Defend Mozambique - Defeat Apartheid: Join the Soweto Day 1990 Walkathon

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Creator

Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa; Church World Service; Mozambique Support Network

Place Created

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date

June 1990

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Leaflet advertising the Soweto Day 1990 Walkathon. The leaflet says on June 16, 1976, 20,000 students in Soweto marched to protest the use of Afrikaans in their schools. The leaflet says the triumph of independence in Mozambique in 1975, which inspired the students at Soweto, was soon soured by the terrorist destabilization caused by the Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO). RENAMO was first directed and funded by the white colonialist government of Rhodesia and was then taken over by the South African government following the 1980 liberation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The leaflet says the Mozambican people through their churches and other organizations have struggled to deal with the...

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Publisher

Mozambique Support Network; Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa; Church World Service

Organization

Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa
Church World Service
Mozambique Support Network

Coverage Africa

Mozambique

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Mozambique Support Network.

Collection

Kathleen Sheldon papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections