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10 months ago    |   Tags: south africa apartheid space moon   |   Notes: 1
southafricantvads: APOLLO 11, APARTHEID AND TV “On July 20 [1969] my family like millions of other South African families — was huddled around a crackling radio, listening to the moonwalk. Nobody in the entire country could watch it on TV.” Read Rob Nixon’s account of why South Africans missed out and what the moon landing did for us… [full article] [image source]

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APOLLO 11, APARTHEID AND TV

“On July 20 [1969] my family like millions of other South African families — was huddled around a crackling radio, listening to the moonwalk. Nobody in the entire country could watch it on TV.”

Read Rob Nixon’s account of why South Africans missed out and what the moon landing did for us…

[full article] [image source]

(via southafricantvads)

Source: The Atlantic

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11 months ago    |   Tags: theatre writing lit athol fugard south africa master harold and the boys apartheid history education   |   Notes: 8
The Life and Times of playwright Athol Fugard. A new documentary charts the struggle of playwright Athol Fugard against the violence of apartheid. (via Athol Fugard: A man of obstinacy and courage - Mail & Guardian Online) Photo © David Harrison / Mail & Guardian

The Life and Times of playwright Athol Fugard.

A new documentary charts the struggle of playwright Athol Fugard against the violence of apartheid.

(via Athol Fugard: A man of obstinacy and courage - Mail & Guardian Online)

Photo © David Harrison / Mail & Guardian

Source: mg.co.za

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1 year ago    |   Tags: photography cedric nunn south africa apartheid   |   Notes: 3
“It is this extraordinary photograph that is the centrepiece in a new book of [Cedric] Nunn’s work called Call and Response.”  (via Cedric Nunn: Riding the wave on the cusp of sweeping change - Mail & Guardian Online)

“It is this extraordinary photograph that is the centrepiece in a new book of [Cedric] Nunn’s work called Call and Response.” 

(via Cedric Nunn: Riding the wave on the cusp of sweeping change - Mail & Guardian Online)

Source: mg.co.za