Contact Information

• Name:

  Archives of the African National Congress (ANC)

• Postal Address:

  PB X1322
  5700 Alice, 5700
  South Africa

• Location:

  University of Fort Hare

• Telephone:

  27 (0)40-602 2515

• Facsimile:

  27 (0)40-6531423

• E-mail:

  mmaamoe@ufh.ac.za, mosanku@hotmail.com

• URL:

  http://www.ufh.ac.za/collections/anc.html

• Director:

  Mr M. M. Maamoe, Archivist

• Year founded:

  1992

Collections

• Type of repository:

  Archive

• Types of source material:

  Archival records
  Artifacts
  Electronic archives
  Manuscripts
  Maps
  Music
  Newspapers
  Oral histories
  Personal papers
  Photographs
  Posters
  Sound recordings
  

• Size:

  216.46 linear meters

• Holdings:

  The bulk of the collection consists of the records of the ANC Foreign Missions. The missions operated in 33 countries around the world. Among the records are the correspondence of each mission, press-cuttings, anti-apartheid posters, photographs, audio-visual records of mission activities, topical files, NGOs, artifacts, memorabilia, furniture, and musical instruments. <br> Also included in the ANC Archives are the records from SOMAFCO - the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College.

• Receiving new material?

  No

• Languages:

  English (small portions of foreign languages)
  

Access Conditions

• Access conditions:

  Researchers are required to fill out a research form to use the archives.

• Access restrictions:

  None

• Finding tools:

  Electronic catalogs
  Inventories
  

• Copier available?:

  No

Repository publications: