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African National Congress Oral History Transcripts Collection
Summary Information
- Repository:
- Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries
- Creator:
- African National Congress.
- Title:
- A Guide to the African National Congress Oral History Transcripts Collection
- ID:
- 2007.0040
- Date [inclusive]:
- 2000-2006
- Physical Description:
- 3.5 Linear feet
- Language of the Material:
- English
- Languages:
- English. isiXhosa. Bisho.
- 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 Connecticut signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a partnership to foster training, assistance and cooperation based on the principle of reciprocal learning and consultation. One of the projects resulting from the collaboration between the University of Connecticut and the ANC was the ANC Oral History Project, which conducted and transcribed 133 oral histories of ANC leaders in South Africa between 2000 and 2006.
Preferred Citation
[Item description, #:#], African National Congress Oral History Transcripts Collection. Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries.
History
On March 8, 1999, the University of Connecticut signed a partnership agreement with the ANC to promote international understanding and cooperation based on the principle of reciprocal learning and consultation. The Memorandum of Understanding Between the University of Connecticut and the African National Congress established a number of initiatives including the creation of the Comparative Human Rights Program (which later became the UNESCO Chair and Institute of Comparative Human Rights), the ANC Archives Project, and the ANC Oral History Project.
The goals of the ANC Archives Project were to share knowledge and expertise in archival administration, as well as to “acquire, make accessible, preserve and publicize materials dealing with the African National Congress and human rights.” South African delegates were sent to UConn beginning in 1999 to learn archival techniques and receive training from the staff of the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. In 2000, archivists from the University of Connecticut traveled to South Africa to assess the conditions of the ANC collections housed at the University of Fort Hare, as well as to assist in the development of a long term preservation strategy. Another element of the project was to research the locations of ANC materials held repositories in North America and to “assist in obtaining copies or returning collections to South Africa” (Memorandum of Understanding Between the University of Connecticut and the African National Congress, 1999).
The ANC Oral History Project was designed to preserve accounts of the lives and struggles of those who fought apartheid in South Africa. In October 2000, Bruce Stave, Director of the Center for Oral History at the University of Connecticut traveled to Cape Town, South Africa with three assistants and conducted an intensive oral history training workshop over four weeks. The first two weeks of the program consisted of a training seminar on oral history procedure. During the final two weeks of the program, the participants conducted 40 interviews followed by an evaluation workshop on the oral histories. Narissa Ramdhani, archivist for the African National Congress, and an alumna of the University of Connecticut, oversaw the interviews in South Africa. The initial participants of the oral history training program included Loyiso Pulumani, Portia Matalala, Lungelwa Madyibi, Moses Hadebe, and Zanele Riba. The interviews continued over the next six years. As part of the partnership, 133 interview transcripts arrived at the University of Connecticut in March of 2007. The original transcripts and cassette tapes are held at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa.
Scope and Content
The collection contains 133 transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in South Africa between 2000 and 2006. The bulk of the transcripts are in English, but the collection also includes interviews conducted in isiXhosa and Bisho.
Administrative Information
Publication Statement
Archives & Special Collections, University of Connecticut Libraries 2014
University of Connecticut Libraries405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205Storrs, Connecticut, 06269-1205860.486.2524archives@uconn.edu
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.
Acquisition Information
The transcripts were donated by the African National Congress in March 2007.
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Controlled Access Headings
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Oral histories (document genres)
- Political parties
- Race relations
- South Africa
- Transcripts
Collection Inventory
Series I: Oral History Transcripts, 2000-2006 | |||
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Title/Description | Instances | ||
Africa, Samson,, 2001 April 11 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 1 | ||
Asmal, Kader,, 2001 July 5 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 2 | ||
Barsel, Esther,, undated | |||
Box 1 | Folder 3 | ||
Basopu, Mike,, undated | |||
Box 1 | Folder 4 | ||
Belot, Sakhiwo,, undated | |||
Box 1 | Folder 5 | ||
Bernstein, Hilda and Rusty,, 2001 February 28 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 6 | ||
Bizos, George,, 2000 October 5 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 7 | ||
Brown, David,, 2001 December 18 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 8 | ||
Bunting, Brian,, 2000 October 3 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 9 | ||
Bunting, Sonia,, 2000 October 4 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 10 | ||
