Register of the African subject collection

Finding aid prepared by Katherine Reynolds and Aparna Mukherjee
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 1998
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu


Title: African subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1831-2007
Collection Number: XX762
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, French and German
Physical Description: 41 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 3 phonorecords, 1 phonotape cassette, 6 videotape cassettes (14.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Electronic and other bulletins, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, serial issues, reports, communiqués, press releases, maps, and other printed matter, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century African history; political, social and economic conditions in Africa as a whole; revolutionary movements in Africa; international support groups for such movements; droughts and famines in the Sahel region and elsewhere; and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. An increment was added in 2011.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], African Subject Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Electronic and other bulletins, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, serial issues, reports, communiqués, press releases, maps, and other printed matter, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century African history; political, social and economic conditions in Africa as a whole; revolutionary movements in Africa; international support groups for such movements; droughts and famines in the Sahel region and elsewhere; and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
Video tapes
Sound recordings
Droughts -- Africa
Famines -- Africa
Guerrillas -- Africa
AIDS (Disease) -- Africa
Africa -- History
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-

 

GENERAL SUBJECT FILE 1902-1995

Scope and Contents note

Electronic and other bulletins, pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, serial issues, reports, press releases, maps, and other printed matter, relating to various aspects of twentieth-century African history; political, social and economic conditions in Africa as a whole; revolutionary movements in Africa; international support groups for such movements; droughts and famines in the Sahel region and elsewhere; and the AIDS epidemic in Africa.
 

General

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General

 

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

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General

 

Clippings

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1986

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1987-1991

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Newsletter

 

Reports

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General

 

Countries

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Botswana

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Cameroon

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Central African Republic

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Congo

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Cubans in Africa

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Gabon

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Ghana

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Guinea-Bissau

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Ivory Coast

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Kenya

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Lesotho

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Liberia

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Malawi

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Mauritius

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Namibia

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Niger

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Nigeria

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Rwanda

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Senegal

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South Africa

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Soviets in Africa

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Sudan

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Swaziland

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Tanzania

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Uganda

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Zaire

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

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Bibliography on decentralization policies

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Communism

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Conference and seminar papers

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Conference and seminar papers

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East Africa

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Equatorial Guinea

 

Economics

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General

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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

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Group of African, Carribean and Pacific States - Relations with the European Economic Community

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Women's World Banking

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Education

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Female circumcision

 

Foreign relations

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General

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Canada

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United States

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French West Africa

 

Politics

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General

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Organization of African Unity

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Refugees

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Southern Africa

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Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)

 

Sub-Saharan Africa

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West Africa

 

International support groups

 

General

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General

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Student groups

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Africa 2000

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Africa Inland Mission (AIM)

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African-American Institute

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African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)

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Aktionskomitee Afrika

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All African People's Revolutionary Party

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All African Students Union in Australia

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American-African Affairs Association

 

American Committee on Africa

 

General. Includes materials on southern Africa, primarily Namibia, Angola and Guinea-Bissau; and Portugal

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1955-1958

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1961-1975

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1976-1978

box 6

1979-1983

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1984-1987

 

Africa Fund. Includes materials on countries of southern Africa and divestment

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General

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1972-1982

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1972-1982

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1983-1994

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Bibliography

 

Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa (COBLSA)

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General

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Oakland branch

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San Francisco branch

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Reports. Includes materials on Africa in general

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Statements

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United States Congress. Congressional testimonies. Includes material on United States- Portuguese relations in Africa

 

American Friends Service Committee

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General. Includes newsletters, memoranda and flyers relating to southern Africa

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Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa (COBLSA). See American Committee on Africa

 

News clippings packages. Includes materials on southern Africa

 

1977

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June-September

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September-November

 

1978

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January-March

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April

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Amnesty International

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Association of Concerned Africa Scholars

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Australian Center for International Agricultural Research

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Bay Area Anti-Apartheid Network

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Bikes for Africa

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Boston Southern Africa Alliance

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British Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa

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Campaign to Stop the War against Angola and Mozambique (SWAM)

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Center for the Study of Power and Peace

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Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa

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Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Services (CCIVS)

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D.C. Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism

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D.E.F.A. Research

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Deutsches Komitee fur Angola, Guinea-Bissua und Mocambique

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Europe/Africa Research Project

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Foundation for African Arts

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Freedom House

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Freedom Rising Africa Solidarity Committee

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Informationszentrum Dritte Welt

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International Society for Individual Liberty, Inc.

