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

This is the Time: Interview with Two Namibian Women This is the Time: Interview with Two Namibian Women
Publisher: Chicago Committee for African LiberationDate: 8/26/1977Volume Number: 26-AugFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Monograph containing two interviews with Namibian women.
A Dwelling Place of Our Own- The Story of the Namibian Nation A Dwelling Place of Our Own- The Story of the Namibian Nation
Author: Randolph VignePublisher: International Defence & Aid Fund for Southern AfricaYear: 1975Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
This is Namibia: A Pictorial Introduction This is Namibia: A Pictorial Introduction
Publisher: International Defense & Aid Fund for Southern AfricaYear: 1984Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
A pictorial introduction to the Namibian independence struggle.
Our Mission is to Liberate Namibia: Interview with Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo Our Mission is to Liberate Namibia: Interview with Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo
Publisher: Freedom Rising: Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 6/1986Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Interview with Andimba Toivo Ja Toivo, secretary of SWAPO
Interview with Andreas Shipanga Director- SWAPO Information Service Interview with Andreas Shipanga Director- SWAPO Information Service
Publisher: LSM Information CenterYear: 1973Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Interviews in Depth Namibia SWAPO 1
SWAPO Information Bulletin SWAPO Information Bulletin
Publisher: SWAPO Department of Information and PublicityYear: 1986Volume Number: February/MarchFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
SWAPO Information- on SWAPO: An Historical Profile SWAPO Information- on SWAPO: An Historical Profile
Publisher: SWAPO Department of Information and PublicityDate: 7/1978Volume Number: JulyFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Contents include: Part 1. Loss of Independence and Early Resistance; Part 2. SWAPO 1960-1970- Armed Struggle and Increasing Repression; Part 3. SWAPO 1971-1977- The Strength that has caused South Africa to crumble; more
Political Program of the South West Africa People's Organisation Political Program of the South West Africa People's Organisation
Publisher: SWAPO Department of Information and PublicityYear: 1976Volume Number: July 28- August 1Format: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Statement by Herman Ja Toivo Statement by Herman Ja Toivo
Publisher: Material Aid for ZANU (PF)Year: 1968Volume Number: Janurary 26Format: PamphletCollection: SWAPO- Namibia
President Sam Nujoma, SWAPO of Namibia President Sam Nujoma, SWAPO of Namibia
Publisher: SWAPO Department of Information and PublicityDate: 6/26/1980Volume Number: 26-JunFormat: MonographCollection: SWAPO- Namibia