The University of Fort Hare has a unique place in the history of the liberation movements of our land. We, in the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania are therefore proud to be associated with the University's Centre for Cultural Studies where the political archives of the PAC will be lodged.
The first founding President of PAC, Comrade Robert Sobukwe, as a student leader at Fort Hare, made a profound impact when he, with great passion and dynamism, attacked the white paternalism of the then hierarchy of the University. From his utterance then, it was clear that this courageous undergraduate was going to make his mark on the history of our liberation movement. It is therefore most appropriate that our historical archives should be lodged with this Centre, above all others.
I am pleased that the Centre will have a wider compass covering a spectrum, which includes the promotion of our great African cultural heritage free from the eurocentric domination of the past; community research programmes, which concentrate on the African experience and promote the development of human resources and training programmes that mould a new free and independent African personality.
The Centre receives the blessings of our Party and people. Let men and women of goodwill give support to it with enthusiasm and generosity.
Clarence Mlamli Makwetu
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Last updated 18 September 1998