Counter-archives, including those aligned to universities, have grown and developed as alternatives to the conventional and traditional mainstream archives. The purpose of this paper is to look into how such counter-archives are building and using their holdings. The study is based on two purposively selected counter-archives, which are the Sinomlando Centre and Memory Work in Africa and South African History Archive. The data were collected through interviews and document analysis, especially of the respective websites. One of the conclusions drawn from the paper is that counter-archives are here to stay as the general public is losing confidence in established traditional institutions.

反归档，包括那些与大学结盟的归档，已经作为传统和传统主流档案的替代品而发展壮大。本文的目的是研究此类反归档文件是如何建立和使用其馆藏的。这项研究基于两个有针对性地选择的反归档文件，即Sinomlando中心和“非洲记忆工作”和“南非历史档案馆”。这些数据是通过访谈和文件分析收集的，尤其是各个网站的数据。该论文得出的结论之一是，随着公众对已建立的传统机构失去信心，反归档文件将继续存在。