Nelson Mandela Memory Links

The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory exists in a complex memory environment:

Memory resources documenting Nelson Mandela‘s life and times are fragmented and geographically scattered, both within South Africa and internationally
Resources are embedded in various legal and other jurisdictions
There are multiple stakeholders in the legacy of Nelson Mandela

The Centre seeks to work closely with all memory and related institutions having a stake in “the Mandela Archive”. Here we provide links to South African institutions with either significant holdings or a major stake.

Institution	Description
Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives	The Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archives holds author Alan Paton’s literary works and related documents and manuscripts, as well as papers concerning the Liberal Party and other organisations involved in the struggle against apartheid.
ANC Archives	The ANC archives contain documents that were produced by the ANC, relating to the role of the ANC and its allies in the struggle for liberation, or are directly concerned with the ANC.
Apartheid Museum	The Apartheid Museum is considered the pre-eminent museum dealing with 20th century South Africa, in particular the apartheid story. It is located in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bailey’s African History Archive	Bailey’s African History Archives hold 40 years of material from all the editions of Drum magazine and its various sister publications, as well as a wealth of information on African politics and culture.
Brenthurst Library	The Brenthurst Library houses the Africana collection of the Oppenheimer family in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Constitution Hill	Constitution Hill houses the new Constitutional Court, and is the historical site of Johannesburg’s Old Fort Prison complex, where many political figures, including Nelson Mandela, were detained.
Constitutional Court Library	The Constitutional Court library is not only a resource for the judges and their clerks. It is a major national repository, with ambitions to become the biggest human rights library in the southern hemisphere.
Constitutional Court Registrar	The Constitutional Court library is not only a resource for the judges and their clerks. It is a major national repository, with ambitions to become the biggest human rights library in the southern hemisphere.
Freedom Park	Freedom Park is both a monument and a museum, celebrating and recording the history of South Africa, from prehistoric man to today’s young democracy.
Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation	The Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation arranges and funds cultural and sporting events throughout the Gauteng province.
Imani Media	Imani Media are the personal videographers of Nelson Mandela.
International Institute of Social History (IISH)	One of the largest documentary and research centres in the field of social and economic history, the IISH features a web dossier titled Nelson Mandela and the Netherlands
Liliesleaf Trust	It was at Liliesleaf farm that the most prominent leaders of South Africa’s struggle against apartheid sought shelter, and attended meetings. The farm was raided by the police, which lead to the Rivonia Treason Trial.
Luthuli Museum	The Luthuli Museum is concerned with preserving the history and legacy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Chief Albert Luthuli. The museum is located in Groutville at Kwa-Dukuza, in the house where Albert Luthuli and his family lived.
Mandela House Museum	The Mandela House Museum is now a visitor attraction, and a centre for the preservation and research of the history and legacy of the Mandela family. Nelson Mandela and his family lived there from 1946 into the 1990s.
National Archives of South Africa	The National Archives and Records Service’s mission is to foster a national identity and the protection of rights by preserving a national archival heritage for use by the government and people of South Africa.
National Intelligence Agency	The South African government needs to be informed on the nature of any threats to domestic security. The task of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is to inform the government on developments within this sphere.
Nelson Mandela National Museum	The museum showcases several gifts received by Nelson Mandela, on behalf of South Africa, in three locations near to Madiba’s home town, Qunu in the Eastern Cape.
Robben Island Museum	For 400 years, Robben Island functioned as a prison. Nelson Mandela and many other political dissidents were imprisoned there during the apartheid era.
Robben Island UWC Mayibuye Archives	The Robben Island Museum manages a collection of artefacts, documents, photographs, art and audio-visual material, which are housed in the UWC-Robben Island Mayibuye Archives.
South African Democracy Education Trust (SADET)	SADET’s mission is to examine and analyse events leading to a negotiated settlement and democracy in South Africa.
South African History Archives (SAHA)	SAHA is a human rights archive that was established by anti-apartheid activists. Their core aim is to capture lost and neglected history to help today’s generation relate to past struggles.
South African History Online	SA History Online is an organisation which aims to break the silence about the past, and create an online encyclopaedia.
Umlando	Umlando is a visual comic production company that uses visuals as a way of creating unique educational, training and entertainment materials.
Unisa Documentation Centre	Established in 1974 with the aim of collecting historical content concerning black, white and Indian communities of South Africa. This centre promotes and facilitates research in the historical, cultural, economic and political fields.
Villon Films	Villon Films is an independent producer and distributor of socio-political documentary film located in Vancouver, Canada.
Wits Central Records Office	The Wits Central Records Office is the official repository of Wits University for admin and faculties, departments and other academic organisations, clubs and societies, and other persons who are closely associated with the institution.
Wits Department of Historical Papers	This human rights research library was established to serve civil society as well as scholars and researchers. This was done in order to retrieve the rich historical heritage belonging to all South Africans.