recordgrp OHRP - Robert Sobukwe Trust, Oral History Research Project

Interview photograph of Archibald Ntswayi Interview transcript Interview, audio recording Interview photograph of Rev. Nancy Charton Interview, transcript

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ZA RMST OHRP

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Robert Sobukwe Trust, Oral History Research Project

Date(s)

  • 2015-2017 (Creation)

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recordgrp

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40+ interviews with audio, transcript, photographs

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(21st century)

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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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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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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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.

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