Selection Criteria
The material included in American Committee on Africa has been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at the Amistad Research Center, and under the guidance of the Editorial Board.
Module 1: Liberation Movements, Solidarity and Activism
Our selection focuses on the following key series from the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) Records, 1948-1987:
- Series 1: Administration, 1952-1972
- Series 2: Programs and Activities in the United States of America and Canada, 1952-1986
- Series 3: Programs and Activities in African Countries, 1948-1987
- Series 5: Oversized Materials
- Series 6: Audiovisual Materials
From Series 3 we have chosen correspondence and collected materials relating to the key African countries that the American Committee on Africa worked with and campaigned for, namely:
- Algeria
- Angola
- Ghana
- Guinea Bissau
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Western Sahara
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
These series have been specifically chosen to enable examination of the history and work of the American Committee on Africa in North America and Africa up to c.1981 when George Houser retired as Executive Director.
Module 2: Anti-Apartheid Movements and Democracy
The module 2 selection includes the South Africa series from the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) Records, 1948-1987, which provides insight into the ACOA’s efforts to gather information about liberation movements and resistance campaigns, repression of activists, politics and political changes, and issues related to education and health.
It also includes the following key series from the ACOA Addendum collection:
- Series 1: Administration “front files”, 1953-2001
- Series 2: Projects “front files”, 1964-2000
- Oversize Items, 1968-1994
- Series 5: Audio-visual Materials, 1984-1998
Finally, this module includes 26 Super 8mm film reels from the George M. Houser Collection, 1954-1999, comprising of a wide variety of films captured by George Houser himself on various trips taken to African countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Western Sahara and others.
A note on exclusions
Where exclusions have been made, this is largely due to:
- Collections or series falling outside the defined remit of this resource - for example, Series 4 of the American Committee on Africa Records (Programs and Activities in Non-African Countries, 1956-1984)
- Existing open-access content
- Copyright and permission considerations
- Data protection concerns
The material included in American Committee on Africa has been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at the Amistad Research Center, and under the guidance of the Editorial Board.
Module 1: Liberation Movements, Solidarity and Activism
Our selection focuses on the following key series from the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) Records, 1948-1987:
- Series 1: Administration, 1952-1972
- Series 2: Programs and Activities in the United States of America and Canada, 1952-1986
- Series 3: Programs and Activities in African Countries, 1948-1987
- Series 5: Oversized Materials
- Series 6: Audiovisual Materials
From Series 3 we have chosen correspondence and collected materials relating to the key African countries that the American Committee on Africa worked with and campaigned for, namely:
- Algeria
- Angola
- Ghana
- Guinea Bissau
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Western Sahara
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
These series have been specifically chosen to enable examination of the history and work of the American Committee on Africa in North America and Africa up to c.1981 when George Houser retired as Executive Director.
Module 2: Anti-Apartheid Movements and Democracy
The module 2 selection includes the South Africa series from the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) Records, 1948-1987, which provides insight into the ACOA’s efforts to gather information about liberation movements and resistance campaigns, repression of activists, politics and political changes, and issues related to education and health.
It also includes the following key series from the ACOA Addendum collection:
- Series 1: Administration “front files”, 1953-2001
- Series 2: Projects “front files”, 1964-2000
- Oversize Items, 1968-1994
- Series 5: Audio-visual Materials, 1984-1998
Finally, this module includes 26 Super 8mm film reels from the George M. Houser Collection, 1954-1999, comprising of a wide variety of films captured by George Houser himself on various trips taken to African countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Western Sahara and others.
A note on exclusions
Where exclusions have been made, this is largely due to:
- Collections or series falling outside the defined remit of this resource - for example, Series 4 of the American Committee on Africa Records (Programs and Activities in Non-African Countries, 1956-1984)
- Existing open-access content
- Copyright and permission considerations
- Data protection concerns