Part 3: Robben Island (1964-1976)
Series: Mandela: An Audio History
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While Mandela and other political leaders languished in prison, the government cracked down. It seemed that resistance to apartheid had been crushed. But on June 16, 1976, a student uprising in Soweto sparked a new generation of activism.
Hosted by Desmond Tutu.
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While Mandela and other political leaders languished in prison, the government cracked down. It seemed that resistance to apartheid had been crushed. But on June 16, 1976, a student uprising in Soweto sparked a new generation of activism. Hosted by Desmond Tutu. See series information for more text, promos, website, etc.
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This five-part radio series aired on NPR's All Things Considered every day during the week of April 26 to mark the 10th anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election.
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MANDELA: An Audio History
ROBBEN ISLAND (1964-1976)
HOST: In June 1964, Nelson Mandela began serving a life sentence at South Africa's Robben Island Prison. With him were colleagues from the banned African National Congress.The rest of the ANC membership was underground or in exile.
The anti-apartheid movement was leaderless....until South Africa's children rose up to galvanize the struggle once again.
Here is Part 3 of Mandela: An Audio History, produced by Joe Richman and Sue Johnson:
(SOUND OF WATER LAPPING)
NEWSREEL: This is the site of South Africa's top security jail, Robben Island, a narrow pencil of land off Cape Town seven miles out in the South Atlantic. These watchtowers stand guard over men whom millions of black South Africans regard as their government in exile.
(BIRD SOUNDS)
EDDIE DANIELS: We landed at Robben Island with these big iron gates. An...
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Review of Part 3: Robben Island (1964-1976)
Testimony to that is the fact that in spite of the narrator-less collage of voices which can often promise a certain amount of chaos, the content was so interesting and well placed that I didn't need to know who the voices were beyond a chorus of political prisoners.
Outside this anniversary - whenever and wherever the struggle for freedom is celebrated or acknowledged - this is a story to be aired, again and again. I'm chanting for a solid hour version.