Cakwebe, Menzeleli Naledi,, undated | |||
Box 1 | Folder 11 | ||
Carneson, Sarah,, 2000 October 11 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 12 | ||
Coetzee, Dirk,, 2005 September 16 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 13 | ||
Daniel, John,, 2003 December 3 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 14 | ||
Dlomo, Albert,, 2000 April 24 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 15 | ||
Dlomo, Lindiwe,, undated | |||
Box 1 | Folder 16 | ||
Dlungwana, Zanele Patricia,, undated | |||
Box 1 | Folder 17 | ||
Docrat, Abdul,, 2001 February 8 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 18 | ||
Duarte, Jessie,, 2005 October 14 | |||
Box 1 | Folder 19 | ||
Dube, Ernest Frederick, | |||
Box 2 | Folder 20 | ||
Duma, Mpho,, 2001 February 20 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 21 | ||
Ebrahim, Ebrahim,, 2000 October 10 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 22 | ||
Eggenhuizen, Antoine,, 2002 June 13 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 23 | ||
Faku, Mlamli,, undated | |||
Box 2 | Folder 24 | ||
Fihla, Nkosinathi Benson,, 2005, July 24 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 25 | ||
Fikizolo, Melton Makhwenkew,, undated | |||
Box 2 | Folder 26 | ||
Forman, Sadie,, 2001 December 19 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 27 | ||
Gabru, Yusuf,, 2006 February 8 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 28 | ||
Ghandhi, Ela,, 2000 October 2 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 29 | ||
Goldberg, Denis,, 2005 September 20 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 30 | ||
Goliath, A. H.,, undated | |||
Box 2 | Folder 31 | ||
Gounden, Swaninathan,, 2001 April 26 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 32 | ||
Mashaba-Gxowa, Bertha Nonkumbi, 2004 December 7 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 33 | ||
Jack, Mkhuseli,, 2005 July 26 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 34 | ||
Jali, Esther Molatloa,, undated | |||
Box 2 | Folder 35 | ||
Jassat, Essop,, 2001 December 20 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 36 | ||
Jenkin, Tim,, 2001 October 6 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 37 | ||
Kodesh, Wolfie,, 2000 October 4 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 38 | ||
Kunene, Mazizi,, 2001 April 27 | |||
Box 2 | Folder 39 | ||
Langa, Mandla,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 40 | ||
Lapsey, Michael,, 2000 October 6 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 41 | ||
Lebona, Azariel,, 2003 September 15 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 42 | ||
Lesia, Israel Moiketsi,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 43 | ||
Levy, Norman,, 2000 October 11 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 44 | ||
Luthuli, Albertina,, 2000 November 25 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 45 | ||
Magagula, Sipho,, 2004 August 30 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 46 | ||
Magqabaza, Tutu,, 2003 August | |||
Box 3 | Folder 47 | ||
Maharaj, Mac,, 2000 October 9 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 48 | ||
Majala, Wendy,, 2004 August 14 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 49 | ||
Makana, Siman,, 2001 August 27 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 50 | ||
Makhaye, Mec Dumisani,, 2004 January 20 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 51 | ||
Makinta, M.L.,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 52 | ||
Maloi-Thibeletsa, N.A.,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 53 | ||
Manyoni, Thabo Moses,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 54 | ||
Maphanga, Russel,, 2003 July 30 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 55 | ||
Matang, Mothate,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 56 | ||
Matosa, Zanemvula,, undated | |||
Box 3 | Folder 57 | ||
Matthews, Joe,, 2000 October 2 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 58 | ||
Mayekiso, Maxwell Bonisile,, 2002 May 24 | |||
Box 3 | Folder 59 | ||
Mayekiso, M-Xhosa,, 2002 May 24 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 60 | ||
Mayson, Cedric,, 2004 February 10 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 61 | ||
Mbange, Makonza Blyden,, undated | |||
Box 4 | Folder 62 | ||
Mbeki, Epainette,, 2001 June 4 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 63 | ||
Mbeki, Govan,, 2000 October 5 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 64 | ||
Mbete, Baleka,, 2001 May 9 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 65 | ||
McLean, Sherry,, 2001 January 15 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 66 | ||
Mdze, Milton Nkosentsha,, undated | |||
Box 4 | Folder 67 | ||
Metele, Alfred Tot,, 2001 October 4 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 68 | ||
Mfenyana, Sindiso Gregory,, 2001 January 28 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 69 | ||
Mhlongo, Simphiwe,, 2004 December 18 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 70 | ||
Mkwayi, Wilton,, 2000 October 6 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 71 | ||
Mlangeni, Bawo Andrew,, 2003 November 5 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 72 | ||
Mncwabe, Mthokozisi,, 2003 April 18 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 73 | ||
Mohammed, Joyce,, 2001 December 21 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 74 | ||
Mohapi, Oliver,, undated | |||
Box 4 | Folder 75 | ||
Mohapi, Rose Mary,, undated | |||
Box 4 | Folder 76 | ||
Mokitlane, Modise Casca,, undated | |||
Box 4 | Folder 77 | ||
Mokoena, Raymond,, 2004 June 4 | |||
