General Archives (AA)

The General Archives contain on the one hand up-to-date press documentation for the entire continent together with a wide selection of grey literature (brochures, pamphlets, flyers, etc.). Internet articles from selected Namibian mailing lists are also printed out and collected. These collections are classified by country and theme.

The archives also include collections from the Swiss anti-apartheid and solidarity movements. Among these are, for example, the archive of the organisation "Medic' Angola/Kämpfendes Afrika" (Inventory AA.5), dossiers of the Swiss anti-apartheid movement (AAB) and of the "Nachrichtenstelle Südliches Afrika" (NaSA).

Another collection in these archives relates to the liberation organisation "SWAPO of Namibia" (Inventory AA.3). The SWAPO archive mainly comprises material published by the organisation in exile from the late 1960s onwards, e.g. numerous magazine articles, press releases, circulars, flyers and posters. The collection continues to gather material related to today's governing party "SWAPO of Namibia".

The following inventories provide information about the General Archives:

Inventory AA.1. Allgemeine Archivalien der Basler Afrika Bibliographien zu Namibia. Compiled by Thorsten Hinz. Basel, 1994. 45pp., ISBN 3-905141-59-8 (out of print)

Inventory AA.2. Allgemeine Archivalien der Basler Afrika Bibliographien zu Namibias Unabhängigkeit. Compiled by Sabine Schmidt & Thorsten Hinz. Basel, 1994. 97pp. ISBN 3-905141-60-4. CHF 15.00

Inventory AA.3. Guide to the SWAPO Collection in the Namibia Archives of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Compiled by Giorgio Miescher. Basel, 1994. 163pp.
 ISBN 3-905141-62-0. CHF 25.00

Inventory AA.4. Epupa, water, energy, 'indigenous/ tribal peoples' and chieftancy. A bibliography of Namibian newspaper articles 1990-96 with special reference to Kaoko. Compiled by Giorgio Miescher & Lorena Rizzo. Basel, 1998, 164pp.
 ISBN 3-905141-71-X . CHF 15.00

Inventory AA.5. Das Archiv der Solidaritätsgruppe Medic'Angola / Kämpfendes Afrika (Zürich, 1971-1988); The Archive of the Solidarity Group Medic' Angola / Kämpfendes Afrika (Zurich, 1971-1988). Compiled by Dag Henrichsen. Basel, 2002. 51pp. ISBN 3-905141-78-7. CHF 15.00

Zeitungsartikel-Archiv / Press Archive der Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Compiled by Pierrette Schlettwein. Basel, 1999, 2nd enlarged edition. 44pp.