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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1979: The Year of the People's Storm (Gore re Gukurahundi) 1979: The Year of the People's Storm (Gore re Gukurahundi)
Publisher: ZANU Headquarters- Department of Information and PublicityYear: 1979Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
"New Year Message to the People of Zimbabwe by the President of the Zimbabwe African National Union, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe"
Up In Arms Up In Arms
Author: Chenjerai HovePublisher: Zimbabwe Publishing HouseYear: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Collection of poems.
If You Want To Know Me: Reflections of Life in Southern Africa If You Want To Know Me: Reflections of Life in Southern Africa
Authors: Peggy L. Halsey, Gail J. Morlan, Melba SmithPublisher: Friendship PressYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Collection of poems, prayers and photos from Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa.
Women\'s Liberation in the Zimbabwean Revolution Women\'s Liberation in the Zimbabwean Revolution
Publisher: ZANU and John Brown Book ClubDate: 5/1979Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Materials from the ZANU Women's Seminar
Zimbabwe: Problems and Prospects of Socialist Development Zimbabwe: Problems and Prospects of Socialist Development
Author: Herbert Ushewokunze (Zimbabwean Minister of Home Affairs)Publisher: Material Aid campaign for ZANU (PF)Year: 1981Format: TranscriptCollection: Zimbabwe
"An address to a rally at the University of Zimbabwe, July 31, 1981"
Zimbabwe: Interview with Teurai Ropa Nhongo, Minister of Community Development and Women's Affairs, Secretary General of the ZANU Women's League Zimbabwe: Interview with Teurai Ropa Nhongo, Minister of Community Development and Women's Affairs, Secretary General of the ZANU Women's League
Author: Material Aid campaign for ZANU (PF)Publisher: Material Aid campaign for ZANU (PF)Year: 1982Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Report on the African National Council (A.N.C) of Zimbabwe Report on the African National Council (A.N.C) of Zimbabwe
Author: Dr. Callistus Dingiswayo NdlovuPublisher: Workers PressYear: 1976Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Part of the "International Revolutionary Movement Series"
The Struggle for Zimbabwe: A Selection of Articles The Struggle for Zimbabwe: A Selection of Articles
Publisher: Workers PressYear: 1979Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Defeat of the Imperialist Strategy in the "Battle for the Hearts and Minds" Defeat of the Imperialist Strategy in the "Battle for the Hearts and Minds"
Author: ZANU Central CommitteePublisher: Zimbabwe Printing and Publishing HouseYear: 1979Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: The Facts About Rhodesia Zimbabwe: The Facts About Rhodesia
Publisher: International Defence & Aid FundYear: 1977Format: MonographCollection: Zimbabwe
A clear and concise collection of the facts and figures of white minority rule.