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

Man in the Middle- The Story of Ngugi Kabiro Man in the Middle- The Story of Ngugi Kabiro
Authors: Taped and edited by Don BarnettPublisher: LSM Information CenterYear: 1973Format: BookCollection: Africa- General Resources
Life Histories from the Revolution- Kenya, Mau Mau 2
The Role of African Women in the African Revolution The Role of African Women in the African Revolution
Publisher: All-African People's Revolutionary PartyFormat: PamphletCollection: Africa- General Resources
"the degree of a countrys revolutionary awareness may be measured by the political maturity of its women."- Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
LSM News- Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support Movement LSM News- Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support Movement
Publisher: LSM Information CenterYear: 1977Volume Number: No. 13 SummerFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Africa- General Resources
Avanca! War in Southern Africa, the PFLO Fights On!, Sino-Soviet Split
LSM News- Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support Movement LSM News- Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support Movement
Publisher: LSM Information CenterYear: 1978Volume Number: No. 15 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Africa- General Resources
Hurricane in the Horn- Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
LSM News- Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support Movement LSM News- Quarterly Journal of Liberation Support Movement
Publisher: LSM Information CenterYear: 1978Volume Number: No. 17 WinterFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Africa- General Resources
Namibia is Up for Grabs, Inside Timor, Family Planning in Mozambique
African Liberation Day 1984 (Seattle, Washington) African Liberation Day 1984 (Seattle, Washington)
Year: 1984Format: ProgramCollection: Africa- General Resources
The topic of African Liberation Day 1984 is the continuing fight against settler-colonialism. This year's invited guests are the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan-African Congress (PAC) of South Africa/Azania, the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) of Namibia, The American Indian Movement (AIM), and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Tanzania: Party Guidelines Mwongozo wa Tanu Tanzania: Party Guidelines Mwongozo wa Tanu
Author: Tanganyika African National UnionPublisher: LSM Information CenterDate: 3/1973Volume Number: MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Africa- General Resources
Translated from Swahili by the Development Studies Department of the University of Dar-es-Salaam.
The Role of African Women in the African Revolution The Role of African Women in the African Revolution
Author: A. SPublisher: Black Standard Publishing CompanyFormat: PamphletCollection: Africa- General Resources
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
UFAHAMU: Journal of the African Activist Association UFAHAMU: Journal of the African Activist Association
Publisher: African Activist AssociationYear: 1983Volume Number: Vol. 12-3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Africa- General Resources
Ayele What is Pan-Africanism?