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South African anti-apartheid activist Pat Duncan discusses Apartheid and South Africa, part 1.
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.
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.
Jennifer Davis, Bill Sutherland, and Zola Zembe discuss the South Africa and their experiences with apartheid. Jennifer Davis grew up in the white middle class society of Johannesburg, whereas Zola Zembe, a native black man who lives in Capetown. They, along with Bill Sutherland, an American who works as a Representative for the American Friends Service Committee, talk about the changes that need to made and how American people and companies can help. An earlier interview of Carl Douglas Fuchs is also played.
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.
Interviewing Barno Hughes, Harold Rubin, Carl Douglas Fuchs : Studs Terkel in South Africa.
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.