January-December 1952, changing from "The African Drum" in the logo of the African map until August, to DRUM and the logo of the roaring lion from September onwards.

Including: Phokeng Centenary village; AC Jordan; continuation of 'Cry the beloved country; District Six; African National Congres vs all-African Convention; Bethal farms; Gerard Sekoto; AB Xuma on Western Areas removals and Christ the King Sophiatown; ritual murder; Dr J Moroka; Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II; Manilal Gandhi, son of Mahatma Gandhi; The Russians gang; the tot system; Clements Kadalie; Peter Abrahams on Congress; Dr Vilakazi; playing white; Prof ZK MAtthews; "We Defy" Statement by Nelson Mandela (September) and the Defiance campaign; dagga; Fahfee; horse betting; Sheriff Khan; AW Champion; Supreme Council of Bantu Federation; shebeens; Mau Mau uprising.

No. 1 March-December, 1951 (July, August missing).

Including: The Mai Mai market in Johannesburg; serial reprint of 'Cry the beloved country' by Alan Paton; Know Yourself - History, Music and Art of the African tribes; Gerard Sekoto, Dr J Dube, JT Jabavu; Alexandra Central School; Johannesburg Underworld; Tsotsi; Adams College; Life of miners.

January-December 1953.

Including: Crimson League; ZK Matthews at the UNO; AS Mopeli-Paulus; Chief A Luthuli and Congress; Sugar farms; Jake Tuli; 'Mop passion!' by Can Themba, winner of the 1st DRUM Short Story contest; Pirates soccer club; RV Selope-Thema; Mahomed Kajee; school riots; Africn Chiefs at Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Manhattan Brothers; The life of the late Dr Pixley Seme by RV Selope-Thema; Who's Who in Congress; Supreme Council for the Federation of Bantu Organisations with photograph of officials; Sobhuza II; Who's Who in the Indian Congress; David Samaai and Grant Khomo; Garrett Adams; Group Areas Act; political leaders playing soccer; 'Bishop' Limba; Dr AB Xuma.

January-December 1954.

Including: Christmas play performed at the Church of Christ the King, Sophiatown in photos; Anton Lembede; 41st Annual Conference of the ANC; Manilal Gandhi sentenced in December 1952; Who's Who in Central Africa; Mr Drum goes to Johannesburg Central Jail "The Fort"; James Sofasonke Mpanza; serial reprint of 'Tell Freedom' by Peter Abrahams; Prof ZK Matthews interview; 'Under the Blue-gum trees...' by Dyke Sentso, winner of the 2nd DRUM Short Story contest; Who's Who in the Non-European Unity Movement; Jordan Ngubane; Howick Falls murder; Selby Msimang; Edward Lekganyane and Zion Christian Church (ZCC); David Samaai; Western Areas removals; Dr R Bokwe; the 'Americans' gang; Peter Rezant; Dolly Rathebe; St. Peter's School Rosettenville; George Jacobus Golding, President of the Coloured People's National Union; 'Kort Boy'; Enoch 'Schoolboy' Nhlapo; Oom Piet Gwele; Effects of new Laws: Bantu Education Act (October), Suppression of Communicsm Act (November) and bannings; Israel Alexander; Jawaharlal Nehru; A.S. Mopeli-Paulus.

January-December 1955.

Including: 'How red is Congress', Luthuli replies; Regina 'Linda Malinga' Brooks; Israel Alexander; Mopeli-Paulus continued; Western Areas removals; 'The Suitcase' short story; New faces in Congress; labour conditions on Snyman's Farm; DRUM staff at the office; Enoch Nhlapo; Salot family; Torch gang; King Masinga and South African radio; 'The Departure' by Peter Clarke, winner of the 3rd DRUM Short Story contest; Capricorn movement; 'How yellow is Congress', Tambo replies; South Africa's colour bar in sports; GMM Pemba; SM Mofokeng, first African PhD at University of Witwatersrand; Chief Buthelezi in Johannesburg; Bantu Education Act; Fort Hare University; Chops No. 1; Seretse Khama; Chetty murder; Congress of the People at Kliptown; Don Mtimkulu; John Shembe; Coloureds race classification; Canada Lee; Elifasi "Axe-killer" Msomi; bare fist fights; Isaac Makau; Father Trevor Huddleston (December); Peter Abrahams; ANC Bloemfontein conference.

