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Videos on the Frontline States, including the struggle for independence in Zimbabwe; the liberation war in Mozambique; Angola and the post-independence struggles against South Africa and its surrogates; and the struggle for independence in Namibia.
Feature films on South Africa viewable on video.
‘Anti-fascist’ documentaries and feature films (viewable on video). Non-Southern African documentaries including Vietnam, US civil rights, Nicaragua and international culture.
Production rushes including interviews with struggle leaders; footage of solidarity events including major demonstrations, rallies and meetings; footage of the successive visits to London of Mandela; footage of important conference and cultural festivals.
‘Anti-fascist’ documentaries and feature films (viewable on video). Non-Southern African documentaries including Vietnam , US civil rights, Nicaragua and international culture.
In 2000 the UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archive acquired the Afravision Video Archive, a unique documentary record consisting of approximately 5 000 beta recordings of the mass struggles of the 1980s and the tension-filled prelude to democracy in the early 199Os.
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