Identity area
Reference code
ZA COM NMAP 2014/7
Title
Abdul Bham Collection
Date(s)
- c1954-1980s (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
25 items consisting of 112 digital images on 1 CD
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.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Abdul Bham, ANC activist who was in exile (1963 - 1991), over a period of over 50 years has collected several anti-apartheid documentation, especially from the African National Congress and South African Communist Party. Some of this material has been digitised by the NMF in Feruary 2014, and the originals returned to Bham.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Abdul Bham
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collections consists of documents, memorial booklets, pamphlets, photographs and musical sheets of struggle songs. It includes a letter signed by Walter Sisulu and appendices, from the National Action Council of the Congress of the People; several photographs taken during Nelson Mandela's trip through Africa in 1962, in Morroco.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access by permission of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Some materials may contain personal or confidential information. Access to these materials may be restricted as stipulated by legislation, Archives policy, or the donor. Please consult the archivist for details.
Some materials may contain personal or confidential information. Access to these materials may be restricted as stipulated by legislation, Archives policy, or the donor. Please consult the archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Permission of copyright holder required.
Copyrights varies
Copyrights varies
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
tiff files on a DVD
Finding aids
NMF photo taxonomy
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
NMF digitised archives collection CD# DA 0017
Existence and location of copies
External hard drive - archival documents master
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Henderson, Hamish (Subject)
- Dadoo, Yusuf Mohamed (Subject)
- South African Communist Party (SACP) (Subject)
- Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate (Subject)
- African National Congress (ANC) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Description created 2014-04-17.
Language(s)
- English