UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives

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Coordinates: -33.8810, 18.6240
Updated: 20 Jul 2026

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The Robben Island World Heritage Site has rich archival resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) campus. The Mayibuye Archive is one of the largest archives of liberation struggle materials in the country – the collections include many unique materials relating to the struggle for freedom, or to Robben Island and imprisonment under Apartheid.

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South African History Online. (2011, July 14). UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0065734

South African History Online (2011) 'UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0065734 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).

South African History Online, UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0065734, (accessed 23 July 2026).

"UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0065734. Accessed 23 July 2026.

South African History Online. "UWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0065734.