African Activist Archive

During1981, ACOA initiated: 1) a national speaking tour by Projects Director Dumisani Kumalo, 2) an Emergency Conference on Namibia, 3) a Conference on Public Investment and South Africa, 4) actions to stop the U.S. tour by the Springboks South African national rugby team, 5) a National Student Anti-Apartheid Conference which planned two weeks of national protests against Reagan's collaboration with South Africa, 6) support for the struggle for independence in Western Sahara by opposing US arms sales to Morocco, and 7) an intensified effort to provide community groups with information and resources on southern Africa. Jennifer Davis visited Angola as part of an International Commission and reported on the extremely difficult conditions in the refugee camps. ACOA Executive Director George Houser retired during the year. The report includes quotes from Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe; Julius K. Nyerere, President of Tanzania; and Edison Zvobgo, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and Housing. The report includes a photograph of Georgia State Senator Julian Bond. Contents: Legislative Divestment Action • Namibia and US Policy • Stopping the Springboks • Student Action • Arms Embargo • Western Sahara • Outreach and Information • American Committee on Africa • ACOA and The Africa Fund • The Future and ACOA • Executive Board

African Activist Archive

1981 ANNUAL REPORT

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