Box 4 | Folder 78 | ||
Moonsamy, Kay,, 2000 December 7 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 79 | ||
Motihabaine, Shoes,, undated | |||
Box 5 | Folder 80 | ||
Mtongana, Silias,, 2005 July 25 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 81 | ||
Mzimela, Cletus,, 2003 August 12 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 82 | ||
Mzuzwana, Zwelabantu,, undated | |||
Box 5 | Folder 83 | ||
Mzuzwana, Zwelinjani Matthews,, undated | |||
Box 5 | Folder 84 | ||
Naidoo, Indres,, 2000 October 3 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 85 | ||
Naidoo, Shantie,, 2000 October 6 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 86 | ||
Naidoo, Phyllis,, 2000 November 23 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 87 | ||
Naidoo, Prema,, 2001 July 12 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 88 | ||
Nair, Billy,, 2000 October 10 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 89 | ||
Nchabeleng, Elleck,, 2005 March 19 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 90 | ||
Nene, George, | |||
Box 5 | Folder 91 | ||
Ngalo, Zenzile,, 2001 July 5 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 92 | ||
Ngoyi, Edgar,, undated | |||
Box 5 | Folder 93 | ||
Ngqondela, James Wongama,, 2001 July 8 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 94 | ||
Ngwenya, Winnie, Physical Description: 2005 September 29 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 95 | ||
Nhlapo, Sipho James,, 2003 September 15 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 96 | ||
Nong, Elias,, 2005 March 19 | |||
Box 5 | Folder 97 | ||
Norushe, Bonisile,, undated | |||
Box 5 | Folder 98 | ||
Ntlanthi, Israel Bonakeke,, undated | |||
Box 6 | Folder 99 | ||
Ntsibande, Cleopus,, 2004 August 13 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 100 | ||
Omar, Dullah,, 2000 October 6 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 101 | ||
Papo, Hope Mankwana,, 2004 May 7 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 102 | ||
Pato, Thembinkosi Xolile,, undated | |||
Box 6 | Folder 103 | ||
Pemba, Alven Bennie,, 2000 June 10 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 104 | ||
Peyise, Peter,, 2001 February 23 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 105 | ||
Phakola, Fannie,, 2005 October 14 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 106 | ||
Pillay, Rajes,, 2000 August 2 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 107 | ||
Plam, Edward Danile,, 2001 July 12 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 108 | ||
Pongolo, Xolo-David, | |||
Box 6 | Folder 109 | ||
Ponnusamy, Somalingum,, 2001 July 23 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 110 | ||
Potgieter, Febe,, 2005 July 3 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 111 | ||
Ratikane, Mantoane,, 2005 January 6 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 112 | ||
Sangweni, Angela,, 2001 July 5 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 113 | ||
Sangweni, Stanislaus,, 2001 July 6 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 114 | ||
Seedat, Fatima,, 2000 August 8 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 115 | ||
Serote, Wally,, 2000 October 4 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 116 | ||
Shope, Gertrude,, 2000 October 11 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 117 | ||
Simons, Rachel (Ray),, 2000 October 7 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 118 | ||
Singh, Sunny,, 2001 July 23 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 119 | ||
Sita, Maniben,, 2002 January 24 | |||
Box 6 | Folder 120 | ||
Sonkwala, Jeffrey Msutu,, 2001 April 26 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 121 | ||
Tickly, Mohammed,, 2001 February 2 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 122 | ||
Tlaka, Ntate Kgologo,, 2005 November 29 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 123 | ||
Toni, Mxolisi,, 2004 September 9 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 124 | ||
Turock, Ben,, 2000 October 5 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 125 | ||
Twebe, Moses Bonisile,, 2001 September 26 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 126 | ||
Tyikwe, William Bonakele,, 2001 October 5 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 127 | ||
Vandeyar, Reggie,, 2005 October 11 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 128 | ||
Weinberg, Sheila,, 2003 August 14 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 129 | ||
Xaba, Ndikho,, 2001 August 1 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 130 | ||
Zandile, Thomson,, undated | |||
Box 7 | Folder 131 | ||
Zulu, Sipho Emmanuel,, undated | |||
Box 7 | Folder 132 | ||
Zweni, Ngaze,, 2001 July 11 | |||
Box 7 | Folder 133 | ||
Series II: 2014 Addition | |||
Subseries A: Oral History Transcripts | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Bunting, Bunting, January 22, 1993 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Carneson, Sarah, October 22, 1992 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Dinat, Ramnie, undated | |||
Box 8 | |||
Kasrils, Ronnie, undated | |||
Box 8 | |||
Magubane, Bernard, June 4, 1999 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Maharaj, Mac, undated | |||
Box 8 | |||
Makgothi, Henry, March 27, 1993 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Makgothi, Henry, October 9, 2000 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Maseko, Tim, undated | |||
Box 8 | |||
Mashaba-Gxowa, Bertha, January 24, 2002 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Matthews, Joe, September 27, 2000 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Modise, Mmipe Lillian Saasa, December 29, 2001 | |||
