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.

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Africa South: The News Magazine of Southern Africa Africa South: The News Magazine of Southern Africa
Publisher: Africa South PublicationsYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 6 July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Cover Story: AIDS Facing the Crisis
Southern Africa- South Africa\'s Squatter Camps: Defying Apartheid Southern Africa- South Africa\'s Squatter Camps: Defying Apartheid
Publisher: Southern Africa CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. IX No. 7 OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: South Africa\'s Squatter Camps- Defying Apartheid; Bishop Muzorewa Goes to Washington
Southern Africa- Guns for Hire: US Mercs in Rhodesia Southern Africa- Guns for Hire: US Mercs in Rhodesia
Publisher: Southern Africa CommitteeYear: 1978Volume Number: Vol. XI No. 8 NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Guns for Hire- US Mercs in Rhodesia; Busting Arms and Oils Sanctions- Western Lifeline for white rule
Upfront Upfront
Publisher: Upfront CollectiveYear: 1989Volume Number: Vol. 2-1 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Namibia- Obstacles to Peace; Nat Crisis; Democratic Party- The Challenge
Democracy in Action: Monthly Newsletter of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa Democracy in Action: Monthly Newsletter of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa
Publisher: Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South AfricaYear: 1990Volume Number: July-AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Ten Days that shook my world; Right and Left flex political muscle; Black pensions ordeal; Free the airways; creating human cities
SAHWCO News: National Newsletter of the South African Health Workers Congress SAHWCO News: National Newsletter of the South African Health Workers Congress
Publisher: South African Health Workers' CongressYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 9 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside this Issue: Health workers must prepare for change; Romanticism vs. Reality; The Private Sector: Eliminate or integrate; A Special Report of the SAHWCO 1st National Conference
Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe
Author: Mangaliso SobukwePublisher: PAC Observer Mission to the U.N.Format: MonographCollection: South Africa
Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe from 1949-1959 and other documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania
South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement South Africa- The Black Consciousness Movement
Format: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Historical Background of the Black Consciousness Movement; What is Black Consciousness; Some Principles and Aims of the Black Consciousness Movement; Major Organizations Under the Umbrella of the Black Consciousness Movement
The National Mandate in Azania The National Mandate in Azania
Author: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaPublisher: PAC Observer Mission to the U.N.Format: MonographCollection: South Africa
From Shantytown to Forest: Story of Norman Duka From Shantytown to Forest: Story of Norman Duka
Authors: recorded and edited by Dennis and Ginger MercerPublisher: LSM Information CenterYear: 1974Format: BookCollection: South Africa
Life Histories from the Revolution- South Africa, ANC 1