African Activist Archive

Program for Poets Against Apartheid Benefit held at Red Sky Poetry Theater on April 23, 1987. This cultural evening is dedicated to Benjamin Moloise, poet and ANC member who was hanged by the apartheid regime in 1985, and the poet Ben Langa, who was shot down in his doorway in 1984. Keith Jefferson will be the MC, and Selma Waldman will give the welcome and an update about the New York South African Poetry Festival. Keith Jefferson, David Marcial - INVOCATION (HENRY DUMAS), READINGS FROM JAMES MATTHEWS, MUSIC; Carletta Wilson - READINGS FROM AMELIA HOUSE; Phoebe Bosché, Marion Kimes - READINGS FROM THEIR OWN WORKS, AND OTHERS; interlude: township music; Zensile and Sophia Mosime - GUESTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA READ FROM THEIR POETRY; Carletta Wilson, Theresa Clark - SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF "TRESPASS"; Keith Jefferson - MANDELA ON TRIAL: EXCERPTS; Group Singing - "NKOSI SIKELEL' I-AFRIKA", AFRICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM. Prints and drawings for the poetry of Amelia House by Selman Waldman will be on display and for purchase.

African Activist Archive

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