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  • Anti-Apartheid Solidarity N...
    Weaver, Frankie Nicole

    Safundi (Nashville, Tenn.), 04/2015, Letnik: 16, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    In 1957, American filmmaker Lionel Rogosin arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, determined to make a film about apartheid. "Anti-apartheid Solidarity Networks and the Production of Come Back, Africa" discusses the film's historical and cultural significance, and- a topic which deserves more attention- the film's production. The article examines the interconnected and international nature of early anti-apartheid activism. International movements against apartheid may have been relatively small between 1957 and up until March of 1960, but Come Back Africa's production shows that anti-apartheid activists and artists were becoming increasingly connected in a transnational web spanning the Atlantic with hubs in South Africa, Europe, and the United States. In the case of Come Back, Africa, relationships forged between Rogosin, black South African artists-activists (such as Lewis Nkosi, William "Bloke" Modisane, and Miriam Makeba) and white liberal anti-apartheid activists (including Father Trevor Huddleston, Reverend Michael Scott, and Mary Benson) proved mutually beneficial.