Program for a workshop on August 12, 1978 about the history of South African Women's Day. As early as 1913, women marched and burned passbooks in protest of the much hated pass law system in South Africa. On August 9, 1956, 20,000 women of all races assembled in Pretoria despite tremendous intimidation. They stood in silence for 30 minutes and then sang a new freedom song; "Now you have touched the women, you have struck a root, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed." South African Women's Day has become a symbol of unity and action for people against apartheid. The day also affirms or strength for the struggle for justice here at home. The program includes: African drumming and...
Program for a workshop on August 12, 1978 about the history of South African Women's Day. As early as 1913, women marched and burned passbooks in protest of the much hated pass law system in South Africa. On August 9, 1956, 20,000 women of all races assembled in Pretoria despite tremendous intimidation. They stood in silence for 30 minutes and then sang a new freedom song; "Now you have touched the women, you have struck a root, you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed." South African Women's Day has become a symbol of unity and action for people against apartheid. The day also affirms or strength for the struggle for justice here at home. The program includes: African drumming and dancing, African fashions, biographies of Florence Matomela, Winnie Mandela, and Lillian Ngoyi, and workshops at Langston Hughes Center on the Krugerrand campaign, the Bank loan campaign, Black consciousness and awareness, and the UW (University of Washington) divestment campaign. There also will be poems by Zindzi Mandela and about Harriet Tubman. Music by Gwinya, four women playing traditional Zimbabwean instruments. The slideshow "Banking on South Africa" and "South Africa: Freedom Rising" will be shown. Program sponsors are UW Black Studies Dept., UW Women's Commission, Third World Coalition, AFSC-Southern Africa Summer, and Langston Hughes Cultural Center. Endorsements are Radical Women, Health Activists Alliance, Rev. WM. Cate, Guardian Club of Sea, Yvonne Wanrow Defense, and University YWCA. • JOIN HANDS TO BREAK THE LINKS
