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Exhibition Signs of Solidarity: the Dutch against Apartheid
The exhibition Signs of Solidarity: the Dutch against apartheid visualizes the contributions of Dutch anti-apartheid activists and their supporters during the international struggle against racism... [Event]
NiZa Collection on Southern Africa
On Tuesday 19 April 2011 a meeting was held at the IISH presenting the official completion of the archiving project around the anti-apartheid and Southern Africa collection which the IISH received in... [Event]
Verzet tegen de multinational
Debat: Verzet tegen de multinational: Shell en de anti-apartheids bewegingErvaringsdeskundigen en historici vertellen over de roerige jaren '70 en '80, toen blokkades, protesten en verzet tegen de... [Event]
Nelson Mandela and the Netherlands
Nelson Mandela, an icon of our time, spent a long career in the South African liberation movement, the African National Congress. He served 27 years in jail for his leading role in the anti-apartheid... [Exhibition]
Posters Nelson Mandela
The IISH administers an unique collection of posters about the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. As the most important leader of this struggle, Nelson Mandela frequently appeares on these... [Image gallery]
Mandela’s state visit to the Netherlands
Mandela’s state visit to the Netherlands on 11 and 12 March 1999. This series is part of a photo gallery on Nelson Mandela.1. Royal welcome to President Mandela and Graça Machel at the beginning of... [Image gallery]
Anti-apartheid Posters
A selection of posters from the IISH collections on the IISH Flickr channel. [Image gallery]
Anti-Apartheid and Southern Africa Collection Guide
IIn 2008 the IISH acquired an extensive collection of archival materials relating to the anti-apartheid and Southern Africa solidarity groups in The Netherlands. It concerns the archives and related... [Collection guide]
Shipping Research Bureau
To coincide with the celebration of twenty years of democracy in South Africa, the IISH has now made available to researchers the archives of a unique Dutch organization: the Shipping Research Bureau... [Collection highlight]
Werkgroep Kairos
The Netherlands and South Africa have a longstanding, close and often turbulent bond. This is understandable, since South Africa is the only popular outgrowth that has emerged from Dutch colonialism... [Collection highlight]

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