Contents: AFRICA FUND ANNUAL REPORT • RESEARCH AND EDUCATION • Empowering Americans to Act Against Apartheid • The Research Center • PROJECTS • Sun City • Refugee Aid • Special Projects • MEMBERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING • GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION • THE AFRICA FUND • 1985 Financial Results • Trustees • Advisory Committee • The report says the flame of resistance to apartheid burned brightly in 1985; hundreds of thousands of people-young and old, workers, teachers, priests and students- took to the streets organized strikes and boycotts, and defied state violence and repression by using the funerals of protesters killed by the...
Contents: AFRICA FUND ANNUAL REPORT • RESEARCH AND EDUCATION • Empowering Americans to Act Against Apartheid • The Research Center • PROJECTS • Sun City • Refugee Aid • Special Projects • MEMBERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING • GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION • THE AFRICA FUND • 1985 Financial Results • Trustees • Advisory Committee • The report says the flame of resistance to apartheid burned brightly in 1985; hundreds of thousands of people-young and old, workers, teachers, priests and students- took to the streets organized strikes and boycotts, and defied state violence and repression by using the funerals of protesters killed by the security forces to rally yet greater opposition. The report says over 200 children and many more hundreds of adult protesters were killed by police and soldiers; thousands of men, women and children were detained without trial; and the toll of mysterious deaths of popular leaders rose ominously. The report says the Botha government's determination to maintain domination throughout southern Africa carried violence into neighboring countries, wreaking terrible damage in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and Lesotho, among others. The report discusses U.S. policy; the divestment movement; corporations; investments in South Africa; nationwide campus concern; religious, labor and community leaders; human rights; Namibia refugees in Angola; Jennifer Davis; publications; Coretta Scott King; Little Steven; Julian Bond; Varnell Johnson; Manhattan Records, Mayor Andrew Young; Bruce Springsteen; Miles Davis; Pat Benatar; a casino center in a South African bantustan; Capitol Hill; Senator Bill Bradley; Representatives William Gray and Walter Fauntroy; Stephanie Urdang; South African political prisoners; violence; the South African military and police; the African National Congress (ANC); the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College; textbooks; clothing; SWAPO; the United Nations; children's toys; women's underwear; Dumisani Kumalo; the National Conference of Black Churches; P.W. Botha; sanctions; apartheid; and the American Committee on Africa (ACOA).
