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Program of an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Africa Fund at Riverside Church September 30, 1991. The program says Walter Sisulu was elected Deputy President of the African National Congress at its July 1991 conference; he has been Nelson Mandela's closest political associate for over99 thirty years; before they were both imprisoned on Robben Island, he was the ANC's General Secretary, known as the "Lion of the ANC" for his courage and determination; since his release from prison Sisulu has been centrally engaged in re-organizing the ANC inside the country. The program says Albertina Sisulu was elected Deputy President of the African National Congress Women's League at its first national conference in April 1991; she joined the ANC Women's League in the early 1940s and participated in dozens of protests, including the 1958 burning of pass books; after the ANC was banned in 1960, Mrs. Sisulu was subjected to 18 years of tough government restriction orders; nevertheless she remained a key activist and was elected one of three co-presidents of the United Democratic Front in 1984. People on the program include Tilden LeMelle, Chair, The Africa Fund; Rev. James Forbes, Senior Minister, Riverside Church; Honorable David N. Dinkins, Mayor, City of New York; and Marsha Bonner, Vice Chair, The Africa Fund. The program includes First Annual Africa Fund Lecture: "Challenges for Africa" delivered by Walter Sisulu. The program says a reception to honor Walter and Albertina Sisulu to follow. The program includes quotes by Nelson Mandela; Mike Terry, Executive Secretary, Anti-Apartheid Movement (Britain); Julius Nyerere; and OAU Secretary-General H.E. Mr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The program discusses the United Democratic Front (UDF), Robert Mugabe, political prisoners, sanctions against apartheid, the oppressed peoples of southern Africa, advocacy work, the U.S. Senate, Congress, the political freedom of African nations, international solidarity with the struggle against racism, international financial institutions, industrialized nations, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the liberation movements of southern Africa, Artists for a Free South Africa, and Lee Levin. • HONOREES • BENEFIT COMMITTEE • PROGRAM • CONTRIBUTORS • THE AFRICA FUND

African Activist Archive

THE AFRICA FUND 25 YEARS A Quarter Century Supporting Freedom

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