Identity area
Reference code
MR-MM-627
Title
African National Congress Papers
Date(s)
- 1920-1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
4 boxes, 7 microflim reels
Context area
Name of creator
(8 January 1912 -)
Administrative history
Established as the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) in 1912. Renamed African National Congress (ANC) in 1923. Following the Sharpeville Massacre in March 1960, the ANC was banned by the South African government and went underground until the ban was lifted in 1990. Its military wing, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), was established in 1961, with Mandela as commander-in-chief. The ANC became South Africa’s governing party after the nation’s first democratic elections on 27 April 1994.
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Scope and content
The collection of the African National Congress includes the Defiance Campaign, the Treason trial. ANC leaders in exile and in prison.
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