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  • Discussing the book "The Last Empire: DeBeers, Diamonds, and the World" with the author, editor and columnist Stefan Kanfer

    Aug. 16, 1993
  • Discussing the book "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, & His Conscience" with Rian Malan

    Jan. 31, 1990
  • Discussing the book "My Traitor's Heart: A South African Exile Returns to Face His Country, His Tribe, & His Conscience" with Rian Malan

    Mar. 5, 1991
  • Discussing the book "Kaffir Boy in America: An Encounter with Apartheid" with the author Mark Mathabane

    Jun. 29, 1989

    Program includes an excerpt of a 1963 interview with Carl Douglas Fuchs (T1341).

  • Discussing the book "Freedom Rising" with James North

    Apr. 18, 1985
  • Discussing the book "A Sport of Nature" with the author Nadine Gordimer.

    Oct. 5, 1987
  • Discussing South Africa with South African expatriates, Reverend Theodore and Helen Koetze

    Apr. 21, 1980
  • 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.

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

    Nov. 1, 1991
  • Discussing South Africa and interviewing Nadine Gordimer ; part 2

    Feb. 1963
  • Discussing South Africa and interviewing Nadine Gordimer ; part 1

    Feb. 1, 1963
  • Discussing Apartheid, South Africa, British colonialism, and Afrikaner and Black African cultures with South African expatriates, Reverend Theodore Koetze and Helen Koetze

    Mar. 26, 1984
  • Dennis Brutus

    Dennis Brutus, John Fry, and Judith Todd discusses race, South Africa, and Rhodesia

    Apr. 28, 1973

    Judith Todd, daughter of prime minister of Rhodesia, discusses the book "Right to say no"; Dennis Brutus, poet and involved in protest of Rhodesia taking part in 1972 Olympics, and John Fry pastor First Presbyterian Church and social writer, race, South Africa, and Rhodesia. Excerpt from interview of people in South Africa - a guide, an Afrikaner, and a Chicago policeman regarding race (1895817-6-1 South African Tapes). The three were brought together to have a round table discussion about race relations in South Africa.

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

    Sep. 13, 1972

    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. Interview begins with excerpt of interview with Chief Albert John Luthuli (excerpt from 1895817-6-1).

  • Dennis Brutus

    Dennis Brutus discusses his work as a poet and as an activist against apartheid South Africa

    Oct. 16, 1975
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