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Apartheid, the Struggle and the People

Title: Apartheid, the Struggle and the People
Description: The Apartheid, the Struggle, and the People collection is a multifaceted archival assemblage at the Cory Library that documents the lived experience of systemic oppression and the organized resistance movements within the Eastern Cape. Unlike official state records, this collection prioritizes the voices of the marginalized, featuring a wealth of "ephemeral" history—pamphlets, underground newsletters, and personal testimonies.
Language: English
Temporal Coverage: 1948 – 1994 (with some background material from the 1920s)

Sub-collections

Anti-Apartheid Movement and Acts of Defiance
Apartheid - Legal Frameworks
Forced Removals and Evictions
The People versus the State

The items

Heroines of the struggle, Vol. 1: Women must claim their rights
Creator:
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) | Miti, Nandipa
House in rural area, with power lines and mountains in the distance
Creator:
Hall, Priscilla
Houses in rural area with hills in the background
Creator:
Hall, Priscilla
Houses in rural area with three kids outside one of the houses
Creator:
Hall, Priscilla
IDASA - Untitled letter to Isobel Douglas-Jones
Creator:
Mitchell, Wayne | Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA)
Index of Objectionable Literature (Customs Act No. 55 of 1955)
Creator:
South Africa. Government | South Africa. Customs and Excise Department
Janie van der Vyver, MPC
John Hitge
John Hitge
Kenton squatters
Klipfontein - a shack
Klipfontein leaders (Nonono Memani on the right)
Klipfontein residents bound for Glenmore, 4 April 1979
Klipfontein residents during the move
Klipfontein residents during the move in 1979
Klipfontein residents during the move in 1979
Creator:
Cooper, Jack
Klipfontein residents during the move to Glenmore, 4 April 1979
Klipfontein residents during the move to Glenmore, 4 April 1979
Creator:
Cooper, Jack
Klipfontein residents during the move to Glenmore, 4 April 1979
Klipfontein Trial - Ben Maclennan taking notes
Louis Koch and B.B. Zondani together with other four white men infront of the Grahamstown High Court
Mapapu's daughter and two other young girls at Glenmore
Metal house with roof held down by rocks and have built brick house in the background
Creator:
Hall, Priscilla
Mr F. Mstowana - chairman of the Tyefu Tribal Authority (text)
Mr F. Mstowana, Chairman of Tyefu Tribal Authority and one of the commercial farmers in the scheme, stands beside the concreted irrigation furrow that leads water to his land, 1978

Apartheid, the Struggle and the People

The items

Heroines of the struggle, Vol. 1: Women must claim their rights

House in rural area, with power lines and mountains in the distance

Houses in rural area with hills in the background

Houses in rural area with three kids outside one of the houses

IDASA - Untitled letter to Isobel Douglas-Jones

Index of Objectionable Literature (Customs Act No. 55 of 1955)

Janie van der Vyver, MPC

John Hitge

John Hitge

Kenton squatters

Klipfontein - a shack

Klipfontein leaders (Nonono Memani on the right)

Klipfontein residents bound for Glenmore, 4 April 1979

Klipfontein residents during the move

Klipfontein residents during the move in 1979

Klipfontein residents during the move in 1979

Klipfontein residents during the move to Glenmore, 4 April 1979

Klipfontein residents during the move to Glenmore, 4 April 1979

Klipfontein residents during the move to Glenmore, 4 April 1979

Klipfontein Trial - Ben Maclennan taking notes

Louis Koch and B.B. Zondani together with other four white men infront of the Grahamstown High Court

Mapapu's daughter and two other young girls at Glenmore

Metal house with roof held down by rocks and have built brick house in the background

Mr F. Mstowana - chairman of the Tyefu Tribal Authority (text)

Mr F. Mstowana, Chairman of Tyefu Tribal Authority and one of the commercial farmers in the scheme, stands beside the concreted irrigation furrow that leads water to his land, 1978