The collection contains primary material from Swapo and about Swapo dating from the 1960s to 1990. It contains the history of Swapo and the Namibian liberation struggle.

A brief listing of thematically organised diverse material on Namibia at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (pamphlets, newscuttings, photocopies, articles, microfilms, manuscripts). Unfortunately, bibliographical information is non-existing, and there is no index.