January-December 1957 (Please note the mistake in the cover pages of August and September).

Including: Dolly Rathebe series; Treason trial arrests; James John Selous, Coloured son of Frederick Courtney Selous; Victor Mkize; Treason Trial with photos of all the accused (February); Henry Nxumalo, after his death in December 1956, and his last report on Durban's gangs; Crimson League gang; child labour on sugar farms; political situation in South Africa; Cape Malay wedding; 'Lesane' by Ezekiel Mphahlele; Rev. ZR Mahabane; Ghana's independence on 6 March; Miriam Makeba cover story; Mau Mau uprising; Jazz series; 'In the Gold Mines' poem by Wallet Vilakazi; Julius Nyerere and Tanzania; Treason Trial proceeds; Dr. Monty Naicker; Dorian hats; train terror; Dube Hostel; Chief Albert Luthuli; Absolam Vilakazi; Treason trial Jazz; Sophiatown removals.

January-December 1956.

Including: Campaign against women carrying passes; African traders and Group Areas; Dorothy Masuka; Gopal "Tommy" Nair; Germiston Bantu Refuge; Manhattan Brothers; Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman; Elifasi "Axe-killer" Msomi; ANC Congress in Bloemfontein; concert for Father Huddleston; break-away African Christian churches; Job Kekana; colour-bar at churches; Dolly Rathebe; shebeens; Lilian Ngoyi; Jeremiah Mofokeng; Father Trevor Huddleston; Emily Motsieloa; 'The devoted leeches', by Nimrod Mkele, winner of the 4th DRUM Short Story contest; Manilal Mohandas; Seretse Khama; Evaton bus boycott; Bushbucks soccer team; Sophiatown; race re-classification; Sheriff Khan; Miriam Makeba; Banned people at Frenchdale, Mafeking and Witzieshoek; Durban race riots; non-white sport; HP Madibane; Louis Joshua; Tomlinson Commission; Witchdoctors and Sangomas; Victor Mcunu; Dr. YM Dadoo; Thoko Thomo; Kajee Trophy; Dr. W Conco; Hosanna Sect; Magician Ally.

February-December 1958 (January and July missing; there seems to be 2 different issues for May.

Including: Illicit brewing in shebeens; Kippy Moeketsi; Africanists in Congress; Famo dance; farm workers in Weenen; Penny-whistle business; Amato factory riots, Benoni; pass refugees crossing from Zeerust into Bechuanaland; Apartheid public signage; Central African Federation; Chief Luthuli inverview; Sculptor Selby Mvusi; accused arriving at Treason Trial at the Synagogue in Pretoria; 'The Family of Man' photographic show; Basutos calling for home rule; Zoo Lake, Johannesburg; Bergville dagga riots; Campaign against women carrying passes; Southern Rhodesia African National Congress; Treason Trial halts; Robert Sobukwe; Indian weddings; Potlako Leballo.

February-November 1961 (January, June, July, December missing).

Including: Visit by Dag Hammarskjoeld, Secretary General of the United Nations; Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethopia; Non-White soccer break-up; King Kong musical leaving for London; Ramakrishna movement; series about life story of Philip Kgosana; Shaik Mahomed "Sharkey"; Cato Manor riots; Coloured political parties; United Front demonstrations against Prime Minister Verwoerd in London; South Africa leaving the Commonwealth; Lutchmi Chetty murder case; General Delgado interview; tribute to Patrice Lumumba; Shadrack Matthews of the Msomi gang; end of Treason Trial; New Jerusalem Apostolic Church; Cape jazz; 'Durango Kid' Meshack Makhetha; All-In Africa conference in Maritzburg; referendum in Southern Rhodesia; series about Sofasonke movement, by James Mpanza; South-West Africa; Coloured Convention; Sherief Khan; Durban Canvas Factory payroll robbery; Nico Loubscher; Glendale Sugar Mill murder; DRUM interview with Yuri Gagarin; death of David Pratt; Emelia Ma-Ntsebo Seeiso of Basutoland; Krishna Shah.