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Category Archives: Archival research
Zephania Mothopeng in London, 1989
Some time ago, we wrote about the rally organised in London in July 1989 at which Zephania Mothopeng, the President of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania spoke. Thanks to friends in the Netherlands who were previously involved with the Azania … Continue reading
Viva Carol, our convenor. No one tougher, no one meaner
Carol Brickley, the Convenor of the City of London Anti-Apartheid Group throughout the 12 years of its existence, died in September. Carol was central to the formation of City Group and her revolutionary communist politics played a key role in … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Dissemination, Gavin Brown, Interview material, Popular & Informal Education, Project staff
Tagged Anti-Apartheid Movement, anti-imperialism, apartheid in south africa, Carol Brickley, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, Non-Stop Picket, Revolutionary Communist Group
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Non-Stop Picket in the ‘Official’ Mandela Exhibition
On 8 February 2019 a new ‘official’ exhibition about Mandela’s life in London’s Waterloo. The exhibition has been organised by one of Mandela’s grandsons and pitches itself in the following terms: Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition is the major new global … Continue reading
Nelson Mandela: The Centenary Exhibition (impact and refections)
On 17 July 2018, to celebrate the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, a free exhibition opens at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London’s Southbank Centre, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The exhibition mostly charts Mandela’s … Continue reading
Posted in Archival research, Dissemination
Tagged AAM Archive Committee, ANC, Anti-Apartheid Movement, AZAPO, black consciousness movement, City of London Anti-Apartheid Group, David Kitson, Nelson Mandela, Norma Kitson, PAC, Revolutionary Communist Group, South African Communist Party
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Mementos of Steve Kitson
Sunday 12 November 2017 marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Steven Kitson. Steve was born in 1957 as the eldest child of the South African communists and anti-apartheid activists David and Norma Kitson. In the 1980s, he became … Continue reading
A suitable anniversary: youth and student action to close apartheid’s embassy
It is a joyful coincidence that our book Youth Activism and Solidarity: the Non-Stop Picket against Apartheid has been published on 19 October 2017. On this day, thirty-two years ago, hundreds of students and other young people took mass direct action … Continue reading
“It was a dark and stormy night” (against apartheid)
This weekend England is remembering the 30th anniversary of “The Great Storm” of 1987. On the night of 15 October, the South of England and France’s Atlantic coast were hit by one of the most powerful storms in living memory. … Continue reading
Lost Legends: Leicester’s Black History
Lost Legends is a project celebrating thirty years of Black History Month in Leicester. At the heart of the project is a current exhibition at Newarke Houses museum in the city. The exhibition aims to celebrate the achievements and contributions … Continue reading
Youth Activism and Solidarity: The Non-Stop Picket Against Apartheid book manuscript submitted
Today we have finally submitted the manuscript of Youth Activism and Solidarity, our book about the anti-apartheid Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy, to our publishers. The book will now go through a process of peer review. All being … Continue reading
Stopping the Non-Stop Picket, 24 February 1990
Today is the 25th anniversary of the end of the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London. The Non-Stop Picket had lasted 1408 days and nights, calling for the release of Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid demands. In the … Continue reading