1970s

Mike Terry was the Executive Secretary of the Anti-Apartheid Movement from 1975 until it was dissolved after the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa in 1994.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out in 2000 by Håkan Thörn.

Children from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique were forced into exile by the South African government’s repression inside its borders and its attacks on its neighbours. This pamphlet exposed the harsh conditions in refugee camps and the initatives taken by the Southern African liberation movements to provide care and education for exiled children. It was published by the International Defence and Aid Fund and distributed by the AAM.