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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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Tirai Kangai - Zimbabwe after Independence. Tirai Kangai - Zimbabwe after Independence.
Call Number: AFR 023AFormat: Cass ACollection: Zimbabwe
He speaks about Zimbabwe establishing its place in the international community; the flight and resettlement of refugees to Mozambique and Zambia; the progress being made in liberated Zimbabwe through a changing of attitudes of whites through education; and the ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Congress) government’s opposition to Apartheid in South Africa.
International Women's Day 1984 Broadcast International Women's Day 1984 Broadcast
Call Number: KP 537Format: Cass A & BProducers: Peggy BrayCollection: General materials
This recording of a radio program from Peggy Bray broadcasted on KPFA and KFCF radio stations about the International Women's Day in March 1984. It includes songs performed by women about women's liberation from all over the world. It contains an interview with Joyce Sikhakhane concerning the conditions of South Africa at that time. It also contains an interview with two women from El Salvador about women's rights that cuts out at the end.
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 28Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Women\'s Liberation Must be a Part of a New South Africa
Eraser: The Alternative Youth Magazine Eraser: The Alternative Youth Magazine
Publisher: End Racism and Sexism Through Education ProjectYear: 1992Volume Number: No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Lifting the Lid on the Education Crisis; Sex and Music; You and Contraception- Making an Informed Choice
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1987Volume Number: SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: New Years Message 1987; Statement on the Death of Comrade Samora Michel; The Educational Debate- Our View; Speech Delivered by Comrade Mosibudi Mangena at the 3rd Mathaba Conference in Tripoli; A Higher Level of Struggle; What is Wrong with Black Consciousness; and BCM(A) Statement concerning Black-on-Black violence.
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1980Volume Number: No. 4 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside: Our Urgent Tasks; We Don\'t Want No Education; Campaign Briefings; New Dawn in Zimbabwe; In Solidarity with Caribbean Struggles
Apartheid in Practice Apartheid in Practice
Author: Leslie RubinPublisher: United Nations Office of Public InformationYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: South Africa
The aim of this book is to provide a clear and accurate description of Apartheid.