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

Interview with Soares da Silva, Representative of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Interview with Soares da Silva, Representative of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola
Format: TranscriptCollection: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
Interview with Soares da Silva, Representative of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
The Black Challenge The Black Challenge
Publisher: African Nationalist Pioneer MovementFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Various Black Liberation Movement Publications
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.
A Free Eritrea- A New Ethiopia A Free Eritrea- A New Ethiopia
Publisher: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Eritrea
Flyer for a benefit event in Bernal Heights, San Francisco for the Eritrean Relief Committee.
Africa\'s New Nation- Independent After 30 years of war: Eritrea Africa\'s New Nation- Independent After 30 years of war: Eritrea
Publisher: Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Eritrea
Eritrea 1984 Eritrea 1984
Format: FlyerCollection: Eritrea
Informal Discussion with the chairwomen of the National Union of Eritrean Women in Oakland
Support the National Medical Campaign for the Congo! Freedom Rising! Support the National Medical Campaign for the Congo! Freedom Rising!
Publisher: Africa Solidarity CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Zaire-DRC
Pamphlet raising awareness and money for the FLNC and the FLNC Tabora Clinic located in a refugee camp in Tabora Tanzania.
Liberation Through Participation: Women in the Zimbabwean Revolution. Writings and Documents from ZANU and the ZANU Women\'s League Liberation Through Participation: Women in the Zimbabwean Revolution. Writings and Documents from ZANU and the ZANU Women\'s League
Publisher: National Campaign in Solidarity with ZANU Women\'s LeagueFormat: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
A Collection of articles from Zimbabwe News (Official Organ of ZANU) 1974-1979
Resistance, War and Liberation: Women of Southern Africa Resistance, War and Liberation: Women of Southern Africa
Publisher: Women\'s International Resource ExchangeFormat: MonographCollection: Africa- General Resources
A compilation of articles by and about women in South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
Condemn the Muzorewa/Smith Puppet Regime! Condemn the Muzorewa/Smith Puppet Regime!
Publisher: New York Material Aid Campaign for ZANUFormat: FlyerCollection: Zimbabwe
Information on the Muzorewa/Smith puppet regime and ways to help ZANU and their liberation struggle.