Swapo Party archives get new home

Swapo Party archives get new home

The new Swapo Party Archive and Research Centre (SPARC) was opened at 36 Promenaden Road in Windhoek.

The centre was established in August 2003 to identify and collect documents, photographs, slides and films relating to the Namibian liberation struggle. SPARC has collected about 3,5 million documents, 200 hours of film and video and some 7 000 photographs.Most of the collection was repatriated from the party’s headquarters in Angola and other former Swapo offices around the world.Institutions and individuals who had been involved in the struggle have also donated material.The archive has a website at www.sparc.na where some of the material can be viewed.SPARC has collected about 3,5 million documents, 200 hours of film and video and some 7 000 photographs.Most of the collection was repatriated from the party’s headquarters in Angola and other former Swapo offices around the world.Institutions and individuals who had been involved in the struggle have also donated material.The archive has a website at www.sparc.na where some of the material can be viewed.

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