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

CECS News- Opening Our Eyes, Creating Approperiate Media CECS News- Opening Our Eyes, Creating Approperiate Media
Publisher: Cape Educational Computer SocietyDate: 9/1989Volume Number: SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Conference News Conference News
Publisher: Cape Educational Computer SocietyYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 1 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Conference News Conference News
Publisher: Cape Educational Computer SocietyYear: 1990Volume Number: No. 2 MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
What the ANC Women's League stands for What the ANC Women's League stands for
Publisher: African National Congress Women's LeagueFormat: PamphletCollection: South Africa
Pamphlet contains information about the ANC Womens League
Launch of Imbeleko Women's Organisation: Manwkeng Branch Launch of Imbeleko Women's Organisation: Manwkeng Branch
Date: 8/18/1990Volume Number: 18-AugFormat: AgendaCollection: South Africa
Agenda for the launch of a womens organization
Nelson Mandela Statement on the Occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela Statement on the Occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the African National Congress
Author: Nelson MandelaPublisher: African National Congress: Observer Mission to the United NationsDate: 1/8/1991Volume Number: 8-JanFormat: TranscriptCollection: South Africa
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the African National Congress. Delivered by the Deputy President Nelson Mandela.
Workshop on Economic Policy for a Post-Apartheid South Africa Workshop on Economic Policy for a Post-Apartheid South Africa
Year: 1990Format: ReportCollection: South Africa
These recommendations are submitted to the ANC and COSATU for discussion and consideration. Part I represents a summary of working group recommendations. Part II presents the full reports of the working groups, a list of priorities identified for further research, a list of participants, a list of papers prepared for the workshop, and the press statement issued at the conclusion of the workshop.
A Luta Continua (the struggle continues) A Luta Continua (the struggle continues)
Publisher: The South Africa Catalyst ProjectVolume Number: November/DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Newsletter produced by the US student anti-apartheid movement.
Victory to African Liberation World-wide! Anti-Springbok 5 on Trial Victory to African Liberation World-wide! Anti-Springbok 5 on Trial
Publisher: Anti-Springbok 5 Defense CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: South Africa
Flyer for demonstration at Queens Criminal Court
Programme of Action against Apartheid Programme of Action against Apartheid
Publisher: United Nations Centre against ApartheidDate: 10/25/1983Volume Number: 25-OctFormat: Government DocumentCollection: South Africa
Adopted by the Special Committee against Apartheid at its 530th meeting