Uppsala Africa Group, UAG
History
Within Uppsala Student Union a subcommittee was set up in 1963 called Uppsala South Africa Committee (USAC). It consisted of representatives of different student organizations from political, religious and other sectors. From 1965 even private persons could be members of USAC. In 1966 this latter category of members organized an organization of their own called Uppsala South Africa Group, which in turn became a member organization of USAC. USAC was reorganized in 1968 and became an organization based on individual membership and the Uppsala South Africa Group ceased to exist. In 1970 USAC changed its name to Uppsala Africa Group (UAG). In 1994 UAG was dissolved.
The original purpose of USAC was to inform about apartheid and support the oppressed people of South Africa in different ways, i.a. a boycott of South African goods. With the change to UAG the character of the organization turned into anti-imperialism and the activities widened to cover the whole of Southern Africa with a focus on the Portuguese colonies. The armed struggle was supported with demonstrations, lobbying, a boycott and fund raising.
In the correspondence series, E 1: 1-10, letters to and from the liberation movements can be found as well as correspondence with other anti-apartheid movements of the world. In box E 1:1 there are documents on the transport of X-ray devices to PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau and in box E 1:2 you can find letters from Alex la Guma and other South African writers. Even the liberation fronts of Eritrea are represented in the archive.
Repository
Uppsala Peoples Movements Archive
[Folkrörelsearkivet för Uppsala län]
http://www.fauppsala.nu/
Address
The Africa Groups of Sweden [Afrikagrupperna]
Tegelviksgatan 40
SE-116 41 Stockholm
Sweden
Telephone: +47 8-442 70 60
E-mail: post@afrikagrupperna.se. uppsala@afrikagrupperna.se
http://www.afrikagrupperna.se/
http://www.afrikagrupperna.se/omag/uppsala.htm
| Extent: | 19 volumes. |
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| Ref. code: | 2189 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Period: | 1963-1994 |
| Keywords: | Uppsala Student Union Uppsala South Africa Committee USAC Voluntary organizations Uppsala South Africa Group Uppsala Africa Group UAG Anti-apartheid movement South Africa Anti-imperialism Portuguese colonies Liberation movements Anti-apartheid movements PAIGC Guinea-Bissau Alex la Guma Eritrea |