DON'T SUPPORT SLAVERY - BOYCOTT SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCTS

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Creator

Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa

Place Created

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Date

Undated, about August or September 1972

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

1 page

Description

The leaflet urges people to boycott "Kaffir Tea." It points out that "Kaffir" is a derogatory term for blacks used by the ruling white minority in South Africa similar to the term Nigger" in the U.S. The leaflet argues that buying Kaffir Tea, which is sold in many Madison stores, as well as other South African-produced products such as "Gant" guavas, Rock lobster tails, South African wine, and even diamonds mined by underpaid black labor, help perpetuate the South African regime whose leaders were Nazi sympathizers during World War II. The leaflet points out that, in March 1960, South African police killed 69 blacks peacefully protesting the abhorrent pass laws. Buying South African products...

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Organization

Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of David Wiley and William Minter, former members of Madison Area Committee on Southern Africa.

Collection

William Minter papers, Michigan State University Library Special Collections