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.

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The War for Liberation in Eritrea The War for Liberation in Eritrea
Publisher: Eritrea Material Aid CampaignFormat: PamphletCollection: Eritrea
Pamphlet containing information about the history of Eritrea\'s war of independence, the relationship with Ethiopia, Soviet intervention, internal struggle inside Eritrea and solidarity in the US.
IKWEZI: A Black Liberation Journal of South African and Southern African Political Analysis IKWEZI: A Black Liberation Journal of South African and Southern African Political Analysis
Year: 1979Volume Number: No. 12 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: IKWEZI
Special International Issue. In this Issue: Is China Turning Revisionist- Reply to Bettelheim; Background to Vietnamese Attempts to Colonise Kampuchea; USA: Declining Superpower; China-Vietnam; Critique of Albanian Critique; Soviet Theory of Non-Capitalist Road; Soviet Exploitation of Third World; more
Southern Africa- South Africa\'s Squatter Camps: Defying Apartheid Southern Africa- South Africa\'s Squatter Camps: Defying Apartheid
Publisher: Southern Africa CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. IX No. 7 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: South Africa\'s Squatter Camps- Defying Apartheid; Bishop Muzorewa Goes to Washington
Southern Africa- Guns for Hire: US Mercs in Rhodesia Southern Africa- Guns for Hire: US Mercs in Rhodesia
Publisher: Southern Africa CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. XI No. 8 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Guns for Hire- US Mercs in Rhodesia; Busting Arms and Oils Sanctions- Western Lifeline for white rule
Guns for Hire: How the C.I.A. & U.S. Army Recruit Mercenaries for White Rhodesia Guns for Hire: How the C.I.A. & U.S. Army Recruit Mercenaries for White Rhodesia
Publisher: Zimbabwe Support CommitteeFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
reprinted and distributed by the Southern African Anti-Mercenary Coalition
Southern Africa Anti-Mercenary Coalition Bulletin Southern Africa Anti-Mercenary Coalition Bulletin
Publisher: Southern Africa Anti-Mercenary CoalitionYear: 1979Volume Number: No. 1 FallFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Southern Africa Anti-Mercenary Coalition Bulletin Southern Africa Anti-Mercenary Coalition Bulletin
Publisher: Southern Africa Anti-Mercenary CoalitionYear: 1980Volume Number: No. 2 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Zimbabwe Independence Issue: Statement on Directions for Solidarity; Interview with ZANU Ambassador Tirivafi Kangai