Monthly Archives: March 2014

On (not) being a heckler inside South Africa House

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Gavin Brown

On Thursday 20 March, the AAM Archives Committee hosted a launch event for their website, Forward to Freedom, at South Africa House in London. We were not initially invited; but, Gavin secured an invitation for himself and these are his reflections on … Continue reading →

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Surveying the Anti-Apartheid Movement digital archives

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Gavin Brown

This week the digital archives of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement have gone live online.  The website, Forward to Freedom, charts the history of the AAM from 1959 until 1994. It provides a rich resource of photos, interviews, video clips and scanned documents … Continue reading →

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Stories from the green crates: exploring Steve Kitson’s papers

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Gavin Brown

There are two green, plastic crates full of papers sat on the end of my desk. They smell a little damp. My office smells a little damp. The papers are squeezed so tightly into the boxes that I fear for … Continue reading →

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