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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.
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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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PAC Chairman Nyati Pokela interview (Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa) PAC Chairman Nyati Pokela interview (Pan Africanist Congress of South Africa)
Date: 11/13/1982Call Number: AFR 009AFormat: Cass AProgram: Songs of FreedomCollection: South Africa
Judy Jensen of the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU interviews the Chairman of South Africa’s PAC (Pan Africanist Congress). Nyati Pokela speaks about the history and purpose of the PAC and explains what Bantustans are and why they were created. He explains why the PAC and the ANC (African National Congress) deem it necessary to engage in armed struggle against the Apartheid government, and how the PAC’s leaders lead by example by taking risks for the cause. Pokelu details the role of women in the struggle and the conditions of the black population of South Africa, and explains the unequal development of different African countries toward independence. He talks about the similarities between the struggles in South Africa and the US, and calls for solidarity with the PAC and Africa’s cause.
Interview of AZAPO Representative about the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Interview of AZAPO Representative about the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.
Call Number: AFR 063AFormat: Cass ACollection: South Africa
Recorded off mic, poor recording Interview of a representative of AZAPO (Azanian People’s Organization) about AZAPO in South Africa. He speaks about how the racist Apartheid regime attempts to set up “independence” within the urban townships, or “homelands”, but how the homelands were rejected by the people of South Africa. He speaks about the oppression of blacks and how they have joined forces with coloreds and Indians to fight Apartheid, and describes the legal restrictions placed on black Africans.
Demonstrations in South Africa Against Apartheid Demonstrations in South Africa Against Apartheid
Call Number: V 412Format: UmaticCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
News footage featuring demonstrations and police repression in apartheid South Africa. Includes footage of student marches and forced relocation to Bantustans.
Mayibuye: Journal of the African National Congress Mayibuye: Journal of the African National Congress
Publisher: African National Congress South Africa (ANC)Year: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: The Masses are always the Key. Inside this Issue: Building People\'s Power; Mandela\'s International Tour; Interview with Thabo Mbeki; SACP Launch; more.
Work in Progress Work in Progress
Publisher: Southern African Research ServiceYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 66 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: The ANC comes home. Back to the Future; SACP- The Internal underground speaks; Environment: Ozone-friendly politics; Housing- the money or the matchbox
Letsetse- The Flea Letsetse- The Flea
Publisher: Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)Year: 1990Volume Number: Vol. 1-8 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Includes: Bantustan Coups and Tricks; Further Aggression Against BCM Cadres; and Two Issues Related to Women and the Struggle
The Bantustans in Crisis The Bantustans in Crisis
Publisher: National Land CommitteeDate: 6/1990Volume Number: JuneFormat: ReportCollection: South Africa
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Common Citizenship in a United South Africa; Ciskei; Bophuthatswana; Venda; Gazankulu; Qwaqwa; Lebowa; Kangwane; Transkei; Conclusion.
White South Africa\'s Outward Adventures: An appraisal from the standpoint of National Liberation White South Africa\'s Outward Adventures: An appraisal from the standpoint of National Liberation
Author: Andrew Mangunte LukelePublisher: Black Consciousness Movement (Azania)Date: 6/1976Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
The incentive for this essay comes from the announcement made late in 1974 by the Prime Minister of South Africa to the effect that South Africa was now poised for a major shift in policy which would take effect within six months. We recognize the urgency of the need for the liberation movement and for all who are committed to the cause of liberation in Southern Africa to develop independent tools of theoretical analysis which must guide action towards liberation.