statement before the 35th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly Statement before the 35th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly
Author: Comrade Theo-Ben Gurirab SWAPO Permanent Observer to the UNPublisher: Material Aid for ZANU (PF)Date: 3/2/1981Volume Number: 2-MarFormat: TranscriptCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
The Way Ahead: Strategies for the Women's Movement The Way Ahead: Strategies for the Women's Movement
Author: Ottilie AbrahamsDate: 11/2/1990Volume Number: 2-NovFormat: StatementCollection: SWAPO- Namibia