AA News May 1985

AA News May 1985

AA News highlighted support from the UDF (United Democratic Front), CUSA (Council of Unions of South Africa) and SWAPO for the disinvestment campaign. It reported on the daily vigils held outside the South African embassy in London by the AAM’s new Multi-Faith Committee. Rev John Wheeler exposed the destruction wreaked by South African armed forces in northern Namibia. The centrespread listed ten immediate demands to the British government, including a ban on new investment in South Africa. The newspaper featured the London festival of African music organised by Julian Bahula and the growing movement of people’s drama within South Africa.

Category: 1980s
Copyright: AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Date/Year: 1985