African Activist Archive

Funding proposal from the Los Angeles chapter of the Mozambique Support Network (MSN) to the Liberty Hill Foundation. The Los Angeles chapter as well as the national organization were formed in 1987 and see themselves as part of the larger anti-apartheid movement, focusing on how apartheid impacts the entire region of southern Africa. Mozambique's explicitly non-racial and socialist politics made it a target of South Africa. South Africa's war of destabilization against Mozambique has resulted in half a million deaths, over a million refugees, and the virtual destruction of the Mozambican economy. The MSN Los Angeles chapter has sponsored several Mozambican visitors, screened new videos, and distributed literature (books, pamphlets, and a newsletter) on Mozambique throughout southern California. Speakers in the Los Angeles area have included Prakash Ratilal (Vice Minister and Mozambique's Disaster Relief Program), Graҫa Machel (formerly Mozambique's Minister of Education and a national leader of the women's organization), Marcelino dos Santos (President of Mozambique's People's Assembly), Malangtana Ngwenya (internationally renowned muralist and painter), and Prexy Nesbitt (special consultant to the Mozambican government). The chapter's outreach has involved religious activists, the Black community, and people associated with university African studies programs in the Los Angeles area. Current important changes in South Africa may have a positive impact on Mozambique and the other Front Line states, but it is too soon to judge. The proposal mentions KPFK, KCBS, International Human Rights Coalition annual conference, the Nelson Mandela Reception at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles), the Hoover International Care Centre, CalArts in Valencia, USC, William Grant Still Community Arts Center, the Los Angeles City Council, California State University at San Bernardino, Chapman College, the Friends of the ANC coalition, the Southern Africa Resource Center at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Los Angeles Student Coalition, the Southern California Ecumenical Council on South Africa, the Democratic Socialists of America, Mozambican children orphaned and injured in the war, the Children of War tour, the SWAPO Support Committee, postcards, T-shirts, material aid, and racism.

African Activist Archive

MOZAMBIQUE SUPPORT NETWORK/L.A. LIBERTY HILL FUNDING PROPOSAL

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