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Program for An Evening of Solidarity With the People of Southern Africa on June 10 at Union Temple Baptist Church. The program includes Pre-Performance drumming by Baba Ngoma Na Rafiki Drummers; WELCOME by Joseph Jordan of SASP; INVOCATION by Rev. Willie Wilson, Union Temple Baptist Church; Black National Anthem; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - SOLIDARITY MESSAGES Karen Jefferson, co-chair of SASP; POETRY SELECTIONS Lasana Sekou; Special Presentation by The Children of Wash., DC; INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER - Jean Sindab, Washington Office on Africa; KEYNOTE SPEAKER - President Sam Nujoma, South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO); OFFERING; Special Selection; and BENEDICTION by Rev. Willie Wilson. The program includes a brief history of Namibia (sometimes called South-West Africa) and the 20-year liberation struggle led by the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). The Southern Africa Support Project (SASP) and the Washington, D.C. community stand in solidarity with the people of Namibia to work towards the elimination of South African oppression in the region and the establishment of a just and moral government of the people. In addition to groups listed in the program, SASP thanks the Graduate Student Council of Howard University, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, TransAfrica, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Nation-African Liberation Art Ensemble, and staff and students of Watoto, Ujamaa, and Roots Learning Center Schule's (Independent Schools). The program includes an excerpt of the poem Freedom Song by Lasana Sekou.

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An Evening of Solidarity With the People of Southern Africa – Speaker: Sam Nujoma

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