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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.
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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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MWENJE: ZANU Political Programme MWENJE: ZANU Political Programme
Author: Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)Publisher: reprinted by Seattle Worker PublicationsYear: 1977Volume Number: No. 2 MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
ZANU Political Programme
ZANU Newsletter ZANU Newsletter
Author: Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)Publisher: Publicity & Information Office of ZANU in the U.S.Year: 1977Volume Number: No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Zimbabwe
Articles include New Year's Message, The Agreement of Smith & The 'Black Puppets', U.N. Should Say "Yes" To Mozambique's Request for Military Assistance, Sithole Shows His True Colors, ZANU Conference, ZANU's Urgent Appeal, New UN/US Representative's Address, Anti-Party Activities, Zimbabwe News to be Reprinted in the US, The Malta Conference, and Acknowledgments.
Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and Tourism, ZimbabweDate: 12/31/1980Volume Number: 31-DecFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 2
Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation Prime Minister's New Year Speech to the Nation
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 12/31/1981Volume Number: 31-DecFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Reprinted by the Material Aid Campaign for ZANU PF
Prime Minister Opens Zimbabwe Conference on Reconstruction and Development (ZIMCORD) Prime Minister Opens Zimbabwe Conference on Reconstruction and Development (ZIMCORD)
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 3/23/1981Volume Number: 23-MarFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 3
Prime Minister's Independence Anniversary Speech To The Nation Prime Minister's Independence Anniversary Speech To The Nation
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 4/17/1981Volume Number: 17-AprFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 4
Presidential Directive For The Development Of Zimbabwe Presidential Directive For The Development Of Zimbabwe
Author: Canaan BananaPublisher: Ministry of Information and TourismDate: 5/14/1981Volume Number: 14-MayFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 5
Prime Minister Addresses Justice And Peace Commission Prime Minister Addresses Justice And Peace Commission
Author: Robert MugabePublisher: Ministry of Information, Posts and TelecommunicationsDate: 2/6/1982Volume Number: 6-FebFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
Policy Statement No. 7
Address by Mrs. Sally Mugabe, Head of the Zimbabwean Delegation to the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women Address by Mrs. Sally Mugabe, Head of the Zimbabwean Delegation to the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women
Author: Sally MugabePublisher: National Campaign in Solidarity with the ZANU Women's LeagueFormat: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
"A message from his excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Rev. Canaan Banana; and from the First Prime Minister of Defence of the Republic of Zimbabe, the Honourable Robert gabriel Mugabe. Address by Mrs. Sally Mugabe, Head of the Zimbabwean Delegation to the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women."
Zimbabwe: The Final Advance Zimbabwe: The Final Advance
Authors: Joshua Nkomo, Robert Mugabe, Eddison ZvobgoPublisher: Liberation Support Movement (LSM) Information CenterYear: 1978Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Documents On The Zimbabwe Liberation Movement