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International Society for Human Rights

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Lutheran World Ministries

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National Coalition to Support African Liberation

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Osterreichischer Informationsdienst fur Entwicklungspolitik

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Oxfam

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Peace Corps

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Saint Charles Lwanga African Academy, Inc.

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Save the Children

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Secretariat of the International Union of Students

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Third World Forum

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Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa

 

United Nations

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General

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Centre Against Apartheid

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Children's Education Fund

box 10

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

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General Assembly

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Office of Public Information

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Permanent missions to the United Nations

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Reports

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Special Committee Against Apartheid

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Sport Aid

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World Health Organization

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United States Student Association

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Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

box 10

Verlag Arbeiterkampf

box 10

Voix Plurielle

 

Washington Office on Africa

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1971-1979

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1980-1985

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1986-1994

 

Miscellany

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Algeria

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Burundi

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Cape Verde

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Central African Republic

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Djibouti

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Equatorial Guinea

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Gabon

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Libya

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Madagascar

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Morocco

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Rwanda

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Sao Tome and Principe

box 12

Seychelles

box 12

Sudan

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Western Sahara

 

DROUGHT AND FAMINE 1970-1995

Scope and Contents note

Announcements, articles, clippings, pamphlets, press releases and reports relating to drought conditions throughout Africa
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General

box 13

Africare

box 13

Appeals for aid

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Bibliography

box 13

Clippings and articles

box 13

Comite Permanent Interetats de Lutte Contre la Secheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS)

box 13

Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)

 

League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

 

Announcement of monetary gifts to the League

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1975-1978

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1979-1982

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Clippings and articles

 

Fund raising

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1980-1983

box 14

1984-1988

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Newsletter, Panorama

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Press releases

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Printed matter

 

Reports

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1973

box 14

1974-1977

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1978-1981

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1982-1983

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1984-1988

 

Sahel

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Appeal for aid

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Bibliographies and research guides

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Clippings and articles

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Pamphlets

box 15

Press releases

box 15

Reports

box 15

United States. Congressional hearings

box 16

Stanford East African Relief Organization (SEARO)

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Sudan

 

United Nations

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General

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

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United States. Agency for International Development (USAID)

 

REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS 1962-1995

Scope and Contents note

Articles, bulletins, clippings, communiques, newsletters, statements and reports relating to revolutionary movements in Africa
box 16

General. Directories of African revolutionary movements and international support groups

box 16

Federazione Student Africani in Italia

box 16

Canary Islands. Mouvement pour l'Autodetermination et l'Independance de l'Archipel Canarien (MPAIAC)

box 16

Cape Verde. Partido Africano da Independencia de Cabo Verde (PAICV)

box 16

Comoro Islands. Mouvement de Liberation Nationale des Comores (MOLINACO)

box 17

Djibouti. Union des Mouvements Democratiques

box 17

Morocco. Polisario

 

Portuguese colonies

box 17

General

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Committee for Freedom in Mozambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau

box 17

Frente Patriotica de Libertacao Nacional (FPLN)

box 17

Movimento Popular Anti-Colonial (MPAC)

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Sudan

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Swaziland

 

MISCELLANEOUS FILE 1987-1995

Scope and Contents note

Brochures, clippings, leaflets, pamphlets and printed matter relating to various aspects of life in Africa
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Brochure

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Clippings

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Leaflets

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Pamphlets

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Printed matter

 

OVERSIZE MATERIALS 1989

Scope and Contents note

French Revolution Bicentennial postcards and posters
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Reunion. French Revolution Bicentennial postcards and posters (in French)

 

AUDIO-VISUAL FILE 1967-1987

Scope and Contents note

6 videocassette tapes, 3 phonorecords and 1 phonotape cassette relating to African culture
 

Videotape cassettes

tape Cabinet

Live Aid Concert. Fund raising for African famine relief, Four tapes, VHS n.d.

tape Cabinet

Sport Aid. UNICEF. Promotional package, One tape, VHS 1986.

tape Cabinet

Sport Aid. UNICEF. TV special, parts 1-3, One tape, VHS 1986.

 

Phonorecords

record Cabinet

A.F.R.I.C.A. Stetsasonic, "Africa in Revolutionary Music," 1987 1967

record Cabinet

Africare 1979

cassette Cabinet

Phonotape cassette. "Chaque Homme Est Mon Frere," Buhendwa Nachiko 1986

 

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