African liberation movements
African liberation movements arose from a growing nationalism among previously divided African communities, the unfulfilled promise of self-determination following the end of World War II and the weakened economic and political capacities of Western Europe.
Our collection contains a wide range of materials representing liberation movements from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, and the Congo (DRC). Our collection also features containing Human Rights Reports from South Africa, IKWEZI, a revolutionary Azanian journal, and a sub-collection containing general resources about the continent. This collection includes audio and paper materials.
Strengths of the collection include materials on the role of women in African liberation struggles and national reconstruction, an interesting assortment of periodicals from Southern Africa, speeches and interviews with revolutionary leaders from across the continent, audio from solidarity events in the United States, and a set of human rights reports compiled during the transition from Apartheid to democracy in South Africa.
Our collection contains a wide range of materials representing liberation movements from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Eritrea, and the Congo (DRC). Our collection also features containing Human Rights Reports from South Africa, IKWEZI, a revolutionary Azanian journal, and a sub-collection containing general resources about the continent. This collection includes audio and paper materials.
Strengths of the collection include materials on the role of women in African liberation struggles and national reconstruction, an interesting assortment of periodicals from Southern Africa, speeches and interviews with revolutionary leaders from across the continent, audio from solidarity events in the United States, and a set of human rights reports compiled during the transition from Apartheid to democracy in South Africa.
Subcollections
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Africa- General Resources
This collection contains general resources about various themes related to the African continent. The collection draws from many types of materials (periodicals, books, pamphlets) and many different countries (Kenya, Guinea, Tanzania). -
Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
This collection contains materials from the liberation struggles in former Portuguese colonies. Guinea Bissau gained independence in 1973 and Mozambique and Angola achieved independence in 1975. -
Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
This collection contains materials from Bay Area anti-apartheid movements of the 1980s originating from various sources, primarily Bay Area-based South African solidarity groups. -
Eritrea
Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa. It gained its independence from Ethiopia in 1991 after a 30 year struggle for independence. -
IKWEZI
IKWEZI is a revolutionary Azanian Journal based on Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tsetung Thought. -
South Africa
This collection contains a variety of materials which focus on the anti-apartheid movement both within and outside of South Africa. -
South Africa: Human Rights Reports
The Human Rights Commission published weekly, monthly and annual reports. In addition, occasional in-depth special reports were published on important human rights issues. -
SWAPO- Namibia
SWAPO (Southwest Africa Peoples Organization) was formed in 1960 to fight for liberation in present day Namibia. Namibia gained independence from South Africa in 1990. -
Zaire-DRC
This collection contains materials from the Congolese struggle against neocolonialism and the rule of General Mobuto Sese Seko. -
Zimbabwe
This collection contains information about the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, mainly focused on the struggle against Rhodesia and white settler rule.
Documents
9 Documents Found
ZANU representatives interview two South African women about education in their coutnry. Also, French radio program on Congo.
Recorded off mic.
ZANU representatives interview two women from South Africa about education in South Africa. The South African women from Soweto speak about the lack of education for children in South Africa, especially those from the townships. Recording breaks abruptly into a French radio program on the Congo, recorded in French.
Side B is a continuation of French radio program.
Questions and Answers with Chairman Pokela of the PAC
In an informal conversation, Chairman Pokela of the PAC talks with members of Material Aid to ZANU, Free Azania (NYC Chapter), and the Anti-Springbok 5. Within the course of the question and answer session, Poleka details a wide range of issues facing South Africans and the liberation struggle in 1982. He talks about the significance of the Soweto uprisings, types of resistance, Bantustans and separate development, history, aims and objectives of the PAC, the role of workers and capitalism, armed struggle, political prisoners, and the PAC’s connection to other regional struggles for liberation. Three tapes.
IKWEZI: A Black Liberation Journal of South African and Southern African Political Analysis
In this Issue: Soweto: Era of Mass Struggles Begin; Soweto and the South African Economy; Southern African Liberation Movements Must Take a Stand Against Soviet Social Imperialism; The National Question in Azania: The Native Versus the National Question; The Falsified History of African Dispossession of Their Land and Country in Azania; Why the Soviet Union is an Imperialist Country; Aspects of Social Imperialism in Africa; Who are the Katangese Gendarmes; Labour Laws in Angola; more
IKWEZI: A Black Liberation Journal of South African and Southern African Political Analysis
This Issue Dedicated to Robert Sobukwe, Great African Patriot, Pan-Africanist and Azanian Revolutionary Leader. In this Issue: The Black Man\'s Quest; Documents from the Soweto Uprising; ANC-CP Prefers Colonial and Racist Name to Azania; The Soviet Threat in the Horn; Cuban Merenaries in Guinea; Some background to Congo-Zaire; Social Fascism in Angola; more
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
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1986Volume Number: Issue 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original.
Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity Committee
Format: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Call to demonstrate against South African Airways
Azanian Women Fighting Racist South Africa
Publisher: Freedom Rising! Africa Solidarity CommitteeDate: 8/17/1984Volume Number: 17-AugFormat: FlyerCollection: Anti-Apartheid Solidarity
Event to celebrate International Day (August 9th) of Solidarity with the Struggle of Women in South Africa; speaker Ethel Mogadi, Women's Cooridnator, Europe Pan Africanist Congress of Azania; poetry from Black Pearl t.w.m.p.; African dance by Kusema Vijiti Institute
One Azania, One Nation, One People! Speeches and Documents of the Pan-Africanist Congress
Publisher: P.A.C.Collection: South Africa
The P.A.C. Case (Mangaliso Sobukwe); The Manifesto of the P.A.C. (adopted in 1959); Twilight Time for Apartheid-Colonialism (Potlako K. Leballo); From Sharpeville to Soweto (David Maphumzana Sibeko); Tambos ANC Prefers Colonial and Racist Name to Azania (David Dube).
9 Documents Found
