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Barno Hughes discusses being a writer in Johannesburg until 19:20 and Carl Douglas Fuchs discusses the diversity of South Africa: Studs Terkel in South Africa.
Interviewing South African author Andre Brink.
Hilda Bernstein tells Studs about her and her husband's activism in South Africa, apartheid, and the Sharpville demonstration. Includes an excerpt from the program with Chief Albert John Luthuli (Wav ID 1895817-6-1).
Discussing the book "Biko" with the author Donald Woods.
The book "Asking for Trouble: The Autobiography of a Banned Journalist" by Donald Woods was the result of Woods' five year ban to live in exile. As the editor of the Daily Dispatch, Woods had written against Apartheid. Gun shots fired into his home and nightly threatening phone calls were among scary events he faced. When his five-year-old daughter was sent a tee shirt laced with poison, it was then that Woods knew he and his family had to escape South Africa.
South African exiles Donald and Wendy Woods discuss the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and their exile. The two describe their ignorance to the privilege they experienced as white people in South Africa during Apartheid, an ignorance they maintained until meeting and forming a relationship with the founder of the Black Consciousness movement, Steve Biko. Studs plays "Kwela Blues" - Lemmy Special Mabaso.
Program includes an excerpt of a 1963 interview with Chief Albert Luthuli, President-General of the African National Congress and winner of the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize.