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

The Tunisian Nationalist Movement: Four Decades of Evolution The Tunisian Nationalist Movement: Four Decades of Evolution
Author: Benjamin RivlinPublisher: The Middle East JournalYear: 1952Volume Number: Vol. 6-2 SpringFormat: ArticleCollection: Revolutionary Movements and History
Benjamin Rivlin returned in the fall of 1951 from French North Africa and France.
The Nairobi Womens Conference: Toward a Global Feminism? The Nairobi Womens Conference: Toward a Global Feminism?
Publisher: Feminist StudiesYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 12-2 SummerFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Discussion of [relatie success of] 1985 global women's conference in Nairobi
The Third World Oracle The Third World Oracle
Author: Tom AllenPublisher: The Village VoiceDate: 2/20/1978Volume Number: 20-FebFormat: ArticleCollection: Africa- General Resources
Reproduction of original article
An Army of One's Own An Army of One's Own
Author: Elizabeth RubinPublisher: Harper's MagazineDate: 2/1997Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: ArticleCollection: Africa- General Resources
"In Africa, nations hire a corporation to wage war."
"Exporting Apartheid" to Sub-Saharan Africa "Exporting Apartheid" to Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Michel ChossudovskyPublisher: Antifa Info-BulletinDate: 5/27/1997Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Africa- General Resources
Reproduction of original article. Focuses on the politics of land use and food in South Africa
The Oil Barons: Fueling Strife in Chad and Cameroon The Oil Barons: Fueling Strife in Chad and Cameroon
Author: Korinna HortaPublisher: Multinational MonitorDate: 5/1997Volume Number: MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Africa- General Resources
Reproduction of original article. The Exxon-Shell-ELF-World Bank Plans for Central Africa
"American Foreign Policy: We See Africa As An Open Field For Maneuver!" "American Foreign Policy: We See Africa As An Open Field For Maneuver!"
Author: T. LockwoodPublisher: Zimbabwe NewsDate: 6/1978Volume Number: JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Zimbabwe
Reproduction. In "National Enemies" edition
Immediate Tasks of the Party Immediate Tasks of the Party
Year: 1977Format: ArticleCollection: Zimbabwe
Why I Joined ZANLA Women's Detachment Why I Joined ZANLA Women's Detachment
Author: Sarudzai ChurucheminzwaPublisher: Zimbabwe NewsDate: 6/1974Volume Number: JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Zimbabwe
Reproduction of Article originally printed in Zimbabwe News.
The Legal Status of Mercenaries: A Concept in International Humanitarian Law The Legal Status of Mercenaries: A Concept in International Humanitarian Law
Author: Lennox HindsPublisher: Philippine Law JournalYear: 1977Volume Number: Vol. 52- 4 SeptemberFormat: ArticleCollection: South Africa
Reproduction. Paper originally presented to the Eighth Conference on the Law of the World, August 21-27, 1977 in Manila, Philippines.