"Building the Movement: The Roots of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain"

In the first episode of our four-part series on the British anti-Apartheid movement (AAM) in Britain, SCGH editor Paul Feeney discusses the roots of anti-Apartheid activism with scholars of South Africa Dr. Matthew Graham (@SAhistoryMatt) and Dr. Christopher Fevre (@ChrisFevre).

(01:45) How the movement began in Britain. An introduction to the main ideas and activists which publicised the anti-Apartheid struggle throughout Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.

(14:01) The significance of the Sharpeville massacre, 21 March 1960.

(19:15) The British Government's response to Apartheid South Africa from 1964 onwards.

(22:36) Cold War politics and the international position of the ANC.

(29:43) The evolution of the movement into the 1970s.

(36:00) Business interests and Constructive engagement with the Apartheid state.

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