Nelson Mandela Foundation Database

The Mandela archive is fragmented and scattered all over the world in various places. The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory does not seek to gather all of this under its roof. Instead, the focus is to document where it is and to enter into partnerships to ensure that it is preserved and accessible. Consult the Mandela Materials database, which is a guide to the Mandela archive located elsewhere.

 

However, a small amount has been collected since the establishment of the Centre of Memory in 2004, which has been categorised into the following archive groups and special collections:

 

• The Presidential Years archive
• Records from the Office of Nelson Mandela (his office at the NMF)
• Nelson Mandela’s personal archives
• Records of organisations and individuals related to the life and times of Nelson Mandela
• Records of the Nelson Mandela Foundation
• 46664 records – these are mainly the recordings of the various concerts and some organisational records
• Nelson Mandela Gifts Collection – gifts received by Mr Mandela mainly from 1999 onwards
• Nelson Mandela Awards Collections – awards received by Mr Mandela mainly after 1999