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Index
to Processed & Unprocessed Archives
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Unprocessed
archives are indicated by: 
ABIGALE
Organisational
records of this Kimberley-based church (not to be confused with
the Association for Bisexuals, Gays and Lesbians(also ABIGALE).
1997.
ACHMAT, Zackie
Documents
from the AIDS Law Project. Court record. Film scripts, including
one on the Afrikaans language and power. Documents from the
Rainbow Project (Namibia). Thesis by JL Barris. Achmat's notes
for his thesis on the medicalisation of homosexuality in South
Africa. Documents from the Charney Report on South African attitudes
to homosexuality and AIDS, including background notes. Achmat's
NCGLE material has been transferred to the NCGLE collections.
ACTIVATE
1990s. 3
boxes. Organisational records of gay, lesbian and bisexual group
at the University of the Witwatersrand, including flip-charts
and posters.
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AM 2690
ACTUP Johannesburg
Papers;
1991; 1 file; inventory available.
ACTUP is an international HIV/AIDS awareness organisation. Minutes
and correspondence.
AM 2894
AFTER Nines!
Papers,
mixed-media; 1998-2002; 3 boxes, 2 videocassettes, 22 tape cassettes,
40 photographs and 1 floppy disc; inventory available
Brief
historical background
After Nines
was a community theatre production, based on life histories,
testimonies, anecdotes and folklore, about the history of black
lesbian and gay communities in South Africa.
After Nines
was initiated by the Gay and Lesbian Archives and is based on
stories collected by the cast as well as records housed in the
archives.
The production
was supported by the Civic Theatre, the National Arts Council,
and the Netherlands based development agency HIVOS. After Nines
toured community venues and township halls in and around Guateng,
appeared at the Gay Games in Amsterdam in 1998, in Sydney in
2000, and had runs at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre and the
South African National Festival of the Arts.
It was devised
and directed by Robert Colman, with the original cast members
Zodwa Shongwe, Zakhi Radebe, Mpumi Njinga, Wewe Ngidi and Paul
Mokgethi.
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Scope
and Content
Series A
consists of interviews and conducted by the After Nines cast
with black gay men and lesbians in South Africa. These served
as the basis for the theatre production. Transcripts are available
for most of the interviews. Please note that many of the interviews
are in the Zulu and Sotho languages. Interviews are arranged
alphabetically according to name.
Series B
consists of a range of material relating to various After Nines
productions in 1998. It includes a script, filmed footage of
the production at a venue in Hillbrow, photographs of the actors
performing, publicity material (including press releases, posters,
flyers and a banner), media reviews and memorabilia.
Series C
consists of a floppy disc containing the GALA computer files
relating to After Nines and documenting the archives involvement
in the production. Duplicate material has been removed and is
stored separately.
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ANTONIOU, Theo
Personal
collection. 1 box.
AM 2909,APOSTLES
of Civilised Vice, The
Papers,
video recording, photographs; 1908 to 1999; 4 boxes; inventory
available
Background
note
Directed
by Zackie Achmat and produced by Jack Lewis, the documentary
Apostles of Civilised Vice (1999) is a social history of homosexuality
in South Africa.
Scope
and content
The collection
is made up of two parts. The first comprises the research material
for the documentary gathered by Zackie Achmat. The second consists
of a copy of the film and some production paraphernalia, including
scripts.
ARCHIVING GALA
Material
documenting GALA activities. Including the Rand Club dinner
(1998), Know-How conference (1998), Gay Games (1998) and the
Refiguring the Archives seminar series (1999).
AM 2802
ASSOCIATION of Bisexuals, Gays & Lesbians (ABIGALE), The
Papers;
1992 to 1995; 1 box; inventory available.
Brief
historical background
The Association
of Bisexuals, Gays and Lesbians (ABIGALE) was formed in 1992.
The majority of its membership was composed of urban, working-class
African and coloured people. In the predominately white gay
bars and clubs in the city, racism was a major problem, and
there were almost no alternatives in the townships or Cape Flats.
In the absence
of secure places for black and coloured gay and lesbian people
to socialise and express themselves, ABIGALE provided an important
and much needed social function. Its founding members recognized
at the start that this social support work would be a core component
of the organisation and saw it as a necessary first step in
before more overtly political work could be undertaken.
Its members
came from a highly politicised background, and many drew inspiration
from the experience of ACT-UP, Outrage, and Queer Nation with
their pickets, occupations and anti-assimilationist stance (for
example, successful pickets were held in Green-market Square
and outside a gay club that discriminated against black and
coloured people). In this ABIGALE differed from the predominately
white, middle-class organizations of the left and right that
had existed in Cape Town in the past.
However,
tensions soon developed between members who wanted ABIGALE to
develop into a more actively political organisation and those
members who saw it as primarily providing a safe space for socialising.
This contributed to the collapse of the organisation in 1995,
as did accompanying tensions over language and the dominant
role played by coloured activists in the running of the organisation.
Scope
and content
Organisational
records of ABIGALE. Includes newsletters, press clippings and
memorabilia.
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AM 2867
AUDIOVISUAL Material
Audio and
video cassettes; 1990 to 2002.
Miscellaneous
films and sound-recordings documenting lesbian and gay life
and history in South Africa. Films include the GALA co-productions,
Dark and Lovely, Soft and Free, Everything Must Come to Light,
and Josi: the Queer Tour.
Others include
Gay Life is Best, The Man Who Drove Mandela, and Apostles of
Civilised Vice. Also some international films. Viewing and listening
facilities are available at the archives, but it is recommended
that researchers book in advance.
AM 2863
AUERBACH, Margaret
Papers;
1979 to 1999; 1 box; inventory available.
Organisational
records of GLOW, press clippings, photographs and academic papers.
AM 2757
AVERSION Project, The
Papers;
1982 to 2001; 1 box; inventory available.
Brief
historical background
This research
report focused on human rights abuses of gays and lesbians in
the South African Defense Force by health workers during the
apartheid era. It was a collaborative project between GALA and
the Health and Human Rights Project, associated with the Community
Health Department at the University of Cape Town. This project
was supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
The research
team for the study comprised Mikki van Zyl, Jeanelle de Gruchy,
Sheila Lapinsky, Simon Lewin and Graeme Reid. Since completion,
the findings of this project have been widely disseminated through
the media in South Africa, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Scope
and content
The collection
consists of a research report titled "The aVersion Project:
Human rights abuses of gays and lesbians in the South African
Defence Force by health workers during the apartheid era"
(1999) as well as the research material for this report (including
interviews (some embargoed) and background information). The
collection also includes the subsequent coverage of the report
and related stories.
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