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1985 South Africa's anti-apartheid movement...
1985 South Africa's anti-apartheid movement...
Item # 716029
July 09, 1985
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 9, 1985
* Nelson Mandela - future president of South Africa
* Anti Apartheid regime movement - violence - riots
Starting on the front page is a editorial on the turmoil happening in South Africa with headlines: "THE FIRE THIS TIME; SOUTH AFRICA'S INSURRECTION; Nelson Mandela: 'An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared To Die'" and related photo. Text continues on multiple inside pages with a few more related photos. See images for a portion of this editorial.
Note: In 1985, Nelson Mandela was still imprisoned, having served over two decades for his role in opposing South Africa’s apartheid regime. That year, President P.W. Botha offered to release Mandela on the condition that he renounce violence. Mandela refused, declaring that only free men could negotiate and emphasizing that the struggle against apartheid could not be compromised. His statement, read publicly by his daughter Zindzi Mandela, became a powerful symbol of resistance and reinforced his status as a key leader of the anti-apartheid movement.
Meanwhile, South Africa was experiencing intense internal conflict and growing international pressure. Widespread protests, boycotts, and violent clashes led the government to declare a partial state of emergency in July 1985. The African National Congress (ANC), though banned, was becoming increasingly influential, and global condemnation of apartheid was mounting, with countries beginning to impose economic sanctions. These events marked a crucial shift in the struggle, setting the stage for future negotiations and Mandela’s eventual release in 1990.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 120 pages, one fold across the center, nice condition.
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Category: The 20th Century
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