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 Reports and "Roots." Africa Reports and "Roots."
Date: 2/3/1976Call Number: FI 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Internews report by Steve Talbot on Zimbabwe, OAU troops proposal, South African ANC arrests. Street interviews on TV program of "Roots." Native American struggle and women's trials news.
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
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 5/26/1973Call Number: RD 044Program: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Real Dragon Watergate and Africa, interspersed with limericks.
First African Book Fair First African Book Fair
Call Number: SS 057BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
First African Book Fair interviews with Zimbabwe women.
First African Book Fair First African Book Fair
Call Number: SS 059Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Segments of poetry reading, interviews, American woman married to Zimbabwean from the First African Book Fair.
RFPI Board Meeting RFPI Board Meeting
Call Number: SS 149BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
RFPI Board Meeting talking about radical services and racial issues in Zimbabwe.
First International Book Fair in Zimbabwe First International Book Fair in Zimbabwe
Date: 8/22/1983Call Number: SS 049Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Side A: Includes interviews with various people at the First International Book Fair in Zimbabwe on African literature and racial issues in Africa. Side B: Indigenous music.
Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa
Call Number: SS 050AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Mathew Chandanengewa on Zimbabwe and health.
Interview with Joyce Sikakane Interview with Joyce Sikakane
Call Number: SS 050BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Joyce Sikakane, a South African journalist and an activist living in Zimbabwe.
Interviews with Joyce Sikakane and Julia Frederikse Interviews with Joyce Sikakane and Julia Frederikse
Call Number: SS 051Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Short conversations with Joyce Sikakane and Julia Frederikse, writers on Zimbabwe and South Africa.