African Activist Archive

The newsletter discusses the October 19 crackdown by the South African government on a broad range of back and liberal white protest groups and advertises a protest demonstration on October 29 at the Federal Court House. People are asked to write to President Jimmy Carter demanding that the U.S. Government support U.N. economic sanctions against South Africa. The newsletter includes an article and leaflet advertising a film and lecture series, SOUTHERN AFRICA: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. Films will include Massacre at Nyazonia, A Luta Continua, Last Grave at Dimbaza, Namibia: A Trust Betrayed, and Angola: The People Have Chosen. Lecturers who will appear with the films include Niko Ngwenyama, North American Representative of ZANU (Zimbabwe African People's Union); Niva Padhila of the American Friends Service Committee; Thami Mhlambiso, UN Representative of the African National Congress; a representative of SWAPO (South West African People's Organization); and Carol Barnett, Liberation Support Movement. The newsletter discusses apartheid; Krugerrand dealers Rare Coin Gallery, Downtown Stamp and Coin, and Northgate Coin Shop; Donald Woods; Steven Biko; the Committee of Ten; Percy Qoboza, editor of The World; the Black Consciousness movement; Black Community Programs; the South African Students Association; the South African Students Movement; the Soweto Students Representative Council; the Soweto Teachers Action Committee; the Black People's Convention; and the Christian Institute. Contents: PROTEST THE BANNINGS and ARRESTS! • BAN THE KRUGERRAND! • ACTION AGENDA • SOUTH AFRICA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

African Activist Archive

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