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Travel & Culture - South Africa World History & Politics
  • Interviewing St. Clair Drake, author of "Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City."

    May. 10, 1976

    A discussion with sociologist and anthropologist St. Clair Drake at the time of his receiving an honorary award from Roosevelt University on the themes of his convocation address. A fascinating deep-dive into race relations from the Revolution to the Bicentennial, touching on the contradictions, crises and struggles that led to Black institutions and liberation. Studs plays several excerpts from previous programs with St.

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

    Apr. 10, 1989

    Discussing the book "Soweto, My Love: A Testimony to Black Life in South Africa" with the author Collins Molapantene Ramusi.

  • Interviewing South African exiles Donald and Wendy Woods

    Oct. 23, 1987
  • Discussing the political struggle in South Africa with anti-apartheid activist and South African Parliament member Helen Suzman ; part 1 and reading Nadine Gordimer's short story, "The Train from Rhodesia" ; part 2

  • Discussing the war in Zimbabwe, and the role of the Catholic Church in Africa with author Sister Janice McLaughlin

    Mar. 8, 1979
  • Discussing South Africa with Professor Barbara Masakela

    Apr. 11, 1990

    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.

  • Hilda Bernstein discusses her life and exile from South Africa

    May. 21, 1975

    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).

  • Dennis Brutus discusses the non-violent fight against Aparthied in South Africa and reads his poetry

    Sep. 13, 1972

    Interview begins with excerpt of interview with Chief Albert John Luthuli (excerpt from 1895817-6-1). Dennis Brutus reads several of his poems from the book "Letters to Martha and Other Poems From a South African Prison" (Letters number 1, 9, 17 - "In prison"). Dennis Brutus discusses the 1972 Summer Olympics and being imprisoned for being an activist against Apartheid and the unreasonable laws that went along with Apartheid.

  • Pat Duncan discusses Apartheid and South Africa ; part 1

    1963

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

  • Discussing the book "Biko" with the author Donald Woods.

    Donald Woods discusses his book "Biko"

    May. 17, 1978

    Discussing the book "Biko" with the author Donald Woods.

  • Interview with Harold Rubin, Barno Hughes and Carl [J.?] Douglas Fuchs

    1963

    Interviewing Barno Hughes, Harold Rubin, Carl Douglas Fuchs : Studs Terkel in South Africa.

  • 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.

  • Discussing South Africa with exiled South African Anglican priest and African National Congress activist Rev. Michael Lapsley

    Nov. 1, 1991
  • Interviewing Col. Laurens Van Der Post

    Nov. 1, 1963

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  • Discussing the struggle for democratic rule in South Africa with President of the African National Congress and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Zulu Chief Albert John Luthuli

    Mar. 1963
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