Zimbabwe

Chris Child became involved in the campaign to make Barclays Bank withdraw from South Africa when he was a student at Durham University. He was an Anti-Apartheid Movement staff membe from 1976 to 1982, initially as Trade Union Secretary and later as Deputy Executive Secretary. He was responsible for the AAM’s work with trade unions, the disinvestment campaign, Namibia and liaising with local AA groups.

In this clip Chris Child describes how the AAM applied to have Bishop Muzorewa tried for treason for signing death warrants in Zimbabwe, during Muzorewa’s visit to the UK.

Mike Gerrard joined the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the early 1960s and was a member of its Executive Committee.

This is a complete transcript of an interview carried out by Christabel Gurney in 2000.

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.