South Africa (nation)

Abstract Established in 1912, the African National Congress was created to provide a political avenue for the struggle for equality of Blacks in South Africa. Working in exile from 1960 until 1990, members of the ANC established foreign offices to continue the political work necessary to end apartheid in South Africa. The governing party since 1994, the ANC has established its archives at the University of Fort Hare, an historically Black institution. In March 1999, the ANC and the University of...

Abstract Established in 1912, the African National Congress was created to provide a political avenue for the struggle for equality of Blacks in South Africa. Working in exile from 1960 until 1990, members of the ANC established foreign offices to continue the political work necessary to end apartheid in South Africa. The governing party since 1994, the ANC has established its archives at the University of Fort Hare, an historically Black institution. In March 1999, the ANC and the University of...

Abstract Research notes, interviews, and catalog cards on the South African liberation movement in the 1980s contributing to Stephen M. Davis' phd disseration at Tufts and its monograph publication in Apartheid's Rebels: Inside South Africa's Hidden War, 1987. Hand-written notes of interviews conducted in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Zambia in March-May, 1980. Hand-written notes and interviews for December 1983 Harper's...

Scope and Contents This folder contains a series of documents relating to the efforts of University of Connecticut students to spread awareness of the ties between the university’s board of directors and various entities, both corporate and governmental, that either participate in or benefit from human rights abuses, with particular focuses on the ongoing struggle of African Americans, the university's connections to the mines of South Africa, and the continued presence of the United States military in...

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Oliver Reginald Tambo spent most of his life serving in the struggle against apartheid. During his years in the African National Congress (ANC), Oliver Tambo played a major role in the growth and development of the movement and its policies. He was among the generation of African nationalist leaders who emerged after the Second World War who were instrumental in the transformation of the ANC from a liberal-constitutionalist organisation into a radical national liberation movement.