The Liberation Archives at the National Heritage and Cultural Studies Centre
The University of Fort Hare, South Africa's oldest historically black university, has beem made the custodian of the Archives of the Liberation Movement. The singular honour has been bestowed upon the University by the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC), the Azanian Peoples' Organisation (AZAPO), the Black
Consciousness Movement (BCM), the New Unity Movement (NUM) of South Africa, and the African National Congress (ANC).

The historical anti-apartheid role of Fort Hare's student body which included President Mandela, Robert Sobukwe and other leaders of the National Struggle for
Liberation justify locating this important Archive on the Alice campus. The Archive will function, not only as a major resource for rewriting the history of South Africa,
but will be a monument and a record to all who lost their lives in the Struggle. UNESCO has declared an International Assistance Programme for this National
treasure.

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Scene from Sharpeville

The list below will take you to some of the specific collections held in the Liberation Archive.

Archives of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

Azanian People's Organization/ Black Consciousness Movement (AZAPO/BCM)

 

Visitors and researchers are encouraged to contact the Centre in advance of their visit to discuss research interests and to arrange for appropriate permission, if needed.

National Heritage and Cultural Studies Centre
        Private Bag X 1314
        University of Fort Hare
        Alice
        5700

Tel. No : (040) 60 22308