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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Africa Serials

Call Number

TAM.782

Dates

1951-2009, inclusive
; 1970-1989, bulk

Creator

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

Extent

1.8 Linear Feet
in 3 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, and 1 flat box

Language of Materials

Materials primarily in English, with some publications in French and Afrikaans.

Abstract

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Africa Serials contains over 50 titles published in Africa, the United States, and Europe on political, cultural, and social issues in sub-Saharan Africa between 1951 and 2009. The bulk of the collection consists of serials published between the 1970s and the 1980s on South Africa and anti-apartheid movements in Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Arrangement

Serials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.

Scope and Contents

The Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Africa Serials contains over 50 titles published in Africa, the United States (US), and Europe on political, cultural, and social issues in sub-Saharan Africa between 1951 and 2009. The bulk of the collection consists of serials published between the 1970s and the 1980s. Topics include political, cultural, and social issues in South Africa, Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya in the mid to late 20th century. The bulk of the collection focuses on human rights issues in South Africa and anti-apartheid movements in South Africa, the US, and the United Kingdom (UK) in the 1970s and 1980s. Other topics include the liberation movement in Angola in the 1970s, the Ethiopian Civil War, and organizations formed by African students in the US and UK.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to users without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

Because of the assembled nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the collection. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creator of individual items in the collection; these items are expected to pass into the public domain 120 years after their creation. Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from this collection.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date; Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Collection of Africa Serials; TAM 782; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.

Location of Materials

Materials are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use. Please request materials at least two business days prior to your research visit to coordinate access.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection combines serials relating to Africa drawn from two discrete groups of material held by the Tamiment Library. The first was a partially inventoried backlog of serials, received by the library through donations, subscriptions, and in archival collections. The second group consisted of around 1,700 serials, newspapers, and magazines, organized by title as an artificial collection, referred to as Periodicals.001 or Boxed Newspapers. This material was combined, inventoried, and arranged and described in subject-based categories in 2017. The accession number related to this collection is 2017.049.

Collection processed by

Megan O'Shea and Molly A. Cross

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Processing Information

The material in this collection was assembled from various backlogs of uncataloged material held by the Tamiment Library. This material was inventoried, separated according to its subject matter, and arranged in a series of subject-based artificial collections. Accumulations of material relating to Africa were identified and brought together physically. Materials were housed in archival folders and boxes according to size. The inventory is arranged alphabetically by title of publication, with publishing organization and place of publication listed when known.

Repository

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Afram Newsletter : Centre d'Etudes Afro-Americaines et des Litteratures Anglophones de l'University Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Paris, France, 1976, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

African Literature Association, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

African Review : New Africa Publications, Ltd., Accra, Ghana, 1965, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

African Studies in America - the Extended Family : Africa Research Group, Cambridge, MA, Undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Afrique XX1 : Afrique XX1, Quincy-sous-Senart, France, 2006, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Angola in Arms : People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Richmond, BC, 1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Angola News Summary : MPLA Solidarity Committee, New York, NY, 1976, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Angola Newsletter : United Students for the Liberation of Angola and Southern Africa, 1976, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Angola Update : Fenton Communications, Inc., Washington, DC, 1989, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Anti-Apartheid News : Anti-Apartheid Movement, London, UK, 1991, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 051, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Apri News Release : A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York, NY, 1990, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Azania News : Pan Africanist Congress, 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beyond Relief : African Development Foundation, Washington, DC, 1986, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Boycott News, Undated, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 051, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Challenge : Ethiopian Students of North America, New York, NY, 1972-1973, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Combat : Ethiopian Students in North America, Atlanta, GA, 1975-1979, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa : New York, NY, 1973-1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fact Paper on South Africa : International Defence & Aid Fund, London, UK, 1978, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Finally Got The News : African Liberation Support, Washington, DC, 1974, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedom Fighter : Southern Africa Solidarity Campaign, London, UK, 1977, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Full Frame : Afrapix, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Growth of Co-operatives in Zambia 1914-71 : University of Zambia Institute for Social Research, Lusaka, Zambia, 1971, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Horizon : ANC Youth League, South Africa, 1992, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

I.D.A.F. News Notes : United States Committee of International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, Cambridge, MA, 1982-1983, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ikwezi : Nottingham, UK, 1976-1981, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Institute for Social Research : University of Zambia Institute for Social Research, Lusaka, Zambia, Undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Namibia News : South West African People's Organisation, London, UK, 1969, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New Ghana : Ghana Information Services, Ghana, Undated, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

NISER Reprint Series #3 : Nigerian Institute of Social & Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1968, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ogoni Gong : Ogoni Soidarity Forum, Cape Town, South Africa, 2009, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Omkeer: The Paper for Call-Up Age South Africans : South African Liberation Support Committee (SALSCOM), Brooklyn, NY, 1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pan Africa : Pan-African Press Limited, Nairobi, Kenya, 1963, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 051, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Presence Africaine : Fairth Quarterly, Paris, France, 1963, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Proceedings : National Anti-C.A.D. Committee, Cape Town, South Africa, 1951, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Race Relations News : SA Institute of Race Relations, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1970, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 051, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Resister: Bulletin of the Committee on South African War Resistance : Committee on South African War Resistance, London, UK, 1981-1990, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Revolution in Africa : Material Aid Campaign for Zanu, New York, NY, Undated, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rhodes-Livingstone Papers : Manchester University Press, Lusaka, Zambia, 1968, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SAMRAF News & Notes : South African Military Refugee Aid Funding, Brooklyn, NY, 1983-1984, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Science-Afrique : Commission for Technical Co-operation in Africa South of the Sahara, London, UK, 1958-1968, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

South Africa Alert : A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York, NY, 1990, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Southern Africa Solidarity : Southern Africa Solidarity, Cambridge, MA, 1978, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spark : Southern Africa Solidarity Campaign, London, UK, 1977, inclusive

Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Spearhead : Afreepress Limited, 1962, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Struggle : New York Chapter ESUNA, New York, 1971, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

TCLSAC : Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa, Toronto, Ontario, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Torch : Torch Printing and Publishing Co. (Pty.) Ltd., Cape Town, South Africa, 1951, inclusive

Box: Shared Tamiment 051, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transkei Ekonomiese-Economic Revue : Bureau for Economic Research and Bantu Development, Pretoria, South Africa, 1975, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

United Nations Centre Against Apartheid : Peace Education Division of the American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA, 1983-1987, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Voice of Africa : Bureau of African Affairs, Accra, Ghana, 1963, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Weekly News Briefing : African National Congress of South Africa, London, UK, 1979-1980, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Zambian Urban Studies : University of Zambia Institute for Social Research, Lusaka, Zambia, 1969, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Zimbabwe Review : African National Council, Zimbabwe, Lusaka, Zambia, 1976, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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