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- 2015-2017 (Creation)
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recordgrp
Extent and medium
40+ interviews with audio, transcript, photographs
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Trust is a non-profit organization, based in Graaff-Reinet, established to preserve and profile the legacy of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Since 2009 the Trust has worked to establish a museum and learning centre in Sobukwe's birthplace, uMasizakhe, Graaff-Reinet.
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Scope and content
The interviews were facilitated and carried out by the Robert Sobukwe Trust and the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Museum & Learning Centre, as well as the Wits History workshop, University of the Witwatersrand.
Most of the interviews relate to the history around Graaff-Reinet. However, all of the interviews under "Sobukwe and PAC" relate to topics over and above local history.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Consent forms are available for every interview.
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission to use the interviews for publication has to be obtained from the Robert Sobukwe Trust.
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- Afrikaans
- English
- Xhosa
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Notes area
Note
Uploading the audio recordings of the interviews, the transcripts, photographs and other items in digital format, remains a work in progress, and will be carried out in collaboration between the Robert Sobukwe Museum & Learning Centre and the Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand.
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Archivist's note
The archiving of the Local history project remains work-in-progress.