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

Africa Update Africa Update
Date: 5/27/1977Call Number: FI 051Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara, HeberProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Reports on situation in southern African nations.
Southern African freedom struggle Southern African freedom struggle
Date: 6/2/1905Call Number: JG/ 027Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
An interview with Ellen Musialela (sp?) from SWAPO, South West Africa People's Organization, speaking about their armed struggle against apartheid. Discusses role of women In the struggle, links between U.S. black liberation struggles and those in South Africa, and the CIA's attempts to thwart those alliances through memorandum #46 in 1978, the effect of Angola's freedom on the struggle, and the living and working conditions of everyday life in apartheid.
South Africa/Chris Hani South Africa/Chris Hani
Date: 4/28/1991Call Number: KN 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kiilu NyashaProgram: Chris HaniCollection: Programs produced by Kiilu Nyasha
Press conference in SF with Chris Hani of the ANC
Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso
Date: 7/16/1999Call Number: SS 022Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso Deputy Secretary General of ANC; Ella Patterson=MC
Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso
Date: 7/16/1999Call Number: SS 026Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Thenjiwe Mtintso.
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.
Chris Hani interview Chris Hani interview
Date: 5/29/1994Call Number: KP 046Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: African liberation movements
Chris Hani, South African freedom leader, is interviewed by Barbara Lubinski and Heber Dreher during a solidarity visit he made to the United States, just months before his assassination. Some drums and music. NOTE: an excerpt from this tape is on Roots of Resistance, Volume 1, highlights CD.
Winnie Mandela interview Winnie Mandela interview
Call Number: KP 045Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: African liberation movements
Winnie Mandela is interviewed on her political trajectory, discrimination she encountered, and the freedom struggle in South Africa. Speaks to her role both as a social worker and organizer with Black Women's Federation.
MANDELA: Free at Last MANDELA: Free at Last
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: V 003Format: VHSProducers: Rory O’Connor, Danny SchechterCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A documentary about South Africa, apartheid, Nelson Mandela and his role in the liberation of South Africa.
Winnie Mandela and the anti-Apartheid movement Winnie Mandela and the anti-Apartheid movement
Call Number: KP 048AFormat: Cass AProgram: KPFACollection: African liberation movements
1988 or 1989: Alice Walker facilitates a discussion between Paris Williams, Pearl Alice Marsh, Joyce Carrol Thomas, and Angela Davis about their thoughts on the accusation that Winnie Mandela’s bodyguards beat a South African boy. They discuss the media, racism, and sexism (sexism within the anti Apartheid movement as well as among Apartheid supporters). The tape starts and ends in the middle of a sentence.