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Apartheid in South Africa 

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Best Bets for Nonfiction Books about South Africa

Best Bets for Fiction Books about South Africa

Best Bets for Videos

  • Amandla!: Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid. DVD copy available in the library (also available to stream on Amazon Prime)
  • RFK In the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of HopeUsing never before seen archival footage, and interviews in South Africa and the United States, filmmakers Larry Shore and Tami Gold tell the unknown story of Robert Kennedy's 1966 visit to South Africa during the worst years of Apartheid. The film evokes the connections between the American Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa. The filmmakers find witness to this special moment in time through the sights and sounds of present day South Africa. DVD copy available in the library (also available to stream on Amazon Prime)
    • Robert Kennedy spoke at the University of Cape Town, South Africa N.U.S.A.S. "Day of Affirmation" Speech June 6th, 1966 "Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."
  • Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa: Documentary about Albie Sachs, a lawyer, writer, art lover and freedom fighter, set against the dramatic events leading to the overthrow of the apartheid regime in South Africa.

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