Artists

Programme for the fundraising evening of Freedom Theatre staged by the AAM on 22 March 1970 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Sharpeville massacre. The event included short plays by leading British playwrights and attracted an audience of 1,500 at the Lyceum Theatre. It received wide media coverage. The AAM depended on membership subscriptions and events such as this to fund its campaigns.

Programme for an evening of music and readings to mark Human Rights Day, 10 December 1975, and raise funds for campaigns for Southern African political prisoners. Among the performers were actor Ian McKellen and South African saxophonist Dudu Pukwana.

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

This programme of events organised by Merton AA Group in south London, October–December 1980, included a fundraising filmshow and concert, with Liverpool reggae band Cross Section, and an evening of poetry and music with South African singer James Phillips. It advertised pickets of the local branches of Sainsbury’s and Barclays Bank, and a material aid collection.

Programme for a weekend of film, music, stalls and discussion, organised by Merseyside AA Group to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the African National Congress. The weekend included a showing of the film ‘Generations of Resistance’ and an evening of music and poetry with John Matshikiza, James Phillips and David Evans.

Flyer advertising a fundraising gig with Orchestre Jazira at the University of London Union in January 1982. The concert was organised by the recently-formed London Anti-Apartheid Committee, set up to co-ordinate the work of local anti-apartheid and other sympathetic groups in London. It was the first of many gigs promoted by the London AA Committee over the next decade.

Poster advertising the Festival of African Sounds, held at Alexandra Palace, north London on 17 July 1983, the eve of Nelson Mandela’s 65th birthday. The concert featured new music by African musicians. The all-star line-up included Hugh Masekela, Jazz Afrika, Dudu Pukwana and the Ipi Tombi dancers. The concert was organised by the AAM and sponsored by the Musicians Union, Arts Council and Greater London Arts Association.

The Festival of African Sounds at Alexandra Palace in north London, marking Nelson Mandela’s 65th birthday in July 1983,  was the first big concert held for Mandela. It featured new music by African musicians. The all-star line-up included Hugh Masekela, Jazz Afrika, Dudu Pukwana and the Ipi Tombi dancers. The concert was sponsored by the Musicians Union, the Arts Council and Greater London Arts Association.