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Travel & Culture - South Africa
  • Suzanne Sheppard, Joan Allen, Francis Guinan in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 27, 1986
  • Studs Terkel comments and presents the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King ; part 3

    1963

    Presenting performances at the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King while Studs was in South Africa. They talked how they brought folk music back to South Africa.

  • Studs Terkel comments and presents the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King ; part 2

    1963

    Presenting performances at the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King while Studs was in South Africa. They talked how they brought folk music back to South Africa.

  • Sophiatown Church of Christ the King

    Studs Terkel comments and presents the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King ; part 1

    1963

    Presenting performances at the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King while Studs was in South Africa. They talked how they brought folk music back to South Africa.

  • Sophiatown Church of Christ the King

    Studs meets with Jeremy Taylor to drive to Sophiatown and attend a service at Church of Christ the King; part 2

    1963

    Hotel outside in sunshine, observing the people around him on Von Velig St and Clerque St waiting for Jeremy Taylor satirical pop/folk singer. Riding in the car to Sophiatown Church of Christ the King with Jeremy Taylor, they discuss Sophiatown being a truly integrated town and the town being torn down once the government decided it was a white area. They attend a service at Church of Christ the King with beautiful singing of the congregation.

  • South African miners

    South African gold miners discuss their work

    1963

    Studs talks with Mr Law, the chief of the miners hospital, and the workers in the mine as he tours the gold mine. He he speaks to the miners about where they are from and talks with them about their jobs.

  • Reading Nicholas Von Hoffman's "Mississippi notebook II" with additional comments on South Africa

    Sep. 24, 1964

    Terkel comments and reads from Mississippi notebook II

  • Presenting South African songs with Dr. Helen Kivnick

    Feb. 1, 1988
  • Presenting "In Africa" ; part 2

    Feb. 25, 1963
  • Presenting "In Africa" ; part 1

    Feb. 25, 1963

    Terkel comments about Africa

  • Pat Duncan discusses Apartheid and South Africa ; part 1

    1963

    South African anti-apartheid activist Pat Duncan discusses Apartheid and South Africa, part 1.

  • Pat Duncan and Deborah Cowan

    Pat Duncan and Deborah Cowan discusses Apartheid and South Africa ; part 2

    1963

    Pat Duncan and Deborah Cowan discusses Apartheid and South Africa, part 2. Duncan's portion of the program concludes at 00:14:20, and the rest of the program features Cowan.

  • Sophiatown Church of Christ the King

    On Location in South Africa, Studs speaks with two university students about race relations. Also speaking with members of African Music and Drama Association about upcoming performances ; part 1

    1963

    Studs interviews two Natal University students Richard and Nathan they discuss race relations (apartheid)in South Africa. Linda Mhjongo actress and alumni of African Music and Drama Association (AMDA) talks to Studs about returning to Johannesburg from London. Gideon, musical director of (AMDA) talks about and plays the music of their current production "Spinnono". Lancelot, a 14 year old boy plays the piano. A young lady, Rose sings a couple of short songs from "Spinnono". Connie Mombasa director of AMDA production "Men without shadows" John Paul Sartre, talks about the play.

  • Nadine Gordimer

    Nadine Gordimer discusses her book "A Guest of Honor"

    Nov. 6, 1970

    South African writer and political activist Nadine Gordimer joins Studs Terkel to talk about her book “A Guest of Honor,” a novel that explores African politics in a post-colonialism era. As an introduction to their conversation, Terkel plays a clip of an interview with Conor Cruise O’Brien, where an interaction with former Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah is discussed.

  • Molapantene Collins Ramusi discusses his book "Soweto, My Love"

    Apr. 10, 1989

    In his book, "Soweto, My Love: A Testimony to Black Life in South Africa" Molapantene Collins Ramusi talks about the love for his homeland and one day hoping to see it free. Ramusi also talks about going to the 1st grade when he was 17. Ramusi became a lawyer to defend the defenseless. He was a warrior in the courts, defending widows who were told they were breaking the law by living in an apartment that belonged to their dead husbands.

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