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Iain Whyte volunteered at Christian Action as a school student in London and attended the first meeting of the Boycott Movement in June 1959. He was a student at Glasgow University in the early 1960s and joined Glasgow Anti-Apartheid Committee. He was later ordained as a Church of Scotland minister and served as the Scottish Anti-Apartheid Movement’s Religious Liaison Officer and the convenor of the Church of Scotland’s Africa Committee. Iain has researched and written on enslavement and the abolitionist movement and more recently campaigned for solidarity with Palestinians.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out as part of a research project on the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and South Africa’s transition to majority rule, conducted by Dr Matt Graham (History programme, University of Dundee) and Dr Christopher Fevre (International Studies Group, University of the Free State) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13619462.2021.1976154

Simon Sapper grew up in London in a household that boycotted South African goods, and from an early age he was aware of the anti-apartheid struggle. On leaving university in 1984 he joined the staff of the Anti-Apartheid Movement as a campaigns organiser, with special responsibility for trade unions and political parties. He played a central role in organising the AAM demonstration calling for sanctions against South Africa in November 1985 and the Festival for Freedom in June 1986. In November 1986 he left to work for the Institution of Professional Civil Servants.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out as part of a research project on the British Anti-Apartheid Movement and South Africa’s transition to majority rule, conducted by Dr Matt Graham (History programme, University of Dundee) and Dr Christopher Fevre (International Studies Group, University of the Free State). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13619462.2021.1976154

Steve Howell first became aware of apartheid as a teenage cricket fan, shocked that Basil D’Oliveira was not selected for England’s tour of South Africa in 1968. He campaigned against apartheid as a student at Sheffield University and was a founder member of the Sheffield Campaign Against Racism in 1977. In 1982, Steve organised a UN conference on South Africa held in Sheffield, which was a catalyst for the creation of Local Authorities Against Apartheid (LAAA). After working for Sheffield Council for Racial Equality for four years, he was appointed by Sheffield City Council in 1986 to act as secretary of LAAA, a post he held until 1992.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out as part of a research project on anti-apartheid local groups affiliated to the AAM, conducted by Dr Matt Graham (History programme, University of Dundee) and Dr Christopher Fevre (International Studies Group, University of the Free State). 

Flyer publicising an evening of Indian music and dance at London’s Institute of Education on 15 April 1983.