Units in Collection
This Collection contains 43 unitsFinding Aids
Finding Aid available from repository only.Quick Guide
The Quick Guide is a list of all the items relevant to the Black Sash in this particular collection.IDAF (Donor)
Repository: UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives, University of the Western CapeExtent: 30 000 negatives, 80 000 prints and 4 000 transparencies. Black Sash reference number approximately 70 photographs but may be incomplete
City: Cape Town
Dated: late 1940s-1990s. Dates of Black Sash material is unknown.
Scope:The photographic library consists of approximately 30 000 negatives, 80 000 prints and 4 000 transparencies. It documents South African history from colonial occupation to the present with a specific focus on life under apartheid, and resistance to it. The subjects covered include history of colonialism; history of apartheid; images of apartheid; liberation movements; forced removals and resettlement; repression; political prisoners; trials; labour and trade unions; women; culture; education; armed struggle; personalities.
The Archive is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. It was built up by the London-based IDAF, which was the nerve centre of the international anti-apartheid information campaign from the 1960s, and its photographs have been used in countless publications and productions over the past three decades.
Black Sash photographs are scattered throughout this extensive collection.
Media: Still images
Themes:Advice Offices (pre or post 1995); Children; Freedom; Labour; Legal issues; Media; Personnel; Protests, demonstrations, campaigns; Repression; Women
Administrative / biographical history:Some themes may be missing as inventory was not detailed enough to ascertain all themes.
Condition of access / use: Photographic material is available for editorial reproduction at commercial rates, with some reductions for community and non-commercial publications.Percentage of collection relevant to Black Sash: 1 - 19%
Location contact details
Organisation: UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives, University of the Western CapeTelephone: 27 (0)21 959 2935/2954
Fax: 27 (0)21 959 3411
Email: mayibuye@uwc.ac.za
Website: http://www.robben-island.org.za/departments/heritage/mayibuye/mayibuye.asp
Street address: University of the Western Cape, Modderdam Road, Bellville
Postal address: Private Bag X17
Area: Bellville
Postal code: 7535
Province / State: Western Cape
Country: South Africa