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

WorkTeam (Nhimbe/ Letsema/ Ilima): The Worker\'s Co-op Magazine WorkTeam (Nhimbe/ Letsema/ Ilima): The Worker\'s Co-op Magazine
Publisher: CORDE (Co-operation for Research Development and Education)Year: 1990Volume Number: No. 8Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
In this Issue: Free Calendar; Introducing Production Democracy; Find a penfriend; The land struggle and collective resettlement in Zimbabwe; more.
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.
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
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 32Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: Workers are Parents Too!
Speak Magazine Speak Magazine
Publisher: SPEAKYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 33Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Young Lionesses Roar; ANC Youth League Women Speak Out; Violence in teenage relationships; Fighting sexism in the church; ANC takes a stand on womens liberation
Eraser: The Alternative Youth Magazine Eraser: The Alternative Youth Magazine
Publisher: End Racism and Sexism Through Education ProjectYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Unemployment in South Africa; Sexuality and You: Part II; From Behind the Iron Curtain- Women in Russia; Keep South Africa Clean- From D6 to Triomf; Raggae against Racism
Work in Progress Work in Progress
Publisher: Southern African Research ServiceYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 67 JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: The Duel Over Dual Power. Should the ANC share authority with DeKlerk?; Political prisoners- No easy talk to Freedom; The LRA Disaster, part 2
The Azanian Labour Journal The Azanian Labour Journal
Publisher: The Azanian Labour JournalYear: 1992Volume Number: Vol. 4-4 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Whither Liberation?; Sports in Perspective; Conflict Resolution; The Social Contract; Women and Violence; Unity in the Struggle; Retrenchments; Workers Manifesto; Codesa