Box 8 | |||
Moonsamy, Kay, undated | |||
Box 8 | |||
Ndlovu, Sifiso, February 4, 2000 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Ngaze, Zweni, July 11, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Njobe, Makhunga Winji, undated | |||
Box 9 | |||
Nkabinde, Fanny, undated | |||
Box 9 | |||
Nkobi, Titus Thomas, undated | |||
Box 9 | |||
Nkobi, Titus Thomas, April 9, 1993 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Poonsamy, Leslie Dr., July 23, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Samson, Africa, April 11, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Sankwala, Jeffrey Mustu, April 26, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Schoon, Cherry, January 15, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
September, Reg, December 3, 1992 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Serote, Wally, undated | |||
Box 9 | |||
Singh, Sunny, July 23, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Sisulu, Walter, January 31, 1994 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Sisulu, Walter, January 21, 1995 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Swaminathan, Gouden, April 26, 2001 | |||
Box 9 | |||
Wolpe, Anne-Marie, undated | |||
Box 9 | |||
Subseries B: Bibliographic Materials and Finding Aids | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Mayibuye Centre for History and Culture in South Africa: Sound and Oral History Collection, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Indiana University Libraries: South Africa, Johannesburg, and Other Locations 1960-1965?, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Indiana University Libraries: South Africa 1964-1974, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Inidiana University Libraries: Other Materials, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Records of the American Committee on Africa, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Center for Research Libraries: Cooperative Africana Microfilm Project, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Stanford: Martin Luther King Project, undated | |||
Box 10 | |||
Yale Manuscripts and Archives: Multiple Collections, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Miscellaneous Collections, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
University of Fort Hare Records: New York Mission Records, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
University of Massachusetts Libraries: W.E.B. DuBois Papers, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Gwendolen Margaret Carter, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Michigan State University: African Achivist Archive, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
University of Florida Archives: Gwendolen M. Carter Collection, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Yale University Library: Songs of Zion: African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States Collection, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Guide to the Records of the Washington Office on Africa, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
WGBH, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Miscellaneous Collections, 2003-2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
South African Libraries: UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
African National Congress Archives Project, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Archives Containing Paul Robeson Materials, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Peoples' Video Network, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
National Security Archive, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Archive, 2003 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Howard University: South African Research and Archival Project, undated | |||
Box 10 | |||
Howard University: ANC Related Materials, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
New York Public Library: Miscellaneous Collections, 2004 | |||
Box 10 | |||
Subseries C: Biographic Sketches | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Reddy, E.S. | |||
Box 10 | |||
Jele, Khiphusizi Josiah "Joe" | |||
Box 10 | |||
Miscellaneous | |||
Box 10 | |||
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed | |||
Box 10 | |||
Pallo, Jordan Z. | |||
Box 10 | |||
Mhlaba, Raymond | |||
Box 10 | |||
Stofile, Arnold | |||
Box 10 | |||
Sisulu, Lindiwe Nonceba | |||
Box 10 | |||
Ramaphosa, Cyril | |||
Box 10 | |||
Tambo, Oliver Reginald | |||
Box 10 | |||
Tambo, Adelaide Frances | |||
Box 10 | |||
Lekota, Mosiuoa Patrick | |||
Box 10 | |||
Burnham, Margaret A. | |||
Box 10 | |||
Brath, Elombe | |||
Box 10 | |||
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |||
Box 10 | |||
Matthews, Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe | |||
Box 10 | |||
Mbeki, Thabo Mvuyelwa | |||
Box 10 | |||
Subseries D: Consent Forms | |||
Box 10 | |||
Subseries E: Short-Hand Notes of Interviews | |||
Box 10 | |||
Subseries F: Correspondence | |||
Title/Description | Instances | ||
Willard Johnson | |||
Box 10 | |||
Mary Tiseo | |||
Box 10 | |||
Gwendolen Carter -- Use Agreements | |||
Box 10 | |||
Vidipax | |||
Box 10 | |||
George Houser | |||
Box 10 | |||
Dennis Brutus | |||
Box 10 | |||
Kenneth Carstens | |||
Box 10 | |||
Ntsiki Kabane | |||
Box 10 | |||
Miscellaneous Contact Letter and Emails | |||
Box 10 | |||
Sample Deed of Gift | |||
Box 11 | |||
Shikulu Shange | |||
Box 11 | |||
Z.K. Matthews | |||
Box 11 | |||
Cecelia Vilakazi | |||
Box 11 | |||
Madie Xuma | |||
Box 11 | |||
Canada Contacts | |||
Box 11 | |||
Contact Information | |||
Box 11 | |||
Contacts/Exiles | |||
Box 11 | |||
Congressional Testimony | |||
Box 11 | |||