Friday, December 8, 2006.  Twenty years ago today, Nobel Prize winner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_soyinka">Wole Soyinka</a> gave his <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1986/soyinka-lecture.html">Nobel lecture</a>, a call to action against the apartheid regime in South Africa.  I discuss Soyinka, his speech, as well as the efforts to change the situation in South Africa.  Those efforts included a famous protest song organized by <a href="http://www.littlesteven.com">Steven Van Zandt</a>, "Sun City." Podcast theme music composed and performed by <a href="http://www.drysmoke.com">Marc Rose</a>.

Friday, December 8, 2006. Twenty years ago today, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka gave his Nobel lecture, a call to action against the apartheid regime in South Africa. I discuss Soyinka, his speech, as well as the efforts to change the situation in South Africa. Those efforts included a famous protest song organized by Steven Van Zandt, "Sun City." Podcast theme music composed and performed by Marc Rose.

Friday, December 8, 2006.&nbsp; Twenty years ago today, Nobel Prize winner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_soyinka" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wole Soyinka</a> gave his <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1986/soyinka-lecture.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nobel lecture</a>, a call to action against the apartheid regime in South Africa.&nbsp; I discuss Soyinka, his speech, as well as the efforts to change the situation in South Africa.&nbsp; Those efforts included a famous protest song organized by <a href="http://www.littlesteven.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steven Van Zandt</a>, "Sun City." Podcast theme music composed and performed by <a href="http://www.drysmoke.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marc Rose</a>.

Episode #39 -- Wole Soyinka/South Africa

A look at the events and culture of the (relatively) recent past -- twenty, or sometimes thirty, years ago from the day of posting.  The 1980s. The 1990s.  People.  Society.  Books, movies, television and video games.  Crime and justice.  War and disasters.  It's all here, seen through the lens of my own memory.  Learn or remember about days not so long gone, and see how what happened then affects us today -- all in less than ten minutes per episode.

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A look at the events and culture of the (relatively) recent past -- twenty, or sometimes thirty, years ago from the day of posting. The 1980s. The 1990s. People. Society. Books, movies, television and video games. Crime and justice. War and disasters. It's all here, seen through the lens of my own memory. Learn or remember about days not so long gone, and see how what happened then affects us today -- all in less than ten minutes per episode.

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