They also help to rebut the notion that sub-Saharan Africa produced only oral histories, with little or no written records.

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Our Oral History collection continues to grow and includes the oral histories of women from World War I to the present.

WHITEHOUSE: We Started With A Dream

Mr Nelson has conducted extensive interviews with members of the Apollo space programme and combed through NASA archives, newly declassified CIA documents and oral histories.

ECONOMIST: The race to the moon

While documenting oral Mayan histories, the collective trains and employs people who would otherwise have no access to formal education.

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